Articles
Published Articles
The following articles have been published by POMED staff.
Backing up rhetoric with action in Bahrain
Stephen McInerney
Washington Post, November 4, 2012
Broadening U.S. Engagement with the Middle East
Stephen McInerney
Huffington Post, October 19, 2012
U.S. silence on continued Bahraini repression
Cole Bockenfeld
Foreign Policy, July 31, 2012
Turkey and Iran: A Fraying Relationship or Business as Usual?
Daphne McCurdy
Foreign Policy, February 28, 2012
Fayza Abul Naga and Cairo’s Campaign Against NGOs
Stephen McInerney
Foreign Affairs, February 22, 2012
Meet Bahrain’s Lobbyists
Cole Bockenfeld
The Hill, December 9, 2011
Morocco’s new elections, just like the old elections?
Daphne McCurdy
Foreign Policy, November 28, 2011
Islamist Victory in Tunisia Presents Opportunity for U.S. Engagement
Stephen McInerney
Fikra Forum, November 8, 2011
Tunisia’s Surprise Success Story–and What He Means for the New Democracy
Daphne McCurdy
The Atlantic, October 31, 2011
Protecting the US-Bahraini Relationship
Cole Bockenfeld
Common Ground News Service, October 4, 2011
SCAF’s Assault on Egypt’s Civil Society
Stephen McInerney
Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel, September 28, 2011
Turkey’s Post-Election Crisis
Daphne McCurdy
openDemocracy, July 8, 2011
The Logic of the Donor Community: American Donors
Stephen McInerney
Paper presented at a conference organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF)
April 2-3, 2011, Brussels.
How should the U.S. respond to the protests in the Middle East?
Andrew Albertson
Washington Post, January 30, 2011.
Principled Neutrality?
Andrew Albertson
Huffington Post, January 28, 2011.
The Obama Administration’s Quiet Approach to Reform in the Arab world
Andrew Albertson
Arab Reform Bulletin, December 8, 2010
It’s not just the AKP
Daphne McCurdy
openDemocracy, October 28, 2010
Obama dismays Egypt’s reform advocates
Stephen McInerney
The Daily Star, Monday, April 19, 2010
Shifts in U.S. Assistance to Egypt Alarm Democracy Advocates
Stephen McInerney
Arab Reform Bulletin, April 7, 2010
A Human Rights Lever for Iran
Andrew Albertson and Ali G. Scotten
The Washington Post, Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Has the US turned its back on democracy?
Stephen McInerney
The Daily Star, Monday, September 28, 2009
Don’t Give Up on Egypt
Andrew Albertson and Stephen McInerney
Foreign Policy, June 2009
Democracy’s Time: A Reply to Tarek Osman
Shadi Hamid
OpenDemocracy.net, April 6, 2009
Democracy Promotion in the Aftermath of Iraq
Shadi Hamid
World Politics Review, March 16, 2009
Iraq Provincial Elections a Beginning, Not an End
Shadi Hamid
World Politics Review, February 4, 2009
In Search of a Lasting Legacy
Shadi Hamid
The National, December 20, 2008
Modern Politics or the Politics of Modernity?
James Liddell
Arab Reform Bulletin, December 2008
Resolving America’s Islamist Dilemma: Lessons from South and Southeast Asia
Shadi Hamid
The Century Foundation
Necessary Risks: How a New U.S. Administration Can Finally Give Us the Middle East Policy We Need
Shadi Hamid
Progressive Policy Institute, October 2008
Jordan: Fair Winds for the Brotherhood
Shadi Hamid
Arab Reform Bulletin, October 2008
Ideology and Pragmatism in Turkish Foreign Policy: From Ataturk to the AKP
Nicholas Danforth
Turkish Policy Quarterly, Fall 2008
Turkey’s Dangerous Message to the Muslim World
Alex Taurel and Shadi Hamid
The Christian Science Monitor, July 24, 2008
The Bush Administration’s Budget and Democracy in the Arab World
Stephen McInerney
Arab Reform Bulletin, April 2008
Speech Translation
Shadi Hamid
The Washington Post, March 22, 2008
Beirut Is Not Tehran
Andrew Exum and Stephen McInerney
The Washington Post, November 23, 2007
It’s the Politics, Stupid
Shadi Hamid and Stephen McInerney
The New Republic, November 6, 2007
The Myth of Moroccan Democracy
Shadi Hamid and Jeb Koogler
The American Prospect, September 20, 2007
Parting the Veil (pdf )
Shadi Hamid
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Summer 2007
Engaging Political Islam to Promote Democracy
Shadi Hamid
Progressive Policy Institute, June 2007
Aiding and Abetting Egyptian Repression
Shadi Hamid
The American Prospect, June 6, 2007
Jordan: Attention Turns to Electoral Law
David DeBartolo
Arab Reform Bulletin, April 2007
Reform, Another Casualty of Iraq
David DeBartolo
The Jordan Times, November 7, 2006
Vision Gap, Part II
Shadi Hamid
The American Prospect, August 24, 2006
Vision Gap, Part I
Shadi Hamid
The American Prospect, August 23, 2006
The Path to War with Iran
Shadi Hamid
TomPaine, May 9, 2006
Wielding Aid Against Democracy
David DeBartolo
The Harvard Crimson, April 6, 2006
Propaganda’s Hidden Cost
David DeBartolo
The Harvard Crimson, January 12, 2006
Time to Take a Stand on Egypt’s Democracy
Shadi Hamid
The Daily Star, January 3, 2006
London Attacks: Turning Point for US Islamic Community
Shadi Hamid
The Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2005
Jordan: Democracy at a Dead End
Shadi Hamid
Arab Reform Bulletin, May 2005
Degrees of Freedom
Rashad Mahmood and Nora Achrati
The Hoya, March 22, 2005
A Democratic Moment
Shadi Hamid
The Jerusalem Post, February 1, 2005
Shadi Hamid, POMED’s former director of research, is a contributor to Democracy Arsenal, the National Security Network’s foreign affairs blog. A list of his posts can be found here.