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  • Gender in the Security Sector: a Cultural and a Political Challenge 2011 , by Noha Bakr

    This paper will focus particularly on cultural and political challenges as the main obstacles to gender diversification in the security sector in the Arab world.

  • Egypt Security Sector Reforms 2011 , by Noha Bakr , Mohamed Kadri Said

    Exploring the field of security sector reforms in Egypt is a vital mission in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals at the Egyptian level.

  • Critical Dialogue between Diverse Opposition Groups: Final Report

    The Arab Reform Initiative served as an umbrella for critical dialogue through which thorny issues had been posed regarding dialogue and coalition experiences between opposition groups in the Arab world. ARI put together a group of researchers from a number of Arab countries. This report summarizes the different papers that were commissioned and discussed within the framework of the (...)

Recent Publications

  • SSR: Democratic Transitions and the Latin American Military , by Augusto Varas

    One of the main challenges to democratic state building processes in Latin America has been the enforcement of civilian control over the military. The introduction of a reform agenda for the armed services has been particularly critical for democratic forces in transitional periods.

  • Policy Brief: Libya, Searching for a Political Map 18 April 2011 , by Abdel Sattar Hatita

    Libyan Colonel Muammar Gaddafi left his country in a political vacuum as he banned the establishment of political parties for over forty years.

  • Egypt Security Sector Reforms 2011 , by Noha Bakr , Mohamed Kadri Said

    Exploring the field of security sector reforms in Egypt is a vital mission in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals at the Egyptian level.


Reform Watch

Qatar hikes state salaries, pensions 7 September 2011 , by Regan Doherty

Qatar will hand out significant salary, pension and benefits increases for its state and military employees costing as much as 30 billion riyals ($8.24 billion), a move seen as an attempt to help preserve stability in the wealthy Gulf Arab (...)

President al-Assad Issues Legislative Decree on Parties law 4 August 2011

Events

Noref Publication: Consequences of the Political Deadlock in Bahrain on Reforms in the Gulf 6 April 2011

Today’s unrest in Bahrain is deep-rooted and should be viewed in a local, domestic context that dates back to the “Manama Spring” of the 1990s.

2011 Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program 6 April 2011
Call for Papers for the 2011 Gulf Research Meeting 6 April 2011

The Arab Reform Initiative is a consortium of fifteen key policy research centers from the Arab world with partners from Europe and the United States, working to mobilize the Arab research capacity to advance knowledge and promote a home grown program for democratic reform.