A press release detailing the second installment in AEI's conference series, "Dissent and Reform in the Arab World."

In November 2003, President George W. Bush jettisoned half a century of American foreign policy, declaring that “stability can not be purchased at the expense of liberty.” America, he announced, would adopt a “forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East.”But any freedom strategy in the Middle East...

Long home to farfetched conspiracy theories and a political culture of victimization, the Arab world is now being swept by a new emphasis on accountability.

Pessimism regarding Iraq's future is unwarranted. Iraq faces many challenges, but success is still within reach.