Content tagged with “Middle East”
In December 2010, the self-immolation of a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia incited demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia and catalyzed a wave of revolutions across the Arab world. In the...
Tags: aspen strategy group, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Arab Spring Surrounded by political uncertainty, the Egyptian economy has experienced a sharp decline over the past two years. While the Egyptian government struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability and...
Tags: Egypt, economy, Middle East, private sector, economic statecraft While the previous two presidential debates focused primarily on domestic issues, Monday night’s final debate will spotlight foreign policy and national security exclusively. The potential topics to...
Tags: Election 2012, Iran, China, Russia, Afghanistan, Israel, Defense Budget, al-Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Partners for a New Beginning More than 100 participants from around the U.S. and other countries attended the 2012 Socrates Summer Seminars, July 5-8, in Aspen. The seminar weekend opened with a dinner program featuring Aspen...
Tags: Leadership, Middle East, Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise, China, innovation, Impact Investing, Capitalism, unemployment, Heroes and Villains, Corporate Leadership, Political Leadership, employment Amid the constant stream of news coming from the Arab revolutions, Harvard Kennedy School professor Nicholas Burns, Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief David Rothkopf, and Chairman of the Institute’s...
Tags: Middle East, Diplomacy, Arab Spring, 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival Participants from around the U.S. and six other countries convened in Aspen during President's Day Weekend for the 2012 Socrates Winter Seminars. Roundtable discussions were led by Socrates...
Tags: Environment, Middle East, Energy, Social Media, Islam, North Africa, Revolution, privacy In December the Justice and Society Program (JSP) served as a consultant to the Saudi Judicial Engagement Project, administered by the Institute of International Education and sponsored by the U.S....
Tags: Middle East, Justice and Society Author, historian and journalist Robin Wright speaks about her newest work, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World." Moderated by Aspen Institute CEO and President Walter...
Tags: Middle East, Iran, Egypt This year’s festival will celebrate the magical literature of the modern Middle East. Against the backdrop of ancient lands where paper was born and poetry has flourished since days of yore, the...
Tags: Middle East, Aspen Summer Words, Literature, Khaled Hosseini, Firoozeh Dumas, Mona Eltahawy, Rabih Alameddine, Reza Aslan, Daniyal Mueenuddin Following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to the Middle East, this conversation explorese the key elements of a US policy agenda for a region in transition. The panel discusses the unique...
Tags: Middle East, Middle East Programs 
