Democracy in the Arab World: The Obama Legacy & Beyond
Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted its first annual conference titled Democracy in the Arab World: The Obama Legacy and Beyond in partnership with the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
ACW convened several distinguished scholars and experts to critically examine the state of democracy in the Arab world, assess the factors that contributed to the failure of Arab democratic transition, and evaluate Obama’s foreign policy and legacy in the region providing recommendations to the next administration for serious promotion of Arab democracy. Read the conference summary
Conference Sessions:
Opening Remarks and Morning Keynote by Dr. Azmi Bishara
Randa Fahmy
Member of the Board of Directors, Arab Center Washington DC
Khalil Jahshan
Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW)
Azmi Bishara – via video conference
General Director, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), Qatar
Dr. Azmi Bishara’s Keynote was published in The New Arab – Read More
The Arab Spring and Failed Transitions to Democracy
Nadim Rouhana – Moderator
Professor & Director, International Negotiation and Conflict Studies, Tufts University
Abdulwahhab Al-Qassab
Associate Researcher, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Peter Beinart
Associate Professor of Journalism & Political Science, CUNY
Michele Dunne
Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lina Khatib
Head of MENA Programme, Chatham House London
Emad Shahin
Hasib Sabbagh Distinguished Visiting Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Lunch Conversation: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Francis Fukuyama – Keynote
Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University
Nader Hashemi – Moderator
Director, Center for Middle East Studies, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Future Outlook and Recommended US Policies regarding Democracy in the Arab World
George Salem – Moderator
Member of the Board of Directors, Arab Center Washington DC
Daniel Brumberg
Director, Democracy and Governance Studies, Georgetown University
Amaney Jamal
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Marwan Kabalan
Associate Researcher, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), Qatar
Stephen McInerney
Executive Director, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
Radwan Ziadeh
Senior Middle East Analyst, Arab Center Washington DC
For questions, email: conference@arabcenterdc.org