ARI Activities


	What Can Syrians Learn from Bosnia? by Alvaro Vasconcelos, Gerald Stang Within the activities of the Arab Reform Initiative, the focus is on benefiting from the experiences of other countries in order to identify the paths and the obstacles to political reform or democratic transition.
	Press Release March 2013 Interview with Dr Bassma Kodmani on Ahram Online http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/66953/World/Region/Bashar-released-AlQaeda-prisoners-to-cover-his-cri.aspx
	Embracing transition March 2013 by 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
	Workshop on Governance of Diversity in the Arab Countries February, 2013 The workshop discussed the legal, political and cultural dimensions and aspects of diversity, as well as the main obstacles, issues and challenges that diversity management has raised in the Arab world.
	Post Revolution Police Reform: Current State and Challenges January 2013 http://www.reform.tn/conf/index
	Constitutional Reform in Times of Democratic Transition September 2012 The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) co-hosted a conference on constitutional reform in times of democratic transition, bringing together leading experts from ten different countries to share their experiences and expertise.
	Workshop on reform of the police in Egypt: Issues and challenges July 2012 ARI and the Security Studies Unit at the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies organized on the 11th of July 2012, a workshop on the issues and challenges facing reform of the police in Egypt.
	Salam Kawakibi speaks at "Médecins du Monde" Forum on Syria April 2012 The forum discussed "Where is Syria" and how has it come to this in light of regional issues and their prospects and if there is a possible humanitarian response to help the Syrian people.
	ARI Conference in Tunisia discusses: Islamist parties in power and a new role for the opposition March 2012 On March 11 and 12, 2012, the Arab Reform Initiative launched a research project on the unfolding political developments in a number of Arab countries. On the discussion table were the elections that brought to power various Islamist-leaning parties as part of the political transition process that followed the Arab revolutions, begun in late 2010 (...)
	The New Egyptian Constitution... Experiences and Challenges March 2012 The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) in cooperation with the Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) held a conference on 22-23 February 2012, in Cairo entitled “The New Egyptian Constitution: Experiences and Challenges”. Researchers from Egypt, Brazil, Turkey, Greece and France took part in the event, as did representatives of various Egyptian political (...)