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Arab Fractures: Reimagining the Regional Order?

Wed. February 1st, 2017
Washington, DC

Political, economic, and regional pillars of the Arab state system are under unprecedented strain. The Carnegie Middle East Program’s wide-ranging new report, Arab Fractures: Citizens, States, and Social Contracts, argues that new political and socioeconomic models are needed to address the crisis of governance and lack of pluralism at the heart of regional disorder.

A light breakfast was served at 9:00 a.m. Join the conversation on Twitter with #ArabFractures.

Agenda

9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

9:30 to 9:35 a.m.
Welcome
William J. Burns

9:35 to 10:45 a.m.
States and Institutions
Amr Hamzawy, Bassma Kodmani
Moderator: Perry Cammack

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Citizens and Social Contracts
Hafsa Halawa, Mehrezia Labidi, George Abed
Moderator: Marwan Muasher

William J. Burns

William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state.

George Abed

George Abed is a distinguished scholar in residence at the International Institute of Finance.

Perry Cammack

Perry Cammack is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Hafsa Halawa

Hafsa Halawa is independent political analyst and lawyer.

Amr Hamzawy

Amr Hamzawy is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Bassma Kodmani

Bassma Kodmani is the co-founder and executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative. 

Mehrezia Labidi

Mehrezia Labidi is a member of the Tunisian parliament and executive member of the Muslim Democrat Ennahdha Party.

Marwan Muasher

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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event speakers

William J. Burns

President

William J. Burns was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state.

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.

Perry Cammack

Nonresident Fellow, Middle East Program

Perry Cammack was a nonresident fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on long-term regional trends and their implications for American foreign policy.

Amr Hamzawy

Director, Middle East Program

Amr Hamzawy is a senior fellow and the director of the Carnegie Middle East Program. His research and writings focus on governance in the Middle East and North Africa, social vulnerability, and the different roles of governments and civil societies in the region.

Bassma Kodmani

Hafsa Halawa

Hafsa Halawa is a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute and an independent consultant working on political, social and economic affairs, and development goals across the Middle East and North Africa and Horn of Africa regions.

Mehrezia Labidi

George Abed