Democratizing the Middle East?: A Report on the Conference, 'Democratizing the Middle East?' January 26-27, 2006 at Tufts University (Occassional Paper Number 2)

Contents - Preface By Leila Fawaz Introduction By Michael Kugelman Keynote Address - Historical Precedents for Middle East Democracy speaker - Rashid Khalidi Session I - Constitutions and the Law Speakers - Said Amir Arjomand, David Kretzmer and Bruce Rutherford Session II - Elections and Civil Society speakers - Augustus Richard Norton, Eva Bellin and Mustapha El-Sayed Session III - Religion and Democracy speakers - Vali R. Nasr, Ayman Abdel Nour, Mark Tessler and Barbara Bodine Session IV - Women and Democracy speakers - Andrea Rugh, Jenny White, Mahnaz Afkhami and Diane Singerman Session V - American Interests and Middle East Democracy speakers - F. Gregory Gause III, Shibley Telhami, William A. Rough and Stephen W. Van Evera Concluding Remarks speakers - Larry Diamond and Rami G. Khouri