United States Policy toward the Middle East: a Dossier

Links

Hearings

These are the main congressional committees holding regularly hearings on Iran. To find their latest and archived hearings, please click on:
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |  Senate Committee on Armed Services | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

House Foreign Affairs Committee | House Committee on Armed Services | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

U.S. Government Agencies

White House

• The Roadmap to Peace: White House special page

U.S. Department of State

• Middle East and North Africa: a U.S. Dept of State International Information Programs portal
   
• Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

U.S. Agency for International Developement

• Web Bank/Gaza Mission website

 

Organizations

Think Tanks

• Brookings Institute Saban Center for Middle East Policy:
  
  U.S. POLICY TOWARDS THE ISLAMIC WORLD This two-year project responds to the challenges the U.S. faces in the coming years, including the continuing war on global terrorism and promoting positive relations with the Muslim states and communities.
   
• Council of Foreign Relations Middle East page
   
• Center for Strategic Studies and International Studies
   
• RAND
   
• Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
  

  Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID) is a non-profit organization, based in Washington DC, dedicated to studying Islamic and democratic political thought and merging them into a modern Islamic democratic discourse. The organization was founded in March 1999 by a diverse group of academicians, professionals, and activists--both Muslim and non-Muslim--from around the USA who agree on the need for the study of and dissemination of reliable information on this complex topic.
  
   

• Council for the National Interest
   
• International Crisis Group: Middle East Program
  
   
• MERIP
  

  Established 32 years ago, the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC. The Project has been quite successful over the past few decades due to its commitment to providing a broad range of perspectives on the Middle East not generally found in some of the mainstream media and press coverage. While the organization's primary publication, the Middle East Report, is not available for free on the site (although some of its editorial pieces are), visitors will want to take a close look at the Middle East Report Online, which is available here.
   

• Carnegie Endowment for Peace: Arab Reform Bulletin
   
• Middle East Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

  The Middle East Program was launched in February 1998, in light of the importance of the region to the United States and the profound changes the states in the region are experiencing. The Program is part of the Division of International Studies at the Center.
  
  The Middle East Program activities focus on three domains:
  
   

  • current affairs;
     
  • Islam, democracy and civil society; and
     
  • issues relating to women’s rights.
     
• United States Institute of Peace Special Initiative on the Muslim World.
  
  From Mali to Mindanao, the impact of turmoil and conflict in the Muslim world has far-reaching repercussions on international security and the global economy. As the United States and its allies continue their campaign against terrorism, it is key that long-term nonviolent options for preventing and combating international terrorism be made available to policymakers in the United States and beyond. To address these challenges and the range of political, social, economic, and religious issues that have come to light in the wake of September 11, the United States Institute of Peace has established the Special Initiative on the Muslim World.
   
• Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  

  Founded in 1985, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East. Through a comprehensive program of research, seminars, conferences, publications, and study tours to the Middle East, The Washington Institute provides policymakers, diplomats, and journalists with fresh thinking and new ideas to promote peace, security, and stability in one of the world's most volatile regions.
   

European Union

• The EU & the Middle East: Position & background