FY2011 Appropriations and Middle East Democracy

In March, the Obama administration submitted to Congress the details of its annual budget request for foreign operations for Fiscal Year 2011. As the House and Senate now prepare to begin the appropriations process, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the Project on Middle East Democracy are pleased to announce the publication of its annual report analyzing the budget proposal: The Federal Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011: Democracy, Governance, and Human Rights in the Middle East.

What are the most significant changes in these portions of the budget request, as compared with the appropriations made in previous years? What does this budget tell us about the priorities of the administration and its policy approach to the Middle East?
How does the budget impact U.S. efforts to support democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? And how are the appropriations made by Congress likely to compare with this request? 
 
Please join us for a discussion of these issues with:
 
Moderator
Michele Dunne
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
Panelists
Geneive Abdo
Fellow and Iran Analyst, The Century Foundation

Scott Carpenter
Keston Family Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy  

Stephen McInerney
Director of Advocacy, Project on Middle East Democracy

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