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Scholars from Carnegie’s global network comment on how the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is affecting their areas of interest, and what the implications of this may be.
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📍We are pleased to announce the renaming of our center to the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in honor of Malcolm H. Kerr, an American scholar of the Middle East and former president of the American University of Beirut.
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"في نهاية المطاف، سيجد اليمنيون أنفسهم جنوباً وشمالاً مع حكومة بعيدة كل البعد عن معاناتهم: حكومة أولويتها الرئيسة هي الدفاع عن مصالح داعميها، وليس معالجة هموم ومعاناة من يُفترض أنها تمثّلهم."
@a7nagi
يناقش.
"Biden has promised to hold a global Summit for Democracy in his first year in office. This summit could take place in Tunisia, which will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its democratic revolution in 2021."
@SarahEYerkes
and Nesrine Mbarek write.
The decision by the Trump administration to designate
#Iran
’s IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization marks another dangerous step in the campaign Pompeo & Bolton are waging to provoke a US-Iranian military conflict. Richard Sokolsky &
@DanDePetris
write.
Although our offices were damaged in the
#BeirutBlast
, our prayers go out to those who lost their loved ones and their homes in this terrible tragedy that hit our city.
@CarnegieMEC
offices in
#Beirut
- the devastation across the city is unimaginable. Just grateful that the only colleague in the office at the time is safe.
#LebanonExplosion
#Lebanon
#بيروت_منكوبة #انفجار_بيروت
"Experts are predicting, for the first half of 2021, the global economy will have an 11% contraction, it will be the second worst economic crisis globally."
@abisat
"لا تبدو السعودية، التي تدخّلت في اليمن لإعادة حكومة هادي الشرعية إلى سدة الحكم في البلاد، ملتزمة بهذا الهدف الآن. فضعف حكومة هادي وتشتتها شجّع خصومها وحلفاءها في آن على السيطرة على الأراضي الواقعة ضمن سلطتها"
@a7nagi
يناقش.
Is the future of Egypt beyond the Nile?
Egypt has long sought to expand habitation and agriculture into the desert, but the obstacles are great. But, is it a realizable dream worth the massive investment of scarce funds, or just a costly mirage?
The Egyptian military’s involvement in the economy has come at a high cost, contributing to underperformance in development and auguring a new ruling class of military officers.
Read more here:
Legacy and Lessons of the Arab Spring: A Conversation in Honor of Malcolm H. Kerr
Join us for a commemorative event with Bill Burns, Ann Kerr,
@mahamyahya
, Jihad Azour,
@MarwanMuasher
,
@brhodes
, and
@camanpour
.
🗓️October 19
⏰5:30 PM-6:30 PM Beirut
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🇱🇧Lebanon Needs an Emergency Stabilization Program
As the country enters treacherous territory, it must prioritize measures that arrest economic and institutional collapse to avert a far worse crisis.
@abisat
writes.
The Egyptian military’s takeover in 2013 transformed its role in the national economy, turning it into an autonomous actor that can reshape markets and influence government policy setting & investment strategies.
Read
@SayighYezid
's latest report 🇪🇬👇
"إن جنوب اليمن اليوم مختلف تماما عن الدولة المستقلة التي كانت قائمة قبل العام 1990 ما يعني أن الحركات الانفصالية اليوم يجب أن تأخذ في الاعتبار تفضيلات المجتمعات المحلية التي ترى أن الحكم الذاتي منطقي أكثر من إعادة إحياء دولة جنوب اليمن"
@AhmedNagiYE
يناقش
As the news of the killing of Qassem Suleimani sunk in, the differences between how it was covered in the West and the reaction in the wider Arab world became clear.
@hahellyer
writes.
"بعدما ركّزت الإمارات كثيراً على إظهار قطر بأنها تتدخل في الشؤون الداخلية للبلدان الأخرى وتُهدّد الاستقرار الإقليمي، تجد نفسها الآن معرّضة بقوة للتهمة نفسها، والأدلة وافية على ذلك."
