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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
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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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Michele Dunne
Michele Dunne is director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.
Dr. Dunne has served in the White House on the National Security Council staff, on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff and in its Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and as a diplomat in Cairo and Jerusalem. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, she was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she edited the Arab Reform Bulletin and carried out research on Arab politics and US policies. She holds a doctorate in Arabic language and linguistics from Georgetown University, where she has served as a visiting professor of Arabic and Arab studies. Her research interests include Arab politics, political transitions, economic reform, Egypt, Israeli-Palestinian issues, and US and European policies in the Middle East. She cochairs the Working Group on Egypt, a bipartisan group of experts established in February 2010 to mobilize US government attention to the forces of change in that country.
Recent Interviews
Can the U.S. Avoid 'Slippery Slope' to Deeper Engagement in Syria?
PBS Newshour | May 6, 2013Michele Dunne Discusses US Relations With Egypt
CBC | April 30, 2013Michele Dunne on Shortcomings of US Policy in Egypt (Arabic)
Al-Jazeera | March 26, 2013Former Diplomat Michele Dunne: Obama's Trip to Israel a Success
CNN | March 25, 2013Michele Dunne on New and Old Challenges for Secretary Kerry in Middle East
PBS News Hour | March 25, 2013Michele Dunne on Expectations for Barack Obama's Middle East Visit
Al Jazeera | March 20, 2013Michele Dunne on the State of US-Egypt Relations
Voice of America | March 5, 2013Michele Dunne on Secretary Kerry's Trip to the Middle East (Arabic)
ONtv | March 4, 2013Michele Dunne on Secretary Kerry's Trip to the Middle East and Egypt
PBS Newshour | March 1, 2013Michele Dunne on Assassination of Tunisian Opposition Leader
BBC World News | February 8, 2013The US Role In Egypt's Battle For Democracy
NPR’s Talk of the Nation | December 10, 2012Egypt's President Reacts to Clashes Between Protesters
PBS Newshour | December 6, 2012Publications
Remember that historic Arab Spring speech?
Foreign Policy | May 21, 2013Europe and the US in the Middle East: a convergence of partiality
FRIDE Policy Brief | March 2013For Obama, Mideast Peace Looks Like a Low Priority
The New York Times | March 27, 2013A Strategy for US Engagement in the Middle East: Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity
Issue Brief | March 13, 2013Embracing a Dignity Agenda in the Middle East
The Atlantic | February 25, 2013U.S. needs to show Egypt some tough love
The Washington Post | February 20, 2013Obama’s Second Term Middle East Policy: Will Words Become Actions?
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs | Winter 2013Escalating Protests Spring from Enduring Problems
EgyptSource | January 28, 2013Michele Dunne on Netanyahu's Victory
PBS Newshour | January 23, 2013Egypt: Why Liberalism Still Matters
Journal of Democracy | January 2013US Policy Toward Egypt Paved with Good Intentions
Egypt Independent | December 13, 2012Morsi tries with the judiciary what he did with SCAF—and fails
EgyptSource | November 27, 2012Egyptian President Morsi’s Counter Coup, Move Three
EgyptSource | August 12, 2012Egypt’s Sinai Problem Long Predates Morsi
New Atlanticist | August 10, 2012Egypt's Struggle: Islamists Versus State Institutions, with Secularists on the Sidelines
EgyptSource | July 11, 2012Morsi’s Counter Coup
EgyptSource | July 8, 2012Managing the US Relationship with Egypt
The Washington Post | July 2, 2012Syria’s Rebels Are Winning
New Atlanticist | June 29, 2012Morsy’s Choice: Abdeen or Tora?
EgyptSource | June 22, 2012House Hearing Testimony on Egypt
EgyptSource | June 20, 2012Egypt’s Pivotal Ten Days
EgyptSource | June 11, 2012Mubarak and the State of Emergency Sacrificed
EgyptSource | June 2, 2012Egypt’s Prospects for Democracy
New Atlanticist | June 1, 2012Voting is Over; What Next?
EgyptSource | May 24, 2012How Egyptians Will Vote
EgyptSource | May 22, 2012Views from the Brotherhood on the Eve of Egypt’s Presidential Election
EgyptSource | May 22, 2012A Tilt in Egypt's Presidential Race: Morsy and Shafiq Up, Aboul Fotouh and Moussa Down
EgyptSource | May 21, 2012Will the Egyptian Presidential Election be Free and Fair?
EgyptSource | May 17, 2012Making a Mistake with Egypt
EgyptSource | March 23, 2012Rethinking US Relations with a Changing Egypt
Project on Middle East Democracy | March 22, 2012Can Egypt Avoid Pakistan’s Fate?
EgyptSource | February 6, 2012Egypt’s Revolution at an Inflection Point
EgyptSource | January 24, 2012FJP Reticent on National Security Issues
EgyptSource | January 6, 2012Libya’s Revolution: Do Institutions Matter?
Current History | December 2011The Greatest Dangers Facing Egypt in 2012
EgyptSource | December 22, 2011Of Islamists, Elections, and the Economy: A Closer Look
EgyptSource | December 7, 2011Amr Hamzawy and the Liberal Minority
EgyptSource | December 2, 2011Polls Close and the Count Begins
EgyptSource | November 29, 2011Election Day One: Vignettes from Port Said
EgyptSource | November 28, 2011Port Said on the Eve of Elections
EgyptSource | November 27, 2011Electoral Propaganda
EgyptSource | November 26, 2011Fine Points of the Electoral System that Might Make a Difference
EgyptSource | November 26, 2011To Elect or Not Elect
EgyptSource | November 25, 2011Is Kamal Ganzouri the Answer?
EgyptSource | November 25, 2011How Will the Supra-Constitutional Principles be Amended?
EgyptSource | November 17, 2011Working Group on Egypt Releases Statement on Conditioning Aid to Egyptian Military EgyptSource | November 17, 2011
Egypt’s Imperiled Transition: Pakistan on the Nile?
Issue Brief | November 14, 2011Egypt: How a Lack of Political Reform Undermined Economic Reform
Egypt Independent | February 25, 2011What Tunisia Proved and Disproved
Egypt Independent | January 19, 2011From Too Much Egyptian Opposition to Too Little
Egypt Independent | December 15, 2010Egypt’s Unobserved Elections
Egypt Independent | November 24, 2010Will NDP independents win the elections again?
Egypt Independent | November 3, 2010Does Egypt Need International Election Observers?
Egypt Independent | October 14, 2010American and European Responses to the Arab Spring: What’s the Big Idea?
The Washington Quarterly | Fall 2011With the Storming of Libya’s Bastille, the Arab Revolutions Begin a New Phase
New Atlanticist | August 26, 2011Egypt’s Democratic Transition: Five Important Myths About the Economy and International Assistance
Legatum Institute and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | July 21, 2011
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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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