POMED launches new resource on Middle East Posted by Shadi Hamid

As some of you know, I’ve been heading up the research program for the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), a relatively new NGO in Washington, DC which works with members of the policy community to consider effective (and peaceful!) methods for supporting democrats and democracy in the region.

Earlier this week, we officially launched our Country Pages Project, a major part of the research program. This project features two main products which many of you might find useful in your own work and research: a series of country pages and country backgrounders, analyzing prospects for political reform in key countries (in this first phase, the countries covered are Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, and Jordan). 

So here's the basic gist: Accessing up-to-date information and analysis on democratization - and especially on US policy toward political reform - for specific countries is surprisingly difficult. Where do you go? If you need to do some research on political developments in Jordan, and aren't familiar with the existing resources, or read Arabic, it's not easy. Think tanks don't cover Jordan often. Let's say you want to find out what congressional legislation's been passed on the US aid package to Egypt. Or maybe you're interested in what senior US officials said during the recent saga in Turkey when the ruling AK party was nearly shut down. Our country pages aim to fill the gap, providing a one-stop resource for researchers, activists, and policymakers. Similarly, POMED country backgrounders are targeted and concise, bringing readers up to speed on the state of political reform in a given country in under 5 pages.

All the pages and backgrounders can be accessed through this central portal. If you want to go ahead and download the country backgrounders directly, here they are: Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, and Jordan.

Comments

[Dan Kervick]

This is a very worthy project Shadi. I am often skeptical of your grand flights of Middle East democracy enthusiasm. But to the extent that those notions can be turned into practical and effective policy ideas, that advance democratic political progress in the Middle East while taking care of our other interests, and facing up to the limits and constraints on US power, I'm always ready to give them a hearing.

[Don Bacon]

Excellent, Shadi. Good work. Since Heather left and you returned you're my favorite DA contributor (subject to change).

[Shadi Hamid]

Hi Don, thanks for your kind words. It's good to be back blogging more regularly.

[jpc]

Thank you Shadi for your post about this most valuable resource.

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