@Dr_Ulrichsen
يتحدث في مقابلة معه.
"The Tunisian armed forces are moving from an outmoded, neglected, Cold War–style conventional force into a leaner, more agile, and more responsive military capable of executing a diverse set of missions."
@FWehrey
writes in a new paper 👇
The international community has hitherto broadly considered the government in
#Cairo
to be stable for the long term. These protests, however, confirm that there is dissent beneath the surface that is likely to deepen, not dissipate.
@hahellyer
writes.
فرضت الحرب اليمنية حدوداً داخلية على السكان المحليين، تفصل بينها مجموعة حواجز أمنية وعسكرية تعزل المناطق وتزيد من تعقيدات الحياة اليومية للمدنيين.
@a7nagi
يناقش.
“Apartheid” is used emotionally when it comes to treatment of Palestinians, but increasingly it also has analytical usefulness.
Nathan J. Brown discusses.
The American University of Beirut (
@AUB_Lebanon
) is a place of diversity and critical thinking, and for that reason was unforgettable to me.
@MarwanMuasher
shares his thoughts in a photo essay 📷.
Gulf-based Salafi financiers have had a diminished role in the Syrian civil war recently, but their influence will linger in the country's religious sphere.
@ThomasPierret
writes.
"By 2018, most Egyptians who had played important roles in public life between the mid-2000s and the 2013 coup were either in prison or in exile abroad in what amounted to a massive brain drain."
@MicheleDDunne
discusses.
The American University of Beirut (
@AUB_Lebanon
) is a place of diversity and critical thinking, and for that reason was unforgettable to me.
@MarwanMuasher
shares his thoughts in a photo essay 📷.
"While
#Egypt
is not in the headlines these days, there are important and worrying developments in security, economy, foreign policy, human rights, and politics—all of which have implications for the country’s stability."
@MicheleDDunne
The Syrian civil war has reshaped Sunni Islamic identity in the country. As a result, the regime will struggle to use religion to enhance its own power and legitimacy.
Kheder Khaddour writes.
Shia and Sunni endowments have gone different ways since Saddam Hussein's fall, and the
#Iraqi
state is poised to take advantage where it can.
@harith_hasan
writes.
"لمجرّد أنّ القبائل مسلّحة، هذا لا يعني أنّها عنيفة. صحيح أنّ القبائل اليمنية تمتلك أسلحة، لكن لديها أيضاً قواعد وعادات تنظّم استخدامها، بحيث لاتسبّب ضرراً للمجتمعات القبلية."
@Ndawsari
"اليوم، وعلى الرغم من تعليق التظاهرات الأسبوعية بعدما وافقت الحركة الشعبية على الالتزام بهدنةٍ خلال الحجر، تستمر الاعتقالات التعسفية بحق المعارِضين والطلاب وناشطي المجتمع المدني والصحافيين."
@DaliaZinaGhanem
تناقش.
"Nasrallah underestimated the lack of trust between the population and the political leadership. Moreover, demonstrators could see that the
#Hezbollah
leader was only looking to buy time."
@BeirutCalling
writes.
"After more than four years of conflict, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are more than ever convinced that the costly
#Yemen
war should end."
@a7nagi
writes.
#RiyadhAgreement
The hybridization of security governance in
#Lebanon
,
#Syria
,
#Iraq
and
#Yemen
leaves them with forms of sovereignty that are both constrained and constantly contested. Yezid Sayigh and Eleonora Ardemagni on the new joint dossier with
@ispionline
.
The rise in Salafi militancy in Lebanon is not only due to the spillover of the Syrian war, but also to the Sunni elite’s failure at tackling the grievances of their co-religionists.
@RaphLefevre
writes.
Conflict, refugees, authoritarianism, and economic stagnation engulf the Middle East. Can a new, more peaceful and more prosperous Arab order emerge after the collapse of the old? Read the new
#ArabHorizons
report:
📢As
#Lebanon
faces a series of simultaneous financial, economic, and political shocks,
@CarnegieMEC
scholars explain their causes, characteristics, consequences, and potential solutions.
