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l Peace Institute 9:45 — 10:00 Video Presentation: "Local Change, Global Impact: The Middle East & The World" 10:00 — 10:30 Keynote Address HE Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority 10:30 — 12:30 Session 1. Interdependence: The World and the Middle East A session on emerging geop

E EAST, ENERGY & SECURITY INAUGURAL ANNUAL RETREAT CO-ORGANISED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE Qasr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates November 5 - 8, 2010 AGENDA EFTA00726612 Page 2 of 4 FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER Participants' arrival and check-in at the Qasr Al

n solved yet. There is a problem with occupation. So far, Israel has failed to reach an agreement — with [Yasser] Arafat in the past and Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] now. We hear that even Hamas is supporting the idea of a two-state solution, but we don't see Israel going towards this solution. So you're not t

u sell it to Iran. Well, we still think of ourselves as the extraordinary nation. We do too! To put it in the simplest terms, I heard last week in Abu Dhabi and Dubai the degree of anxiety about what are seen as the destabilizing actions of Iran, what is seen as a systematic program of covert action by

ure administrations that we will all live to regret. 2. Middle East peace. Nothing Obama did in 2009 and 2010 could have made Benjamin Netanyahu or Mahmoud Abbas a different politician, but the United States did not have to wind up in quite as deep a hole as we now find ourselves. 3. Civil-military rebalanc

w and Damascus have in common Editorial Article 2. The Daily Beast syria: The Lost Bequest of Hafez Assad Fouad Ajami Article 3. The National (Abu Dhabi) A pragmatic principle gains ground in Islamist politics Hassan Hassan Article 4. Foreign Policy The Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives w

orters turned out, while Hamas put estimates at 200,000. In another apparent step toward reconciliation, Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo on January 9th—the first such meeting in almost a year. Though this is the latest indication of a Palestinian rapprochement, it is also

ss reports, they are being accused of forming an illegal organization and collecting security information about the UAE. The press also reports that Abu Dhabi has rejected an official Egyptian request for the release of the Egyptian nationals, despite the deployment of a high-level delegation. For more in

nian elections: Despite llamas boycott, Fatah fares wily Christa Case Bryant, Rebecca Collard October 21, 2012 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party made a disappointing showing in yesterday's local elections, with its chosen candidates failing to secure local majorities in key cit

Article 2. The Christian Science Monitor Despite Hamas boycott, Fatah fares poorly Christa Case Bryant, Rebecca Collard Articles. The National (Abu Dhabi) Hizbollah's naked aggression strips away resistance facade Hussain Abdul Hussain Article 4. Associated Press Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-rul

However, such an encounter would then set the stage for a potentially more difficult tete-a-tete when President Obama hosts Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on March 17. White House officials backgrounded the press this week saying "now is a very timely opportunity for [the president] to get involved."

ratings are a good deal better than China's, for instance. I listened a few months ago as a Chinese professor lectured Americans at a conference in Abu Dhabi about how unpopular the United States had become around the world as a result of its objectionable behavior in Iraq and on other issues. She was s