POMED hosts monthly events in various venues around Washington, DC, covering a wide range of topics related to U.S. support for democracy in the Middle East. The Washington Dialogue Events series seeks to promote dialogue and build consensus among the Washington policymaking community about how genuine democracies can develop in the Middle East and how the U.S. can best support that process.

Upcoming Events

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung / POMED Multilateralism Workshop (May 2009)

Recent Events

Democratic Reform: Conflict or Stability? (March 17, 2009)

Strategies for Engaging Political Islam: A Middle East, US and EU Trialogue (February 26, 2009)

Human Rights in the Arab World: A Report from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (February 6, 2009)

Foreign Assistance in a Time of Crisis: Priorities for a New Administration (January 29, 2009)

Speaking Clearly: What Should President Obama Say to the Middle East? (January 12, 2009)

Past Events

‘Exporting,’ ‘Spreading’ or ‘Supporting’ Middle East Democracy: A Discussion with James Traub (October 20, 2008)

Religion and State: A Middle East, U.S. And EU ‘Trialogue’ (October 6, 2008)

A Time of Transition: U.S. Impact on Reform in a Changing Middle East (September 22, 2008)

Egypt Today: The State of Human Rights and Rule of Law (September 10, 2008)

Middle East Reform: Recommendations from the Region (July 29, 2008)

Turkey’s Political Crisis: Implications for the Middle East (July 24 2008)

What Women Want: Voices from the Middle East (June 24, 2008)

Perceptions of U.S. Democracy Promotion: American and Middle Eastern Views (May 23, 2008)

Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations and Democracy, Governance, and Human Rights in the Middle East (April 29, 2008)

Religious Freedom and Democratization in the Middle East: Links and Challenges (February 22, 2008)

From the Ground Up: Assessing Efforts to Promote Local Democratic Development in Iraq (January 24, 2008)

The State of Reform: Human Rights, Democratic Development and Individual Freedoms in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf States (November 1, 2007)

Islamist Political Participation and Democratic Development: The Cases of Turkey and Morocco (September 27, 2007)

“Bringing the World Home” Conferences 2007

The Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian Regime: Towards Confrontation? (March 19, 2007)

Sectarianism or Civil Rights: Reform in the Gulf (October 18, 2006)

Defining Democracy: Contested Visions of Governance in the Middle East (April 24, 2006)

Counting Votes: U.S. Policy and Middle East Elections (February 21, 2006)

Democracy, Self Interest and Ideology: A discussion of U.S. Policy Towards Political Islam (November 15, 2005)

Developing Democracy: America’s Involvement in Iraq’s Constitution (October 12, 2005)

Political Reform in Egypt: Is ‘Kifaya’ Really Enough? (May 2, 2005)

U.S. - Libya Relations: Beyond Silence (March 2, 2005)