Middle East

Pham Cautions US on Creating Counterterrorism Units in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Voice of Russia quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on US plans to create domestic counterterrorism units in North and West Africa, where intelligence and technology can be compromised:

Pavel on Obama’s Address at West Point

By Barry Pavel

VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel joins KPCC’s AirTalk to discuss President Obama’s address to the graduating class at the US Military Academy at West Point:

Transcript: Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf

Moderator: Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  Panelists: Kevin J. Cosgriff, Former Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, U.S. NavyMichael Eisenstadt, Senior Fellow and Director, Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute for Near East PolicyBilal Y. Saab, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, […]

Hof on Whether US Policy Towards Syria is Shifting

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof joins PRI’s The World to discuss President Obama’s speech at West Point and whether there is a shift in US policy towards Syria:

Itani on Jordan’s Struggle to Absorb Syrian Refugees

By Faysal Itani

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Resident Fellow of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Faysal Itani on the toll Syrian refugees have taken on its neighbor Jordan:

Transition to Federalism in Yemen Hopeful but Not Without Challenges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new Atlantic Council issue brief maps key considerations as Yemen embarks on the next stage in its political evolution—the transition from a unitary to federal state system, as outlined by the final agreement from the multistakeholder National Dialogue Conference. In “The Challenge of Federalism in Yemen,” Rafat Al-Akhali, nonresident fellow at […]