Exploring the Transition to Democracy in the Arab Region

When: Monday, April 16, 2012, 1:45 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Harvard Kennedy School • 79 John F. Kennedy Street • Malkin Penthouse, 4th floor, Littauer Building • Cambridge
2012 Apr 16 - 1:45pm
2012 Apr 16 - 5:30pm

Conference: Exploring the Transition to Democracy in the Arab Region

 

Panel 1 From Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab region

Samir MakdisiAutocratic Environment and the Initial Democratic Breakthroughs

Rami G. KhouriLessons from the Uprisings and Prospects for Democratic Transition

 

Panel 2:  Arab Transformative Movements

Roger OwenThe constitutional moment in Tunisia and Egypt

August Richard NortonIslamists in politics: The inclusion thesis redux

Ishac DiwanThe middle class and the rich in the Arab revolution

 

Sponsored by the Middle East Initiative.

Co-Sponsored with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy at the American University of Beirut

Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School 

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