Read DI Fellow Stephen Ramos' new policy brief "Generative Infrastructural Urbanism in Dubai" here.
Upcoming Events
- On October 17, 2008, DI Fellow Rasmus Bertelsen will discuss the Soft Power of American and French universities in the Middle East
- Learn about the growing role of the Gulf in global business from Aamir Rehman on October 29, 2008
- On November 5, 2008, DI Fellow Marwa Farag will give a talk on the nursing shortage in Egypt.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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October 8, 2008
"Rebuilding the Iraqi Oil Industry: Legal and Constitutional Strategies for Sustainable Post-Saddam Development"
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
In Chapter 5 of Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and International Perspectives, DI Fellow Justin Dargin argues that "without a viable legal framework, Iraq will find it difficult to attract the investment capital necessary for sustainable nationwide development and petroleum production."
Click here to access the full text.
October 8, 2008
"The High Cost of Incompetent Governance"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
In times like this -- global economic crisis -- the dominance of exclusively oil-fueled economies in the Arab World expose a regional lack of competent governance.
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October 6, 2008
"Demeaning Democracy"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
As the consequences and costs of the Iraq war, the global war on terror, and the economic mismanagement unfold, so does the 2008 US presidential election. Now, even the latter appears to disgrace the once admired ideal of America's democracy in the eyes of the world.
October 1, 2008
"The Strange Failures of 'The Global War on Terror'"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"Something is very wrong if the United States and allies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on a global war on terror, but the main terror group targeted continues to operate, spawns many imitators and allies, and in most parts of the world is seen either to be holding its own against the United States or maintaining considerable public support or sympathy."
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September 29, 2008
"Trouble In Paradise – The Widening Gulf Gas Deficit"
Middle East Economic Survey
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
DI Fellow Justin Dargin addresses the gas shortage in the Gulf in this op-ed.
Joel Carillet
September 29, 2008
"Let the Quartet Die"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The agencies -- including Oxfam, Save the Children, Care, Christian Aid and World Vision -- said that in five of the ten main areas the Quartet had identified to improve Palestinians' daily life conditions, the situation has actually deteriorated. The situation also has worsened, rather than improved, for most Palestinians since the Annapolis peace process was launched last November. It added that the Quartet has not held Israel accountable for continuing to build settlements on occupied land, and that travel restrictions on Palestinians has also increased."
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September 24, 2008
"Tzipi Livni"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"Her challenge is very similar to the one that her father faced in 1938 when he joined the Irgun underground in Palestine: How to safeguard a Zionist homeland and state for Jews, in a land that had been majority owned and populated by Palestinian Arabs?"
Yehuda Boltshauser
September 22, 2008
"Thirty Years of Peacemaking"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The peace-making legacy of Camp David and Oslo remains thin, but real. It is certain that Arabs and Israelis, with assorted eternal mediators, will try again to negotiate permanent peace agreements, perhaps starting as early as next spring."
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September 17, 2008
"Why Has Al-Qaeda Lasted 20 Years?"
Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"Much debate swirls around the condition and status of Al-Qaeda these days, which has clearly suffered operational setbacks with the loss of its Afghan bases, but seems to have regrouped in the northwestern frontier areas of Pakistan where it has widespread support among Taliban-friendly communities. While Al-Qaeda has been disrupted, other similar, smaller Salafist militant groups have sprung to life in Iraq, Somalia, Lebanon, Yemen and Algeria."
