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Feb 3, 2016

Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East’s Economic Potential

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

On Wednesday, February 3, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) hosted a panel of distinguished experts for a discussion on “Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East’s Economic Potential.” Seeking to discuss the economic revitalization of the Middle East, MEST Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley were joined by […]

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Feb 3, 2016

Economic recovery and revitalization

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

Even as the specter of political instability weighs heavily on the region, the Middle East is quietly experiencing a technological and societal transformation that could hold the keys to a better future.

Economy & Business Education

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Dec 18, 2015

Ashooh on the UN Meeting on the Conflict in Syria

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Sky News to discuss the meeting of world leaders in New York at the United Nations on the conflict in Syria and whether the talks will be successful:

Syria

In the News

Dec 17, 2015

Ashooh on the Syrian Crisis and the Geneva Communique

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Voice of America to discuss the Syria talks happening in New York on Friday and the importance of those talks reaffirming the language in the 2012 Geneva Communique:

Syria

In the News

Dec 11, 2015

Ashooh on the Upcoming Syrian Peace Talks

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Al Jazeera English to discuss the upcoming Syrian peace talks and why military pressure is necessary to force Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table: Watch the full interview here.

Syria

In the News

Dec 4, 2015

Ashooh on UK Parliament Vote to Strike ISIS in Syria

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Al Jazeera to discuss the UK Parliament’s vote to authorize air strikes against ISIS in Syria:

Syria United Kingdom

In the News

Nov 20, 2015

Ashooh on Paris Attacks

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Voice of America to discuss the implications of the terrorist attcks in Paris:

France

In the News

Nov 18, 2015

Ashooh on Cooperation to Fight ISIS

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins CCTV America to discuss what it will take to actually form a coordinated coalition to defeat ISIS:

In the News

Nov 11, 2015

Saab: On ISIS, Obama Will Muddle Through for Another Year

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for Newsweek on the need for an ISIS strategy review and how a bipartisan Middle East strategy review, in the model of the Atlantic Council’s bipartisan Middle East Strategy Task Force, could be a way forward:

In the News

Oct 30, 2015

Ashooh on Combating ISIS in Syria

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Voice of America to discuss the US decision to send special operations forces into Syria to combat ISIS:

Syria
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