The SAIS Foreign Policy Institute presents a discussion on: Palestinian Succession Plans: Who Will Replace President Mahmoud Abbas? with: * Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security - Discussant * Grant Rumley, Research Analyst at the Foundation of Democracies - Discussant * Fadi Elsalameen, Non-Resident Fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute - Moderator
A roundtable discussion was hosted by the Centre for International Governance (CIGI) and the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. It focused on the connection between China's domestic political economy drivers of its new activism in foreign financial policy. The rountdtable discussed the domestic sources of the "going out" strategy, the role of China's domestic institutions in shaping its economic, and the impact of its financial engagement abroad on domestic reform.
This post was originally posted in The New Silk Road Monitor here. This is an important piece on the CNN site penned by an influential minister in the UAE, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, on the UAE’s growing role as a nexus for trade and travel fueled by emerging middle classes, particularly in China and India. It follows a landmark visit by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan to India. He also recently visited China, a visit I wrote about in the Foreign Policy Institute blog of Johns Hopkins SAIS. A few key excerpts from the piece (bold italics are mine): “Recent visits to India and China by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nah
Dean Vali Nasr and the Foreign Policy Institute hosted a discussion on "Building Peace, Security and Prosperity in Pakistan" with Senator Sherry Rehman, Founding Chair and serving President of the Jinnah Institute Joining in Discussion was Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, and Dr. Daniel Markey, Senior Research Professor and Academic Director of Global Public Policy Program, SAIS Senator Sherry Rehman is the founding Chair and serving President of the Jinnah Institute, a leading policy think tank in Islamabad with a strategic focus on regional peace. Senator Rehman is the Vice President of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian which holds the m
SAIS Middle East Studies and the Foreign Policy Institute presented a discussion with Ambassador Omar Saif Ghobash UAE Ambassador to Russia H.E Omar Saif Ghobash, UAE Ambassador to Russia, will discuss a wide range of issues from the Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS (Da’esh) to the geo-economic rise of the UAE and the economic turmoil in emerging markets. Ambassador Ghobash brings a unique set of experiences to his diplomatic career, from business leader, art gallery founder, philanthropic foundation director, and advanced degree holder in mathematics. His Excellency Omar Saif Ghobash, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia, took up his post in 2009. Prior to his Ambassad