Monday March 25, 2013
The Jerusalem speech was markedly different from its Cairo counterpart in a number of ways, and these may well indicate the shifting perspective of the Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda. Read More »
Wednesday March 13, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Despite the growing need for refugee assistance, the work of a United Nations organization devoted to Palestinian refugees has recently been called into question by Congress. Read More »
Monday March 11, 2013
Today, President Obama met with Arab American community leaders in advance of his trip to the Middle East. They released the following statement today: Read More »
Friday March 08, 2013
These actions also provide a cautionary note. Continuing to push for direct military intervention, and speaking of Iran only in terms of US and Israeli strategic interests, not only undermines the President’s approach, but also bolsters Iran’s only regional strength: its perceived resistance to the West. Read More »
Friday March 08, 2013
AIPAC's hawkish resolutions undermine American claims that it would prefer to solve the dispute diplomatically and add suspicion to an already fractious Iranian-American relationship. Such needless provocations only hurt the US and Israel, since both countries would be much better off seeing the Iranian conflict resolved diplomatically. Read More »
Wednesday March 06, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Yesterday, AAI President Jim Zogby released the results of a 20-nation Zogby poll on Arab and Muslim opinions and attitudes toward Iran at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. The poll release was accompanied by the launch of Zogby’s newest book, Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion Looking at Iran which compares 2012 Zogby Poll data on attitudes toward Iran with data Zogby Research has compiled from its past decade of polling in the region. Read More »
Tuesday March 05, 2013
Today, at the the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, AAI President James Zogby releases key findings from a 20-nation poll conducted by Zogby Research Services (ZRS) on Arab and Muslim attitudes toward Iran. Zogby is joined by an impressive panel of experts to comment on the poll including, Jane Harman, Marc Lynch, Hisham Melhem, Barbara Slavin, and Haleh Esfandiari. Today's poll is released alongside an e-book with full analysis of the results: Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion", which is available for purchase on Amazon. Read More »
Thursday February 28, 2013
AAI President Jim Zogby will deliver a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center next Tuesday on the results of a 20-nation poll of Arab and Muslim attitudes toward Iran. The Wilson Center has organized an impressive panel of experts to comment on the findings. The poll, which will become available Tuesday at 12:30pm, was conducted by Zogby Research Services (ZRS)and shows significant shifts in attitudes across the region that have occurred in just the past six years, all of which have serious policy implications: Read More »
Tuesday February 19, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Mideastwire.com is now accepting applications for its annual exchange program in Tunis, Tunisia. Read More »
Friday February 15, 2013
Connecting Cultures, a unique educational initiative that takes place in the deserts of Oman, is designed to promote intercultural dialogue as well as raise cultural awareness Read More »
Wednesday February 13, 2013
Join the conversation Wednesday at noon on Twitter and tune in to our livestream channel as we host a conversation on Syria with two engaged Arab Americans with different perspectives. Watch during your lunch hour and tweet your questions and comments to us @AAIUSA using the hashtag #Syria. Read More »
Thursday February 07, 2013
Earlier this week, NBC News released a Department of Justice memo outlining the administration’s legal rationale for the targeted killing of American citizens. Read More »
Friday February 01, 2013
These types of questions dominated the proceedings. In the course of the hearing, Israel was referenced 166 times, mostly on questions that have no bearing on the responsibilities of a Secretary of Defense. Meanwhile, questions about the many challenges that do fall within Hagel’s jurisdiction were practically ignored: 20 mentions of Afghanistan, and 2 passing references to the epidemic of troop suicides. Read More »
Thursday January 31, 2013
Today, Senator Chuck Hagel undergoes a nomination hearing held by the Senate Armed services Committee. Though Hagel is expected to ultimately be confirmed, he is sure to face some opposition in the form of verbal grilling from Republicans and Democrats alike, especially with regard to his views on Israel, Iran, and defense spending cuts. Read More »
Friday January 25, 2013
All eyes have been on Algeria as the hostage crisis unfolded last week at a remote BP gas facility in Algeria’s southern town of In Aménas, leaving at least 37 hostages dead, including 3 Americans. Read More »
Friday January 25, 2013
Sen. Johnson got a heated response from Secretary Clinton when he asked about UN Ambassador Susan Rice “purposefully misleading the American public” on what happened in Benghazi. He continued to push, asking why a phone call wasn’t made to people on the ground after the attack to ascertain whether or not the attack was the result of a protest or a planned terrorist assault. Read More »
Thursday January 10, 2013
After years of trying to break into the American market, the Qatari-based network Al Jazeera has bought the US channel Current TV, with plans to launch Al Jazeera America. Read More »
Monday January 07, 2013
Today’s big news in Washington is the announcement of President Obama’s nominations for two key foreign policy posts: former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel has been tapped to be the next Secretary of Defense and current Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism John Brennan will leave the White House to serve as director of the CIA. Both men must be confirmed by the Senate in hearings expected to begin later this month. Though both of these nominations are important in their own right, they also provide a window into the evolving foreign policy outlook of the Obama Administration. The results are decidedly mixed. Read More »
Thursday December 20, 2012
All eyes are on the North African states of Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt as each country struggles to form a stable democratic government. But amid the chaos, Washington is looking to strengthen pre-existing ties in the region with countries whose governments have survived the Arab Spring. Read More »
Wednesday December 19, 2012
The Arab American Institute and the New America Foundation's Middle East Task Force invite you to the launch of a critical public opinion survey on what Palestinians and Israelis want in a peace deal and their thoughts about the prospects for achieving it. Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
about 19 minutes ago.
RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
about 23 minutes ago.
The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
about 24 minutes ago.
Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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