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بكونها الجهة الفاعلة الخارجية الأكثر نفوذاً المنخرطة بالنزاع، المؤشرات التي ترسلها واشنطن مهمة جدا.و يبدو أن اتصال ترامب الهاتفي يستند إلى سردية مخطئة إنما مألوفة روّجت لها قوات حفتر وداعموه العرب والمتعاطفون معه في الغرب.
@FWehrey
و
@emad_badi
يكتبان.
"هناك معضلة تكمن في أن حشد الرأي العام الأميركي ضد السعودية يجعل النشطاء السعوديين عرضةً إلى اتهامات تُساق بحقهم في الداخل بالخيانة، والتآمر ضد وطنهم الأم، والتحالف مع الخارج من أجل غربنة المجتمع السعودي."
@YasFarouk
تناقش.
"To prevent the diffusion of revolutionary protest that most frightened these Arab regimes, it was critical for them to isolate Algeria and Sudan by depicting them as local matters rather than as “Arab uprisings.”"
@abuaardvark
writes.
أسفر انخراط المؤسسة العسكرية المصرية في الاقتصاد عن تكاليف عالية، ما ساهم في إضعاف الأداء في التنمية وينذر ببروز طبقة حاكمة جديدة من الضباط العسكريين.
لقرأة المزيد:
"Slim’s outspoken activism and media appearances were both an anomaly and an act of remarkable bravery, as he and his family lived in Hezbollah’s stronghold, literally surrounded by their political foes."
@MohanadHageAli
writes.
في أعقاب الحرب الأهلية في اليمن، باتت المؤسسات الإسلامية مراكز نفوذ أجنبي، ناهيك عن كونها ساحات قتال عسكرية وسياسية. بيد أنها ستبقى تلعب دورًا مهمًا في رسم مستقبل اليمن.
@maysaashujaa
تناقش.
"AUB is once again drawing on its history of taking an uncompromising stand in favor of the liberal arts. It has put forward a plan which will ensure that the university and its values survive."
@MarwanMuasher
and Susan Resneck Pierce write.
"As the Middle East underwent its first renaissance movement in the 19th and 20th centuries,
@AUB_Lebanon
played a central role in helping to provide an intellectual framework and training for future leaders in the region."
@MarwanMuasher
discusses.
#Lebanon
’s Economic Crisis: A Ten Point Action Plan for Avoiding a Lost Decade
Read the latest by an independent group of development specialists, economists and finance experts including
@mahamyahya
.
"the Iranian Kurds have a long history of struggle for autonomy within Iran and are a strongly nationalist Kurdish movement."
@vvanwilgenburg
discusses.
When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses weren’t activated when they were attacked.
@vvanwilgenburg
writes.
#Haftar
’s ability to frame coups as “wars on terror” ensures his international support, but masks a destructive manipulation of tribal dynamics.
@AGomati
writes for
@SadaJournal
.
🇾🇪انضموا إلينا في ندوة لمناقشة التحولات الجيوسياسية للتدخلات الإقليمية في #اليمن وغيرها من الملفات المرتبطة بالشأن اليمني مع
@Ndawsari
، أحمد الحسني، وعبد الناصر المودع.
📅9 آذار/مارس
⌚️14:30 — 16:30
📍فندق هيلتون، وسط بيروت
📝للتسجيل:
"It is possible that Turkey will carry out a limited operation near Manbij and Kobani. The longer the Turks wait, the unlikelier it will happen soon."
@vvanwilgenburg
discusses.
Where is the MENA Economy Headed?
📢Join us for a fireside chat with Jihad Azour (
@IMFNews
) and
@mahamyahya
to discuss what lies ahead on the path toward recovery.
🗓️February 18
⏰15:00—15:45 Beirut- 8:00-8:45 EST
#CMECxIMF
📍