Marina S. Ottaway teaches and researches at the

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Her research interests include the politics of development, with particular reference to Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East.Woodrow Wilson Center biography
/ref> Before she joined the Wilson Center, she spent 14 years at the

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, where she helped start up the Middle East Program. She has also taught at

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, the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, the

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, and three other universities, all in Africa. Ottaway has a doctorate from

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Publications

* ''Yemen on the Brink'', co-edited with Christopher Boucek, Carnegie, 2010, 110 pages, . * "Guide to Egypt’s Transition" (website) and "Iraqi Elections 2010" (website). * ''Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World'', co-authored with Amr Hamzawy, Carnegie, 2009, . Reviewed by Michal Onderco in ''Association for International Affairs'', 2 January 2010. * ''Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World'', edited with Julia Choucair-Vizoso, Carnegie, 2008. * ''Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East'', edited with

Thomas Carothers Thomas Carothers (born June 28, 1956) is an American lawyer and an expert on international democracy support, democratization, and U.S. foreign policy. He is senior vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, whe ...

, Carnegie, 2005. * ''Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism'', Carnegie, 2003, 256 pages, . * ''Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion'', edited with Thomas Carothers, Carnegie, 2000. Reviewed by M Holt Ruffin in''Voluntas, the International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations'', March 2002, p. 94. * ''Africa’s New Leaders: Democracy or State Reconstruction?'', Carnegie, 1999, 138 pages, . * ''Democracy in Africa: The Hard Road Ahead'', Lynne Riener, 1997. 176 pages. Reviewed by Nicholas de Torrente in ''Journal of International Studies''.

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