Content Syndicationhttps://carnegieendowment.org/rss/?fa=rss https://carnegieendowment.org/rss/solr/?fa=feeds http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174859_62935143720_1836682_n.jpg Wednesday, 21 Jun 2023 05:09:55 EST https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss While a negotiated political solution between Israelis and Palestinians is not on the horizon, policymakers must work to ensure that civic spaces in the region and in the United States are free and open so that people with a range of interests can be heard.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 21 Jun 2023 05:09:55 EST Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Civil Society, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Society and Culture https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Arab autocracies are adopting more efficient technological and administrative strategies to gain knowledge about citizens' behavior. It may help with policy implementation-but it won't ensure wiser governance.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 03 May 2023 04:28:25 EST https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss “Apartheid” is used emotionally when it comes to treatment of Palestinians, but increasingly it also has analytical usefulness. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 08 Nov 2022 10:47:48 EST Americas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, United States https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss A new Carnegie report underlines that innovation, not imitation, is the key to education reform in the Arab world. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022 10:50:27 EST https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Across the Arab world, different education reform initiatives have had varying levels of success in different contexts. This paper explores some types of education reform that could serve as groundwork for broader change. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 20 Oct 2022 02:03:21 EST Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Africa, Qatar https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Once Mahmoud Abbas eventually abdicates power, overlapping legal procedures will guide the many organizations he leads.]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 27 Sep 2022 02:28:21 EST Middle East, Palestine https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss A general has been placed in Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, perhaps subjugating the institution. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 20 Jul 2022 02:49:16 EST Egypt, North Africa https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tunisia's president has just prepared a new constitution, whose principal aim is to enhance his own authority. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 13 Jul 2022 09:21:54 EST Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Tunisia Monitor, North Africa, Tunisia https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The field of family or “personal status” law is technical in some ways (precise legal provisions for guardianship or for registering divorces, for instance) but the details on such matters pack tremendous punch. ]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022 10:39:00 EST Egypt, North Africa, Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree that may emasculate the only authoritative body uniting Palestinians | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022 03:57:01 EST Middle East, Palestine https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The Palestinian national movement has gained new momentum over the past several weeks. But how can the movement be sustained?]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 10 Jun 2021 02:40:53 EST Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Arab Political Reform, Civil Society, Defense and Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy, Global Governance, Political Reform, Society and Culture, U.S. Foreign Policy https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss In Egypt, al-Azhar and other religious institutions are negotiating their independence as Sisi's government increasingly involves itself in the religious sphere. Yet Sisi's religious reform may serve primarily to consolidate power. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 07 Jun 2021 10:07:52 EST Islamic Institutions, Middle East Program https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Saudi Arabia's Islamic institutions have undergone massive reform as the monarchy consolidates its vision for the country's future. These reforms are incremental and reversible but together represent a systematic restructuring of religion's role in Saudi politics and society.]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 07 Jun 2021 10:02:29 EST Islamic Institutions, Middle East Program https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The fighting in Gaza has allowed the Islamist movement to advance its political aims, at Fatah's expense. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:09:33 EST Israel, Middle East, Palestine https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become deeply ingrained in daily life. Work must begin now to heal deep-seated divisions, which are not likely to be resolved in a burst of diplomacy.]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 05 May 2021 02:04:02 EST Americas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, United States, Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Once the Palestinian Legislative Council is elected, important questions will impose themselves on all sides. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 02:47:50 EST Israel, Middle East, Palestine https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Elections may breathe some life into Palestinian governance, despite the fact there are those who oppose them. | عربي]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 03:53:33 EST Middle East, Palestine https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Holding elections wouldn't solve all the problems Palestinians face, but they could lead to a semblance of unity, or at least modest signs of renewal and better coordination]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 04 Mar 2021 08:39:29 EST Middle East, Palestine, Arab Political Reform, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Society and Culture https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss In Egypt, coronavirus response efforts were led by the prime minister and other technocrats. What does this change mean for Egypt-and how long will it last?]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 23 Jul 2020 10:06:33 EST Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Coronavirus, Egypt, North Africa, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Egypt has a yawning generation gap and a regime that wants to reach youth. A new academy may help, but Egypt's past is littered with similar, failed attempts.]]> https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:32:06 EST Egypt, North Africa, Arab Political Reform, Political Reform, Society and Culture