Post Event Summary and Resources
"Security and Political Reform in the Greater Middle East"
Summary
This panel will consider the future of U.S. efforts to promote political reform in the Middle East and wider Islamic world against a backdrop of escalating domestic, regional and global security challenges. Highlighting the findings and recommendations of USIP’s Study Group on Reform and Security in the Muslim World, the panel will set out a range of possible strategies for avoiding vicious cycles.
Rapporteur Summary Report
- Download and read (.pdf 250KB)
Multimedia
Full Session
- Watch on YouTube
- Video Recording of Session (.mp4 137.14MB)
- Audio Recording of Session (.mp3 28.62MB)
- Photo Gallery
By Speaker
- Mona Yacoubian
Special Advisor, Muslim World Initiative, United States Institute of Peace
Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 23.63MB)- Samer Shehata
Assistant Professor of Arab Politics, Georgetown University
Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 22.85MB)- Shuja Nawaz
Director of the South Asia Center at The Atlantic Council of the United States
Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 25.68MB)- Daniel Brumberg
Special Advisor, Muslim World Initiative, United States Institute of Peace
Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 20.27MB)- Question and Answer Panel
Video Recording of Panel (.mp4 64.92MB)
Related Resources
Passing the Baton
- Multimedia Highlights
- Watch on YouTube
- Conference Report
- Plenaries and Panels by Speaker
- Plenaries and Panels by Title
- Welcome & Introduction
- "Today's World, Tomorrow's Challenges"
- Proliferation, Catastrophic Terrorism and a New Security Paradigm
- Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers
- Blogs & Bullets: The Power of Online Media in Preventing or Igniting Violent Conflict
- Reinvigorating Prospects for Arab-Israeli Peacemaking
- Stabilizing War-Torn States: Goals and Guidance for a New Administration
- Confronting or Engaging Iran?
- Securing Development
- Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: Identifying Priorities, Linkages, and Trade-offs
- Security and Political Reform in the Greater Middle East
- Building Civilian Capacity to Meet 21st Century Challenges
- New Strategies for International Cooperation
- Economic Development and State Building
- The Way Forward in Afghanistan
- Reception: "Celebrating 25 Years of Building Peace"
- Speakers' Biographies
- Schedule of Events
- Media Coverage


