Palestinian Succession Plans: Who Will Replace President Mahmoud Abbas
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
Domestic Political Economy and China's "Going Out" Strategy
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 shap
The UAE and Asia’s Middle Class
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 visit
Building Peace, Security and Prosperity in Pakistan
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 servin
The UAE and the World in an Age of Turmoil
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 fo