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Saudi Cabinet Shuffle

Writing for Jane’s, Christopher Boucek reports on the implications of a recent reshuffle of Saudi King Abdullah’s cabinet. Abdullah, Boucek reports, ..

Calls to Defend Press Freedom in Iraq

The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, both of which are media watchdog groups, ..

Iran Heads to the Polls

The turnout for Iran’s presidential election appears to be “extraordinarily high” reports the New York Times...

Morocco Heads to the Polls

Moroccans head to the polls today to vote in municipal elections,..

Tabler: Mitchell Should Discuss Rule of Law in Damascus

Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrives in Damascus today..

Pakistan and Foreign Aid Bills Head to Senate

Yesterday, the House passed legislation (H.R.1886) provisioning conditional trade..

Obama’s Speech: First Responses from the Region

The New York Times surveys the responses of a few Arab students to President Obama’s speech in Cairo. Sulafah Al Shami, a Jordanian student, called it “a big break from the tone and style that President Bush employed in addressing the Arab world.”..

Obama Delivers Speech to Muslim World in Cairo

At 6:10am EST, President Barack Obama delivered his highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University. ..

America Reacts to Obama’s Speech

Mark Lynch praised President Obama’s speech in Cairo today, calling it a triumph for public diplomacy that peacefully serves as an “invitation to conversation.” ..

Iran’s Presidential Debates: Ahmadinejad vs. Mousavi

The second, and most highly anticipated, of Iran’s presidential debates took place last night between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, the New York Times reports. ..

POMED’s Andrew Albertson on Obama and Democracy Promotion

POMED’s Andrew Albertson on Obama and Democracy Promotion...

POMED Notes: “Ahmadinejad’s Uncertain Future” at the Carnegie Endowment

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace held a symposium on ..

More Chatter on Obama’s Speech

More chatter has come down the wire on President Obama’s speech at Cairo University this morning. The Daily Star reports that many Muslim leaders have been praising Obama’s speech. Randa Achmawi, of Egypt’s Al-Ahram Hebdo wrote that “America for the first time is adopting a very wise strategy in acknowledging the other and that was clear in every word chosen by …Obama.”..

Fighting for Defense Dollars

Congressional Quarterly reports that after potentially having lost Republican support, Democrats in the House are scraping for votes for supplemental spending bill (H.R.2346) for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

MEI: Prospects for Iran’s Presidential Election

In a policy paper for the Middle East Institute, Dr. Walter Posch, Senior Research Fellow at the Austrian Defense Academy, writes that the Islamic Republic of Iran has yet to develop stable political party structures. ..

Libya Nationalizes Private Media

The Libyan government’s nationalization of private media outlets ..

More Feedback on Obama’s Speech

The New York Times reported on a few more reactions from the Middle East on President Obama’s speech in Cairo yesterday. In Iran, Alireza Rajaee, a political analyst, praised the president’s acknowledgment of the 1953 CIA-led coup that removed democratically-elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh from power. ..

Mauritania Delays Elections to Strengthen Democracy

Elections scheduled for tomorrow in Mauritania have been postponed in order to form a transitional government and encourage broader participation...

Livni: Democracy Means More Than Just Elections

In an opinion piece for the New York Times, the head of Kadima, the Israeli opposition party, Tzipi Livni applauds Barack Obama’s assertion that “Elections do not make true democracy” in his speech in Cairo yesterday...

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Response to Obama

The Los Angeles Times today commended President Obama for his rhetorical spirit that “moved mountains in the land of Muhammad,” but the substance of his speech has been harvested by academics the Middle East Strategy at Harvard blog. ..