Arab Reform Initiative

Arab research support program

The Arab Research Support Program (ARSP)

The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is a research hub that nurtures new initiatives; topic-based vibrant working groups or communities of practice that can bridge policy and research.ARI offers funding for scholars within the Arab region through its Arab Research Support Program.

In the spotlight

What Can Syrians Learn from Bosnia?

Within the activities of the Arab Reform Initiative, the focus is on benefiting from the experiences of other cou

Embracing transition

March 2013, Bassma Kodmani

Bassma Kodmani argues that a neutral platform is required in which dialogue between all interested parties can take placehttp://english.ahram.org.eg/News/66485.aspx

Arab reform briefs

The Jordanian Elections: No More than Deepening the Crisis

May 2013, Sufian Obaidat

The latest Jordanian parliamentary elections were held against the backdrop of a political and social crisis. The outcome of these elections prolonged the status quo but they also doomed the country to fail in standing-up to the looming challenges, (...)

Read April 2013 Brief : Syria papers - The Syrian Revolution and Future of Minorities

ARI projects

Governance of Sectarian Diversity in Saudi Arabia

February, 2013, Jafar Alshayeb

This paper aims to review the issue of sectarian diversity in the Kingdom from the social and historical points of view, the manner in which it was dealt with politically and administratively, and offers a list of recommendations for a better (...)

This material is part of the project :

Governance of Diversity

“Healing without amputating?” : security reform in Egypt

September 2012, Tewfick Aclimandos

This paper attempts to show that drawing up a list of the problems and suggested solutions is necessary but not sufficient and to bring in some maxims from other experiences. I hope this paper would start a constructive foundational debate.

This material is part of the project :

Arab Securitocracies and Security Sector Reform

Governance of cultural diversity in North Sudan : Religious and ethnic dimension

September 2012, Haydar Ibrahim Ali

Discussions among the Sudanese about diversity diminished since the separation. Despite their pretended happiness, separatists in the North and South were very shocked by the separation and, today, none of them has the answer to the key question of (...)

This material is part of the project :

Governance of Diversity

After the Fall: Security Sector Reform in post-Ben Ali Tunisia

October 2012, Derek Lutterbeck

Security sector reform (SSR) is a key concern in the current transformations which are sweeping across much of the Arab world.

This material is part of the project :

Arab Securitocracies and Security Sector Reform