Invitation
Reform in Bahrain: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Start: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:00 AM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Directions to AEI
Invitation
Reform in Bahrain: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Start: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:00 AM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Directions to AEI
In February 2001, Bahrain introduced a series of reforms to open its political system. The following year, the government promulgated a new constitution, established a bicameral legislature, and issued calls for Sunni-Shiite equality. Western governments hailed the country as a beacon for democracy in the Middle East. But six years and two parliamentary elections later, Bahrain’s liberal experiment has failed to meet expectations. Tensions are high. Will sectarian strife spur greater reform or will it cause retrenchment? What does Bahraini political reform mean for the United States?
These and other questions will be the subject of an AEI panel discussion with Salah al-Bandar, secretary general of the Gulf Centre for Democratic Development in London; Abdul Hadi Al-Khawaja, executive director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights; and Toby Jones, a visiting assistant professor of history at Swarthmore College. Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at AEI, will moderate.
9:45 a.m. Registration
10:00 Panelists: Salah al-Bandar, Gulf Centre for Democratic Development
Abdul Hadi Al-Khawaja, Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Toby Jones, Swarthmore College
Moderator: Danielle Pletka, AEI
11:30 Adjournment
More Information
Jeff Azarva
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5926
Fax: 202-862-7163
E-mail: JAzarva@aei.org
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Veronique Rodman
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
You can find this online at: http://www.aei.org/event1460
