On February 27, Nathan Brown presented his paper on Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement and Amr Hamzawy presented his forthcoming paper on Morocco’s Justice and Development Party. Leslie Campbell, National Democratic Institute, served as a discussant and Julia Choucair moderated.

Three speakers, all of whom were in Palestine to observe the recent elections there, discussed this dramatic turning point. Having demanded clean elections, the international commumity is now forced to deal with the consequences. As the experts discussed, Hamas' new position of power will have a range of implications for Palestine's domestic and foreign affairs.