August 4, 2014

A Solution for Iraq?

Amazingly, nearly everyone in the Obama administration seems to have been caught off guard by the recent paradigm-shifting turn of events in Iraq, even though to many of us outside the administration this has been more like watching a train wreck in ...

March 17, 2012

Cultivating a Deep-Rooted Democracy in Egypt

Although Egypt's parliament has held its first post-Mubarak legislative session, real democratic progress appears to have stalled.  The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) still controls most of the power.  Nobel Prize-winner Mohamed...

November 27, 2011

Legislatures for Fledgling Arab Democracies

All eyes will be on Egypt in a few months as that nation engages in an historic constitutional convention that will have long-term ramifications for the entire region.  While it clearly is a moment of great promise, the simple, sober truth ...