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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGlobal Economic Crisis: Mixed Forecast for Jordan and Syria

Navtej Dhillon, Nader Kabbani and Taher Kanaan, December 01, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Global Economic Crisis: Mixed Forecast for Jordan and SyriaJordan and Syria have recently faced similar economic challenges such as absorbing large numbers of Iraqi refugees and fighting high inflation. Yet the global economic slowdown may have unique implications for development and reform in each country, as Taher Kanaan and Nader Kabbani reveal in interviews with the Middle East Youth Initiative’s Navtej Dhillon. Read More

Middle East, Financial Markets, Global Economics, Development, Jordan

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Middle Eastern Marriage Crisis

Navtej Dhillon, July 11, 2008, NOW on PBS

The Middle Eastern Marriage CrisisThe Middle East Youth Initiative collaborates with NOW on PBS on a documentary about youth employment in Jordan. In a special online supplement, NOW interviews Navtej Dhillon, Brookings fellow and director of the Middle East Youth Initiative, on the challenges facing youth across the Middle East—including unemployment and delayed marriage—and the role of the international community in contributing to reform and development in the region. Read More

Middle East, Development, Economic Development, Jordan, Labor Markets

VIDEO

Save to My PortfolioSurge in the Number of Iraqi Refugees

Khalid Koser and Daljit Dhaliwal, July 03, 2008

Surge in the Number of Iraqi RefugeesA new United Nations report finds that in the past year the number of refugees worldwide has increased from 9 to 11 million. Khalid Koser, deputy director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, discusses the causes behind this increase as well as possible implications if the number of refugees continues to climb.

Displacement in Iraq, Iraq, Migration, Afghanistan, Syria

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMiddle East’s Economic Paradox

Navtej Dhillon, Jad Chaaban and Tarik Yousef, June 26, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Middle East’s Economic ParadoxAccording to a recent study by the Middle East Youth Initiative, the region loses $25 billion a year due to youth unemployment. Navtej Dhillon, MEYI Director/Fellow, Jad Chaaban, Assistant Professor at American University of Beirut, and Tarik Yousef, Brookings Senior Fellow and Dean of the Dubai School of Government, discuss country statistics and regional policy implications. Read More

Middle East, Demographics, Global Economics, Education, Saudi Arabia

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation

Monday, June 16, 2008
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

Arab moderates who embrace a future of regional peace and democracy appear to be losing ground in today’s Middle East. On June 16, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan and Thomas L. Friedman for a discussion of Muasher's new book, The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation, and how to make a moderate future more possible in the Middle East. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Democracy Promotion, Jordan

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSalafists Ascendant in the Arab World

Khalil Al-Anani, June 12-18 Issue, Al-Ahram Weekly

Khalil Al-Anani says conservatism is on the rise in the Middle East. He notes that by using modern communication technology, groups like the Salafis in Kuwait have spread their conservative ideas to younger generations, thus threatening moderate Islam. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Islamic World, Religion, Jordan

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAmerica and the Middle East: The Role of Public Opinion

Thursday, May 15, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Doha, Qatar

On May 15, 2008, The Brookings Doha Center (BDC), a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, hosted Shibley Telhami for the first in-house BDC policy luncheon. The discussion focused on Dr. Telhami’s latest academic polling on public attitudes in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Read More

Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Islamic World, Polling and Public Opinion, Jordan

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCounterterrorism Trip Report: Israel and Jordan

Daniel L. Byman, April 2008, The Brookings Institution

Daniel Byman traveled to Israel and Jordan in March—a time of crisis in the Middle East. During Byman’s trip, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets against the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon, an attack occurred in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and Israel took retaliatory measures in the Gaza Strip. In both Israel and Jordan, Byman found that the predominant mood was one of frustration and gloom. Israelis felt trapped between their sense that inaction would encourage more violence and their recognition that the military and political options looked unpromising. Jordanians fretted that the Israeli reaction to the violence would strengthen the radicals politically. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Israel, Terrorism, Jordan

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioFreedom of Association: A Case Study from Jordan

Thursday, March 22, 2007
12:00 AM to
Washington, DC

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Middle East, Islamic World, Jordan, Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIraqi Refugees: Carriers of Conflict

Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack, November 01, 2006, The Atlantic Monthly

Article by Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack, The Atlantic Monthly (November 2006) Read More

Displacement in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights, Iran

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Iraq War Has Only Set Back Middle East Reform

Shibley Telhami, 14-Mar-05, NPR.org

Opinion by Shibley Telhami, NPR.org (3/14/05) Read More

Middle East, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Islamic World, Jordan

PROGRAM

Save to My PortfolioForeign Policy

The U.S. and the international community face great challenges in the 21st century—globalization offers more freedom and prosperity, but also new threats to our security. The Foreign Policy Studies scholars and research help policymakers and the public address these crucial issues. Read More

Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Defense, Foreign Assistance Reform

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Director, Brookings Doha Center

Hady Amr focuses on the socio-economic and geopolitical issues facing Muslim-majority states. He has held posts at the Department of Defense, World Economic Forum, World Bank, UNICEF and the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.
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