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SUMMARY:Stifling the Arab Spring: The GCC Perspective - Professor Dr Malik
  Dahlan\, Principal of Institution Quraysh for Law &amp\; Policy (iQ)\; Ch
 ief Lawyer\, MBR Legal and\; International Chair of the Harvard Law School
  Association.
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CONTACT:Helen Williams
DESCRIPTION:This presentation consider the reach of the Arab Spring into t
 he GCC area. It investigates the depth of reform and engagement with youth
 \, opposition and ethnic or religious movements in the region\, and consid
 ers the strategies adopted by the ruling elites in addressing pressure for
  change. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of the Gulf Cooperation
  Council in this respect.\n\nMalik Dahlan is the Principal of Institution 
 Quraysh for Law & Policy (iQ)\; Chief Lawyer\, MBR Legal and\; Internation
 al Chair of the Harvard Law School Association. He is a prominent Arabian 
 multi-jurisdictional qualified lawyer and one of the leading international
  regulatory law and public policy experts in the Middle East. He is an exp
 ert in negotiation theory and dispute resolution\, an accredited mediator\
 , an academic and rule of law activist\, philanthropist and regional and t
 ransnational political entrepreneur.\n\nHe completed his Civil Law and Jur
 isprudential Studies in Jordan he obtained his (LL.B.). He then obtained a
  Masters in special studies in Government at the Harvard Graduate School o
 f Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in addition to receiving his American legal tra
 ining at Harvard Law School (LL.M.). He also completed a Masters Degree (A
 M in Regional Studies) at the Center for Middle East Studies\, (CMES) also
  at Harvard. He also obtained a Habilitation Professorial Doctorate from A
 l-Azhar University and served as a professorial fellow at the National Uni
 versity of Singapore.\n
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road (Sidgwick Site)\, Room: 119
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