World Affairs Institute is a nonprofit organization established in 2010 and located in Washington, DC. The organization's stated mission is to "promote democratic governance as well as public education, awareness, and dialogue on international affairs and security issues through publications and non-partisan public education activity." The president of World Affairs Institute is James S. Denton

James S. Denton

James Denton is the publisher and editor of World Affairs and Demokratizatsiya, and the director of ] in Washington, D.C. Previously Denton was the executive director of Heldref Publications, founded by the late Jeane J...

. WAI's formative board includes James S. Denton, Christopher Hitchens, P.J. O'Rourke, and Alan Dye.

World Affairs Journal

WAI publishes World Affairs

World Affairs (journal)

World Affairs is a bimonthly magazine covering international relations. It is the official journal of the American Peace Society. The magazine has been published since 1837 and was re-launched in January 2008 as a new publication. Each issue contains articles offering diverse perspectives on global...

, a bimonthly print journal established in 1837. The journal covers foreign policy and security issues. Its website provides essays from the print journal, as well as blogs and online features in addition to international news, opinion, and research that is aggregated from media, think tanks, and governments around the world.

MENA Democracy Fellows Program

In July 2011, WAI launched the MENA Democracy Fellows Program. The program was designed to support the democratic transition in Egypt and Tunisia as well as to promote better understanding, communications, and cooperation between the countries and the United States. The program awards fellowships to emerging leaders from the region who actively promote democratic governance or independent media in their countries. During the two month fellowship program in the United States, the participants work in the US Congress, think tanks, or media outlets. Formal advisers to the program include Members of Congress, experts, and journalists from the US and abroad, including Congressman David Dreier

David Dreier

David Timothy Dreier is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...

 (R- CA; Chairman of the House Rules Committee) and Congressman John Larson

John Larson

John Barry Larson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the a Democratic Party. The district is based in the state capital, Hartford.Larson is the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus....

 (D- CT; Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus), Deborah Harding (former VP of the Soros Foundation), and journalists/experts, Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa al-Aswany is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.-Biography:Alaa Al Aswany studied to be a dentist, first in Egypt, and then later Chicago....

, Khaled Dawoud, Michele Dunne, former Ambassador Eric Edelman, Roya Hakakian

Roya Hakakian

Roya Hakakian is an Iranian-American poet, journalist and writer living in the United States. A lauded Persian poet turned television producer with programs like 60 Minutes, Roya became well known for her memoir, Journey from the Land of No in 2004. Her essays on Iranian issues appear in the New...

, Tom Gjelten

Tom Gjelten

Tom Gjelten is a correspondent for National Public Radio news. Gjelten has worked for NPR since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter...

 (NPR), Joshua Muravchik

Joshua Muravchik

Joshua Muravchik is a scholar formerly at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and now a fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University....

, Jim Sciutto

Jim Sciutto

Jim Sciutto is an American journalist. He is ABC News' Senior Foreign correspondent, based in London and the author of Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World.-Biography:Sciutto is a 1992 graduate of Yale University...

 (ABC News), Nabil Shawkat, and Ambassador Michael Zantovsky.

External links

• Press Announcement: “MENA Democracy Fellows Program to Support Democratic Transition in Egypt and Tunisia”

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