Wilson Center Experts
Steven Heydemann
Affiliation:
Senior Adviser, Middle East Initiatives, United States Institute of Peace
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Arab Uprisings and Mass Politics: Constraints, Change, Uncertainty
March 29, 2013 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Laurie Brand discusses her paper on the effect of regional transitions on Arab foreign policy using Egypt and Jordan as case studies. more
Global Authoritarians and the Arab Spring: New Challenges for U.S. Diplomacy
Jan 29, 2013As the Arab Spring enters its third year, the contours of a new strategic landscape are taking shape in the Middle East. Reflecting the disordered state of regional politics, this landscape is far from stable. Yet it contains features that will pose significant challenges for U.S. diplomacy. more
Global Authoritarians and the Arab Spring: New Challenges for U.S. Diplomacy
January 29, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
The Arab uprisings of December 2011 and beyond coincided with the efforts of an ad hoc group of global authoritarian states—led by China, Russia, and Iran—to take advantage of these momentous events to enhance their diplomatic and strategic leverage in the Middle East and, in so doing, to defend their own authoritarian agendas at home and abroad. Brumberg and Heydemann present the main outlines of a joint USIP-Wilson Center paper. This event is the first in a series of five papers and presentations on “The Changing Security Architecture in the Middle East.”
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Arab Uprisings and Mass Politics: Constraints, Change, Uncertainty
March 29, 2013 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Laurie Brand discusses her paper on the effect of regional transitions on Arab foreign policy using Egypt and Jordan as case studies.
Global Authoritarians and the Arab Spring: New Challenges for U.S. Diplomacy
January 29, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
The Arab uprisings of December 2011 and beyond coincided with the efforts of an ad hoc group of global authoritarian states—led by China, Russia, and Iran—to take advantage of these momentous events to enhance their diplomatic and strategic leverage in the Middle East and, in so doing, to defend their own authoritarian agendas at home and abroad. Brumberg and Heydemann present the main outlines of a joint USIP-Wilson Center paper. This event is the first in a series of five papers and presentations on “The Changing Security Architecture in the Middle East.”
Global Authoritarians and the Arab Spring: New Challenges for U.S. Diplomacy
Jan 29, 2013As the Arab Spring enters its third year, the contours of a new strategic landscape are taking shape in the Middle East. Reflecting the disordered state of regional politics, this landscape is far from stable. Yet it contains features that will pose significant challenges for U.S. diplomacy.