Amy Hawthorne
Project on Middle East Democracy

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Worse Than Mubarak

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is bringing a new form of totalitarianism to Egypt.

· February 27, 2019
Foreign Policy
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Militancy, Border Security, and Democracy in North Africa and the Sahel
February 24, 2016

This all-day conference brings together leading scholars from around the world to examine security and governance challenges in the Maghreb-Sahel.

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  • Anouar Boukhars
  • Michele Dunne
  • John Desrocher
  • Cyril Obi
  • Amy Hawthorne
  • Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck
  • Rebecca Murray
  • Samba Tall
  • Boubacar N’Diaye
  • Gbemisola Animasawun
  • Ismail Rashid
  • Kamissa Camara
  • Muhammad Fraser-Rahim
  • Cheri Baker
  • Charles Ukeje
In the Media
Whatever Happened to the Forum for the Future

It is time for the United States to abandon its involvement in G8’s “Forum for the Future” and redirect its efforts toward designing a more constructive regional platform for direct dialogue with Arab civil society.

· December 23, 2013
Foreign Policy
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Qatar's New Constitution: Limited Reform from the Top

Qatar is frequently described as being at the vanguard of democratization in the Arab world. A look at the tiny Gulf emirate's new reformist constitution, approved in an April 2003 popular referendum, shows that the document has significant limitations, even as compared to other Arab constitutions.

  • Amy Hawthorne
· August 26, 2008
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Egypt's New National Council for Human Rights: Watchdog or Window Dressing?

With the Egyptian People's Assembly's June 16, 2003 approval of legislation to create a National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), Egypt has become the latest Arab government to establish a state council to advance human rights. Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria formed such councils in the early 1990s, Yemen in 1997, Jordan in 2000, and Qatar in May 2003.

  • Amy Hawthorne
· August 26, 2008
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The Middle East Partnership Initiative: Questions Abound

The State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative represents a critical element in the Bush administration's policy of attempting to transform the Arab world into a zone of liberal democracies and free market economies.

  • Amy Hawthorne
· August 26, 2008