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Oct 5, 2016

Ashooh Joins Al Jazeera English to Discuss the US-Russia Syria Deal

By Jessica Ashooh

Watch the full interview here.

Russia Syria

Event Recap

Oct 3, 2016

Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On October 3, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring the US executive director for the World Bank, Dr. Matthew T. McGuire, the associate vice president of the Center for Middle East and […]

Amb. Frederic Hof, Ms. Geneive Abdo, and Dr. Nathan Brown speaking at the event

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Sep 21, 2016

Islam and Politics in the Age of ISIS: A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism – Launch of MEST Religion Working Group Report

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On September 21, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring nonresident senior fellow Geneive Abdo and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies of George Washington Nathan J. Brown discussing their newly released report on the role […]

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Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force Featured by Foreign Affairs on How to Unlock Refugees’ Potential

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

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Report

Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Religion, identity, and countering violent extremism

By Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown

In recent decades, Muslims have been debating political and social aspects of their religious teachings in new ways.

Corruption Extremism

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Jun 27, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force Event Featured by The National

By Atlantic Council

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Middle East Strategy Task Force

Jun 22, 2016

How Tech Entrepreneurship is Transforming the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Event Recap

Jun 22, 2016

How Tech Entrepreneurship Is Transforming the Middle East

By Stefanie H. Ali

On June 22 on the margins of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University hosted a panel event with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East on tech entrepreneurship in the Middle East. This event was part of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) […]

Middle East

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Jun 15, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force Report on Economics Mentioned by Reuters

By Atlantic Council

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North Africa

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Apr 13, 2016

Atlantic Council Middle East Strategy Task Force Report Featured in Small Wars Journal

By Atlantic Council

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Syria