Democratization and Conflict in the Arab World: Challenges, Opportunities and Dangers

Monday, May 9, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad;  Gordon Lubold

The mass protests seeking democracy and rule of law in the Arab world—amid the hope for change—have also produced an array of uncertainties, the likelihood of setbacks and the need for difficult policy choices by U.S. officials, the specialists addressing a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) conference on May 4 said. The event was co-hosted with Georgetown University.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Youth and the "Arab Spring"

Youth and the "Arab Spring"

Thursday, April 28, 2011

By: Stephanie Schwartz

USIP’s Stephanie Schwartz, author of “Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change,” discusses the critical role youth are playing in the “Arab Spring.”

Type: Analysis

Youth

Bahrain on the Edge

Thursday, April 28, 2011

By: Gordon Lubold

The sentiments of so many people seeking freedom across the “Arab Spring” this year has not been lost on Bahrain, where thousands are demanding the Sunni monarchy there listen to their concerns.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Counterrevolution in the Gulf

Counterrevolution in the Gulf

Monday, April 18, 2011

By: Toby C. Jones

Toby C. Jones has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Formerly the Gulf Analyst with the International Crisis Group, he is assistant professor of Middle East history at Rutgers University. He is the author of “Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia” (Harvard University Press, 2010).

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Impact of Arab Uprisings

Monday, April 18, 2011

By: Mona Yacoubian

USIP’s Mona Yacoubian explores the impact of uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt on the rest of the Arab world. This "On the Issues" is based on Mona Yacoubian’s remarks at the April 15th annual conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear

Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

By: Jon B. Alterman

Iraq’s Persian Gulf neighbors supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq in order to preserve the status quo--a weak and self-absorbed Iraq--rather than to impose a new one. However, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and its aftermath have not brought stability to the Gulf States as much as they have shifted the most serious challenges from external threats (of a hostile Baghdad) to internal threats (the threat of conflict spillover from Iraq).

Type: Special Report