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Category Archives: Middle East Initiative
Rami Khouri on Jordan
New Year Letter from Jordan By Rami Khouri Agence Global “After three days in Amman enjoying a New Year’s break with friends, talking politics with a wide range of Jordanians and other analysts, and reading every parliamentary election poster in … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged 2013, Agence Global, Amman, Belfer Center, Jordan, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, New Year, Rami Khouri
Rami Khouri on the Arab world lessons from 2012
Arab World Lessons from 2012 By Rami Khouri Agence Global “The year 2012 will be remembered as an important milestone in the development of the modern Arab World, because it has started to reveal the underlying but long-hidden strengths and … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged 2012, Arab, Belfer Center, foreign policy, Gulf, lessons, Middle East, Rami Khouri
Rami Khouri on the Arab Uprisings
Second Anniversary of the Arab Uprisings By Rami Khouri Agence Global “In the next few days we will mark the second anniversary of the start of the Arab uprisings, when Mohammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia on December … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Arab uprisings, Belfer Center, Bouazizi, Egypt, Libya, Middle East, Rami Khouri, Tunisia, Yemen
Rami Khouri on Islamists in Egypt
Watching the Incumbent Islamists in Egypt By Rami Khouri Agency Global “Political scientists and fortune tellers — some people think these are a single demographic group — are having a field day analyzing the kaleidoscope of developments related to the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Belfer Center, constitution, debate, Egypt, Islamists, Middle East, political, Rami Khouri
Graham Allison and Shai Feldman on Iran
The Coming Clash Over Iran By Graham Allisonand Shai Feldman The National Interest “With the violence in Gaza and Israel subsiding at least for a while, U.S.-Israeli conversations will likely soon return to the much more significant issue of Iran.” … Continue reading
Rami Khouri on Egypt
Amateurs Take Charge in Egypt By Rami Khouri Agence Global “The tumultuous road to a stable democratic system of government in Egypt is passing through one of its most decisive stages these days, with most of the main political actors … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Belfer Center, Egypt, government, Middle East, Mohammad Morsi, Muslin Brotherhood, Rami Khouri, South Africa
Rami Khouri on guns and laws
The Allure of Guns and Laws By Rami Khouri Agence Global “Armed revolution, international legality, or home-grown constitutionalism? These three options for national change are simultaneously being used this week in the three Arab countries that arguably have had the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Arab, Belfer Center, Egypt, guns, laws, Middle East, Palestine, Rami Khouri, Syria, weapons
Rami Khouri on Egypt’s government
Egypt’s Five Branches of Government By Rami Khouri Agence Global “The dramatic events in Egypt over the past few days following President Mohammad Morsi’s unilateral decree giving him unchallenged political authority should not surprise or frighten anyone. In fact, the continuing … Continue reading
Posted in Authored article, Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Belfer Center, democracy, Egypt, government, Middle East, military, Mohammad Morsi, politics, Rami Khouri
Rami Khouri on the United States
The United States Now Follows from the Front By Rami Khouri Agence Global “Perhaps the most significant aspect of the Gaza cease-fire this week was Egypt taking the lead role in mediating that agreement, while the United States softly shuffled … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Op-Ed
Tagged Belfer Center, Egypt, foreign policy, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, military, Rami Khouri, Turkey, United States
Rami Khouri on criminal accountability in Iraq
Criminal Accountability Remains Due in Iraq By Rami Khouri Agence Global “I had both negative and positive reactions to the news earlier this week that an American defense contractor (Engility Holdings Inc.) whose subsidiary was accused of conspiring to torture … Continue reading →