On Thursday, the Libyan-American advocacy group, Libya Emergency Task Force, will hold a rally outside the Algerian embassy in Washington DC from 11:30am to 1pm, to protest the country's support for Muammar Gadhafi's  regime, which has continued its attacks on civilians.  At the rally, the task force will call for the United Nations to launch an investigation into the flow of Algerian mercenaries and military support to the Gadhafi regime.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama made a statement on the events in Egypt and his conversations with President Hosni Mubarak. Obama began by praising the Egyptian military for its restraint and professionalism: "I urge the military to continue its efforts to ensure this time of change is peaceful." He went on to say that the U.S. "stands for freedom of information and expression" and stated that going forward the U.S. ...

POMED is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for our upcoming series of conferences in the Middle East.  These will bring together young American and European professionals with reformists working in the Middle East to examine political reform dynamics in Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt and the role of U.S. foreign policy on the prospects for reform in those countries.  Ultimately, the conferences will produce recommendations for U.S. policymakers on how to ...

This week, POMED and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation will host fifteen European, American, and Middle Eastern leaders for an intensive workshop on the future of multilateral action toward reform in the Middle East. Please join us on Friday, May 22 for a luncheon discussion of their findings with Nora Younis, journalist and blogger, Almasry Alyoum; David Adesnik, Doublethink Magazine; and Amir Motahari, European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations. To view the ...

Come join us for a very timely discussion of strategies for supporting democracy and human rights in Egypt. The upcoming visits by President Mubarak to Washington and President Obama to Cairo will be watched closely for signals as to the place of democracy and human rights in a changing U.S.-Egypt relationship. On Wednesday afternoon, POMED will be hosting an event on Capitol Hill marking the release of a new paper ...

Just some upcoming travel news about your imminently lame-duck Executive Branch: Tomorrow, Secretary Rice begins a four-day trip to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt. A State Department statement says "she will meet with her Quartet counterparts and senior government officials to discuss efforts to achieve positive and lasting peace in the region, consistent with the Annapolis process and the shared goal of a two-state solution." Also, on November 13 President Bush will ...

Tuesday August 26, 2008 12:00 Middle East Institute: The Iranian Nuclear Challenge Wednesday August 27, 2008 12:oo Hudson Institute: "NATO's Counterterrorism Strategies: Quo Vadis?" Thursday August 28, 2008 12:00 Middle East Institute: "The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation" And you can always check out POMED’s Events Calendar for a current listing of events in the Washington D.C. area related to democratic reform, U.S. foreign policy, and the Middle East.

Tuesday July 29, 2008 12:00 Middle East Institute/Project on Middle East Democracy: Democratic Development in the Middle East and North Africa 2:00 United States Institute of Peace: Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency: A Pragmatic Approach to Peace and Reconciliation 4:00 Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia: Update on the Situation in Lebanon Wednesday July 30, 2008 10:00 United States Institute of Peace: Iraqi Minister of Interior, Jawad al-Bolani 12:00 Wilson Center: The US and the Middle ...