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Friday, November 20, 2009
 
 
SCHOLARS & FELLOWS
 
Jeffrey Azarva
Former Research Fellow
 
 
RESOURCES
 
 
RESEARCH AREAS
 
  • Egyptian politics
  • Arab politics and democracy
Contact E-mail: jazarva@aei.org Phone: 202-862-5926 Fax: 202-862-7163   Biography
 
Jeffrey Azarva, who researches and writes about Egyptian society, studies Arab politics and democracy. At AEI, he contributes to the Middle Eastern Outlook series. In addition, he managed the Institute's "Dissent and Reform in the Arab World" conference series and coedited the report Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats. Mr. Azarva has served as a speechwriter and strategic communications adviser for the Multi-National Force-Iraq detention command (Task Force 134) in Baghdad. In these roles, he wrote op-eds in support of Task Force 134's mission and translated and monitored Arab media coverage of coalition detention.
 
Experience
  • Strategic Communications Adviser, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Task Force 134, Detainee Operations, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008
  • Research Assistant, American Enterprise Institute, 2006-2008
  • Intern, Middle East Area Studies Program, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, 2006
 
Education
 
B.A., international affairs, George Washington University
American University in Cairo, Arabic Language Institute, 2005
 
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Articles and Commentary [List all]

A Middle East policy resting on Egypt is a house built on sand.

Can the frayed relationship between the United States and Turkey be repaired?

Coalition detention of insurgents in Iraq has been reformed to the benefit of the mission there, anddetention should begin the process of transition tothe Iraqis.

 
Books Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats

Authentic voices from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Tunisia dispel the fiction that the Arab world is infertile ground for democracy.

 
 
 
 
 
Related Materials
 
SHORT PUBLICATIONS
 
Is U.S. Detention Policy in Iraq Working?
 
 
BOOKS
 
Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats
 
 
 
ADDITIONAL LINKS
 
 Jeffrey Azarva's posts on the Enterprise Blog