Category Archives: Analysis
Live-Blogging MENA Women in the Reformist Process: A Retrospective @TheWilsonCenter
MENA Women in the Reformist Process: A Retrospective @TheWilsonCenter Right after the largest religious holiday in Saudi Arabia, a Blogger was detained in Saudi Arabia for defying the female driving ban. Note, if we want women to be heads … Continue reading
Shutdown to Stepdown: Which Countries Are We Talking About?
Tunisia and the U.S. Share Common Ground: Dissatisfied Citizens Source: Huffington Post by Mehrunisa Qayyum Millions of citizens feel disappointed in their government. In the U.S., a government shutdown continues to punish its citizens and local DC businesses. Conversely, Tunisians … Continue reading
IMF & World Bank Convene This Week: #YouthDialog Inserted Somewhere
From October 11-13th in Washington, DC: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank convene for their annual meetings–meaning their respective Boards of Governors decide monetary policy and approve of resolutions. These meetings also provide a forum for private sector, … Continue reading
PITAPOLICY Proud to Co-Sponsor Al Mubadarah’s #MENASocialGood Summit
Washington, DC~PITAPOLICY Consulting & Blog is PROUD to co-sponsor Al Mubadarah’s #MENASocialGood Summit. Al Mubadarah stands for the Arab Empowerment Initiative. AND, as you may know, PITAPOLICY has supported Al Mubadarah as its Creative Partner since June 2012. So we … Continue reading
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Will Bahrain and Iran address their financial woes before their human rights issues?
Country Risk analysis involves more than just financial indicators. It also includes the comfort businesses have regarding political institutions, rule of law, and a country’s human rights record. Last week, Moody’s Investor Services downgraded Bahrain from Baa2 to Baa1 … Continue reading
Human Interest Isn’t the Same Thing as Humanitarian Interests
Yesterday, we attended two discussions that highlighted how diplomacy could either advance humanitarian goals or interests in business and trade (Iraq). (Thank you to Brookings Foreign Policy for starting to follow PITAPOLICY on Twitter!) The first discussion emphasized how diplomacy … Continue reading
Future of US-#Libya Relations Discussion at The Atlantic Council @ACMideast
Dear Pita-consumers, Apologies for not posting yesterday like we always do on Wednesdays. We experienced some technical difficulties that are now fixed. We will share what we heard at the one year reflection on Libya event from Tuesday, September 10th … Continue reading
Playing Poker in #Syria-Part 2
Earlier Sunday morning, Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar offered this headline: “Assad charts escape to Russia via Tartus to Lebanon. Uhhh…great if that happens before Syria strike decisions become irreversible. Before the G-20 Summit, Syria was not at the top of the … Continue reading
Playing Poker in Syria
Dear Pita-consumers~ The United States’ Intelligence officials say that they are in the process of showing all their cards in a high-stakes poker game. It’s high-stakes not because over 100,000 Syrians have been killed…but because a smaller number have been … Continue reading
Will New Redline Include Number of UN investigators or Relief Workers Killed?
Greetings Pitaconsumers: On August 23rd, we crossed the 1 millionth #refugee child mark regarding the Syria crisis. The ‘We’ implies that we acknowledge that we still participate in the international community even though 3 of the Arab League state members, … Continue reading
