Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
A conversation with Radwan Ziadeh, Associate of the Dubai Initiative, and Director of the Syrian National Council’s Foreign Relations Office.
A conversation with Radwan Ziadeh, Associate of the Dubai Initiative, and Director of the Syrian National Council’s Foreign Relations Office.
Radwan Ziadeh is a Dubai Initiative Associate and the founder of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria. In 2008, Ziadeh also co-founded and served as the executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C. Before that, Ziadeh was chief in-editor of Tyarat magazine in 2001-2002 and secretary of the Syrian Organization for Transparency. He was a researcher with the UNDP project "Syria 2025" and was named best researcher in the Arab world in political science by Jordan’s Abdulhameed Shoman Foundation in 2004. Ziadeh has been one of the major players in “Damascus Spring,” a period of intense debate about politics and social issues and calls for reform in Syria after the death of President Hafez al-Assad in 2000. He has written ten books and published studies, research projects and policy papers for many International institutions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Dubai Initiative.