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Acting Director, Muslim World Initiative, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
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Daniel Brumberg is acting director of USIP’s Muslim World Initiative in the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, where he focuses on issues of democratization and political reform in the Middle East and wider Islamic world. He is also an associate professor at Georgetown University and a former senior associate in the Carnegie Endowment’s Democracy and Rule of Law Project (2003-04).
Previously, he was a Jennings Randolph senior fellow at USIP, where he pursued a study of power sharing in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brumberg was a Mellon junior fellow at Georgetown University and a visiting fellow at the International Forum on Democratic Studies. He was a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University and a visiting fellow in the Middle East Program in the Jimmy Carter Center, and has taught at the University of Chicago. Brumberg is the author of many articles on political and social change in the Middle East and wider Islamic world. With a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, he is currently working on a comparative study of power-sharing experiments in Algeria, Kuwait and Indonesia.
A member of the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy and the advisory board of the International Forum on Democratic Studies, Brumberg is also chairman of the nonprofit Foundation on Democratization and Political Change in the Middle East. He has worked closely with a number of nongovernmental organizations in the Arab world, including the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. Brumberg is also a member of the editorial board of the American Political Science Association’s Political Science and Politics.
He received his B.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
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Publications:
- "Between Realism and Wilsonianism: The US and the Muslim World after Iraq," The Challenge of Islamists for EU and US Policies: Conflict, Stability and Reform." (SWP and USIP, November 2007).
- "Beyond Liberalization?" Wilson Quarterly (Spring 2004).
- Islam and Democracy in the Middle East, co-edited with Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003).
- "Liberalization Versus Democracy: Understanding Arab Reform," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Working Paper #37 (May 2003).
- "End of a Brief Affair? The United States and Iran," Carnegie Policy Brief No. 14 (2002).
- Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran (2001).
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This Working Paper is the culmination of the work of the Study Group on Reform and Security. Countries: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Analysis, Economics and Development, Governance, Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Nongovernmental Organizations, Peacebuilding, Security and Strategy, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World highlights the challenges that escalating identity conflicts within Muslim-majority states pose for both the Muslim world and for the West, an issue that has received scant attention in policy and academic circles. |
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Countries: Iran
| Issue Areas: International and Regional Organizations, Political Systems and International Relations
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On February 23, 2009, the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), together with the United Nations Association-USA and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, held a roundtable discussion among top Middle East experts and former United States Government officials. Held at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the meeting’s purpose was to discuss prospects for creating a diplomatic framework through which the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran can address issues of common concern in the Middle East and South Asia, and in so doing, advance an engagement dynamic that might eventually open the doors for rapprochement between the two countries. Countries: Iran
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Governance, International and Regional Organizations, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion
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Daniel Brumberg, acting director of USIP's Muslim World Initiative, discusses the recent meeting between senior U.S. officials and Iranian diplomats during an international conference at the Hague on March 31. This meeting represents the Obama administration's biggest step so far to reestablish dialogue with the Islamic Republic after 30 years of hostility. |
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Since 2004, USIP's "Iraq and its Neighbors" initiative has sponsored track II dialogues and ongoing research on relations between Iraq and its six immediate neighbors. As part of this work, the Institute—in partnership with the Stimson Center—sponsored a bipartisan, independent, and unofficial Study Mission to Syria and Saudi Arabia in mid-January 2009. The delegation met with a wide variety of leading political figures, businesspeople, NGOs and foreign policy experts in both countries, including President Bashar Assad of Syria and Prince Turki al-Faysal of Saudi Arabia. The top concern for both Riyadh and Damascus remains blowback from Iraq: the ascendance of ethnic and sectarian identity and the spread of Islamic militancy. The need to contain this threat is the dominant force that shapes their relations with Iraq. Both Syria and Saudi Arabia have a vital interest in ensuring that Iraq's emerging political order is inclusive of Sunni Arab Iraqis, who have not yet been fully incorporated into Iraqi institutions. This working paper represents the initial findings of the Study Mission. |
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The surprising success of Iran's "third way" movement in the March 2008 parliamentary elections may pose a significant challenge in the country's 2009 presidential election. Countries: Iran
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Western policy toward Iran relies heavily on economic pressure, and Iran's political trajectory is shaped in large part by its economic prospects and constraints. What is the state of the Iranian economy? The Iran Policy Forum tackled this question in their latest meeting. |
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February 1, 2010
Please join USIP for a frank discussion of the conflict between the Iranian regime and opposition and its implications for the Obama administration. The meeting will also be available via USIP webcast. Countries: Iran
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Management and Resolution, Governance, Human Rights, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Nongovernmental Organizations, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion, Science and Technology, Use of Force, Women, Youth
| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
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January 22, 2010
This USIP Working Paper examines the complex nexus between democratic change and U.S. security interests, with a principal focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen. Countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Human Rights, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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January 20, 2010
On the one-year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, USIP and POMED invited a public audience to assess the Obama administration's first year and to examine the administration's oppurtunities to implement its vision of a new beginning with the Arab and Muslim world. Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
| Issue Areas: Economics and Development, Governance, Human Rights, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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October 15, 2009
USIP's Daniel Brumberg joined a panel of guest speakers, including Congressman Keith Ellison, for a lively discussion of USIP's new volume "Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World." Countries: Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Economics and Development, Governance, Human Rights, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Nongovernmental Organizations, Peacebuilding, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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June 25, 2009
On June 12, Iran held an historic, and as it has turned out, highly contentious presidential election. While the government declared incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the decisive winner, his challengers--led by Mir Hossein Mousavi--have accused the regime of massive voter fraud, thus setting up a unprecedented conflict between a regime and major segments of society. These developments come on the heels of efforts by the Obama administration to engage Iran. USIP hosted a fascinating discussion of the implications of Iran's presidential election for the country's domestic politics, and even more so, for the course (and fate) of U.S.-Iranian engagement. |
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June 18, 2009
Drawing on his newly published USIP volume, Conspiracy of Silence: The Insurgency in Southern Thailand, Zachary Abuza and panelists will discuss an overlooked and brewing insurgency in southern Thailand and will address its impact on Thailand, Southeast Asia, and the global war on terror. Countries: Thailand
| Issue Areas: Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Grants & Fellowships, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
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December 8, 2008
Book discussion co-sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Countries: Iran
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Political Systems and International Relations
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September 10, 2008
A public event co-sponsored with the Center for Strategic and International Studies Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Demographics, Governance, Political Systems and International Relations, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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June 27, 2008
Countries: Iran
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, International and Regional Organizations, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion
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January 16, 2008
Issue Areas: Governance, Political Systems and International Relations
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October 18, 2007
Issue Areas: Religion
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September 19, 2007
Issue Areas: Governance, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion
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November 9, 2006
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October 4, 2006
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August 17, 2006
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