This House believes resistance to the Arab Spring is futile
Monday May 30 2011
MOTION PASSED
by 73% to 27%
Speakers
Anouar Boukhars
Speaking for the motion
Anouar Boukhars teaches international relations at McDaniel College in the US, specialising in the politics of the Middle East and US foreign policy. He is a former fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and current consultant for Jane’s Intelligence Review. In September 2010 he published a book on democratisation and the process of political reform in Morocco.
Jane Kinninmont
Speaking against the motion
Jane Kinninmont is the Senior Research Fellow on the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the leading UK think tank, Chatham House. Previously, she was Associate Director for Middle East and Africa at the Economist Intelligence Unit. As a journalist, she has written extensively on the Middle East and won an award from the Next Century Foundation's International Media Council in 2006 for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nadim Houry
Speaking for the motion
Nadim Houry is Human Rights Watch’s researcher for Syria and Lebanon. Previously, he worked as deputy counsel for the UN investigation into the UN Oil-for-Food Programme (the Volcker Commission) and as a lawyer at Shearman & Sterling.
Ahmed Ali al-Mukhaini
Speaking against the motion
Ahmed Ali al-Mukhaini is an independent researcher in political development and human rights. He is the Vice Principal of the Said al Shahry Legal Training Center in Oman and prior to this was the Assistant Secretary General for Information at the Majlis a’Shura . Recently, he has been actively involved in empowering civil society in Oman as a consultant for Tawasul Global Connections Center, the first local think tank in Oman.
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