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Freedom House Looks at Who is Undermining Democracy

In conjunction with a symposium held yesterday, Freedom House, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Liberty have launched ..

From the Advocacy Crowd: Welcoming Obama’s Speech

Human Rights Watch called President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world “a welcome message that Washington would not let the prospect of empowering Islamist parties deter it from supporting democracy in the region.” ..

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.”..

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

In the Boston Globe yesterday, Farah Stockman focused on prospects for Middle East democracy promotion under President Obama. ..

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 Iran’s upcoming presidential elections, the first round of which is scheduled for the 12th of this month. ..

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.”..

Analyzing Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World

On Thursday in Cairo, President Obama will give a major, long-awaited address to the Muslim world. His words will be followed closely by millions of Arab and Muslims looking for signals about U.S. policy, including ..

Foreshadowing the Egypt Speech

Scott Carpenter of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy published a new PolicyWatch which foreshadows President Obama’s upcoming speech in Egypt...

Groups Lobby President Ahead of Speech

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) released an open letter to “President Obama and the Muslim World” today..

Obama in Egypt: Realism at What Cost?

In this past weekend’s New York Times, James Traub writes about the ideological tightrope President Obama must walk in his upcoming speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on Thursday. ..

Carpenter and Wittes: Cook Wrong on Democracy Funding in Egypt

Writing on the Middle East Strategy at Harvard blog, Scott Carpenter and Tamara Cofman Wittes take umbrage at Steven Cook’s suggestion that democracy and good governance programs in Egypt are not worthwhile...

‘Obama Doctrine’ to be unveiled in Cairo?

On Thursday, President Obama will address Middle Eastern audiences in a much anticipated speech at Cairo University. President Obama is expected to unveil his Administration’s foreign policy approach for the Middle East. Whether he will renew America’s longstanding commitment to..

Connecting With Muslims Requires Embracing Democracy

The Washington Post editorial staff urges President Obama to address human rights and democracy in his speech next week in Egypt, arguing that “real partnership between the United States and the Muslim world..

The West Must Hold Libya Accountable on Human Rights

Natan Sharansky writes about Libyan dissident Fathi Eljahmi, who died last week after seven years of brutal imprisonment. The West has looked the other way on Libya’s human rights abuses, Sharansky argues, ..

P.L.O. Markets Arab Peace Initiative in U.S.

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) has taken out a full-page ad in today’s Washington Post to publicize the Arab Peace Initiative, the 2002 proposal by the League of Arab States..

Partnering with Pakistan

The Center for American Progress has just released a report of its findings from a recent trip to Pakistan. Working off of the notion that the U.S. should develop a long-term partnership with Pakistan, ..

Sharing Power with Hizbollah

The Financial Times of London says a unity government that includes Hizbollah is a possible outcome of Lebanon’s upcoming elections ..

The Role of Foreign Policy and Women in Iran’s Elections

At CFR, Bernard Gwertzman interviews Iran expert, Farideh Farhi on the upcoming presidential elections. Farhi argues that foreign policy has crept its way into the presidential debate in an election season thought to be focused more on economic issues...