POLITICS GOVERNANCE STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS

POLITICS, GOVERNANCE,
AND STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS
WORKING GROUP
CONVENER
Tamara Cofman Wittes
The Brookings Institution
WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
Dr. Daniel Brumberg - Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MA in Democracy
& Governance Studies, Department of Government, Georgetown University;
Special Adviser for Iran and North Africa, United States Institute of Peace
Mr. Leslie Campbell - Senior Associate; Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa,
National Democratic Institute
Dr. Steven Cook - Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Larry Diamond - Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Dr. Kristin Diwan - Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Mr. Issandr El Amrani - Project Director, North Africa, International Crisis Group
Dr. Shadi Hamid - Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, US Relations with the Islamic World,
The Brookings Institution
Ms. Amy Hawthorne - Deputy Director for Research, Project on Middle East Democracy
Dr. Steven Heydemann - Professor and Janet N. Ketcham 1953 Chair of Middle East Studies,
Smith College
Sir John Jenkins - Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Amb. Richard LeBaron - Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Dr. Karim Mezran - Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council
Dr. Chibli Mallat - Presidential Professor, College of Law, University of Utah
Dr. Nadim Shehadi - Director, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies,
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Dr. Maria Stephan - Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
Dr. Maha Yahya - Director, Middle East Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace