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Open Letter to President Obama about Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and the Muslim World

First of all, congratulations on your victory in November. Like so many others throughout the world, we find ourselves both hopeful and inspired. Your election is proof of America’s continued promise as a land of opportunity, equality, and freedom. Your presidency presents a historic opportunity to chart a new course in foreign affairs, and particularly in the troubled relationship between the United States and the Muslim world...

Bi-Partisan Group of Prominent Scholars and Experts Urge President Obama to Make Democracy

More than 80 scholars and experts-including Egyptian democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim and former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim -are urging President Obama to adopt a consistent and credible policy that supports democracy in the Arab and Muslim world. The group will formally issue an open letter to the president at a news conference Tuesday, March 10, at 2:30 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington. ..

Strategies for Engaging Political Islam: A Middle East, U.S. and EU ’Trialogue’

While much attention has been paid to whether Islamists are becoming more moderate, or whether they are committed to democracy, far less effort has been devoted to developing a practical strategy for engaging Islamists. There are many obstacles to such engagement, including Westerners’ disagreements with Islamists’ political agendas, authoritarian regimes’ tactics to exclude Islamists from the political process, and Islamists’ suspicion of American and European motives. As a result, A..