Featured Publications
The Trilateral Bond: Mapping a New Era for Latin America, the United States, and Europe
Egypt's Litigious Transition: Judicial Intervention and the Muddied Road to Democracy
A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Ambitious but Achievable
Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran
Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security
Does Beijing Have a Strategy? China's Alternative Futures
Council News
Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Biography
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Mara Revkin
Mara Revkin is a student at Yale Law School. She can be reached at mara.revkin@yale.edu and on Twitter @MaraRevkin.
She was the assistant director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and editor of EgyptSource, a blog following Egypt's transition.
Prior to joining the Atlantic Council in 2011, Mara worked for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she was a Junior Fellow in the Middle East Program focusing on Egypt and Yemen. Mara was a 2009 Fulbright Fellow to Oman, where she studied the constraints on freedom of speech and expression in authoritarian regimes. Mara graduated from Swarthmore College with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Arabic. Her research interests include Egyptian politics, legal and political reform in the Middle East, and U.S. policy in the region.
Selected Publications:
“Has Egypt’s Revolution Left Women Behind?” The Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy, (December 8, 2011) Online.
Co-author with Dunne, Gedmin, Dabrowski, Dadush, Ghanem, Rohac, Safianik, and Yousef. “Egypt’s Democratic Transition: Five Important Myths about the Economy and International Assistance,” A report from the Carnegie Endowment and Legatum Institute. (July 2011). Online.
“Egypt’s Uprising: Implications for Regional Stability, U.S.-Egypt Relations, and the Peace Process,” Journal of Afkar/Ideas, Vol. 29 (March 2011), pp. 53-60.
With Chris Boucek. “The Unraveling of the Saleh Regime in Yemen,” CTC Sentinel, Vol. 4, No. 3 (March 2011), pp. 1-3.
With Michele Dunne. “Overview of Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Commentary (March 16, 2011). Online.
With Michele Dunne. “Rethinking Internal Security in Egypt,” The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Commentary (March 16, 2011). Online.
With Michele Dunne. “Egypt: How a Lack of Political Reform Undermined Economic Reform,” The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Commentary (February 23, 2011). Online.
“Trajectories of Change in Omani Poetry,” The Middle East Institute (Encounters) 20 (January, 2010): 1-5. Print.
“Immigration Issues: City on a Hill,” The American Prospect, Vol. 18 (October, 2007): 31-33. Print.
“Day Laborers Rally in Virginia,” The American Prospect (August 7, 2007). Online.
“Suppressing the Truths of War,” The American Prospect (July 18, 2007). Online.
FEATURED EVENTS
Evolving US-European Security Cooperation with the Gulf States
On May 23, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security is hosting a panel discussion on new developments in security cooperation among the United States, its European allies, and the Gulf states, and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years.
The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran
On May 30, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center will release a new issue brief, The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran, a discussion of Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.
2013 Wroclaw Global Forum
From June 13-14, the 2013 Wrocław Global Forum will bring together over 350 top policy-makers and business leaders to explore the region’s impact as an actor in Europe, as well as its crucial role in the transatlantic partnership and on the global stage.
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