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Beyond Sound Bites: A Primer to Critical Foreign Policy Issues for Tonight’s Debate

While the previous two presidential debates focused primarily on domestic issues, Monday night’s final debate will spotlight foreign policy and national ...

Blog Post

10.22.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Building Higher Education Partnerships in the Maghreb

From June 2nd to 9th, 2012 the Partners for a New Beginning’s North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity Secretariat at the Aspen Institute (PNB-N ...

BY Vanessa Zuabi, Tara Shallal

Publication

09.21.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Lessons From Libya and Post-9/11 American Foreign Policy

The tragic killing of our ambassador and other embassy personnel in Libya, and the storming of our embassy in Egypt, highlight at least three things of cri ...

BY Clark Ervin

Blog Post

09.13.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Thoughts from North Africa: Can Fewer Options Help Improve Student Outcomes and Control Costs Without Compromising Quality?

Visiting half a dozen colleges and universities in North Africa as part of a PNB-NAPEO higher education delegation earlier this summer, it was clear that t ...

BY Joshua Wyner

Blog Post

08.24.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Influencing Development in the Arab World

Amid the constant stream of news coming from the Arab revolutions, Harvard Kennedy School professor Nicholas Burns, Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief David Ro ...

Blog Post

06.29.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Coordinating Impact Capital: A New Approach to Investing in Small and Growing Businesses

This research document is a result of an ANDE-funded Capacity Development Fund grant.Download the report. ...

BY John Kohler, Thane Kreiner, Jessica Sawhney | Santa Clara University, Center for Science, Technology and Society;

Publication

04.12.2012
Africa and the Middle East

Entrepreneurs Are Transforming The Developing World

Entrepreneurs Are Transforming The Developing WorldRandall Kempner, Huffington Post, February 18, 2011 ...

BY Randall Kempner, Huffington Post

Blog Post

02.19.2011
Africa and the Middle East

From Aspen to Cairo

Note from Todd Breyfogle, director, Seminars, The Aspen Institute: Aspen Seminar participant Amr Attia reflects on how his time in Aspen shaped his involve ...

Blog Post

02.16.2011
Africa and the Middle East

Hezbollah and the Shiite Community: From Political Confessionalization to Confessional Specialization

This paper analyzes the evolution of the Shiite political elites within the Lebanese confessional and consociational political system. It also explores the ...

BY Ziad Majed

Publication

11.19.2010
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