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Press releases

EMWI-European Muslim Women of Influence List
December 2009

Call for nominations for the EMWI list which exciting new initiative recognizes the achievements of Muslim women from across Europe, at local, national and international levels. Read press release

Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme- Hoffmann Scheme
October 2009

This year sees the launch of a new sub-scheme which has generously been funded by Swiss philanthropist, André Hoffmann through his grant-giving institution ‘Fondation Hoffmann’. Read press release

CEDAR - Muslim Professionals Network 
January 2009

Launch of Europe’s First Muslim Professional’s Network CEDAR │ Connecting European Dynamic Achievers and Role Model. Read press release 

ISD in the Media

'Yusuf Zeydan: Beelzebub', The National
By Sayyed Mahmoud
16 March 2009

Interview with 2009 International Arabic Prize for Fiction winner, Yusuf Zeydan. Read article

'As ministers agree cutbacks, universities are being forced to dig deep', The Independent
By Geraldine Hackett
11 September 2008

The Weidenfeld scholarship scheme launched last year is for students who can prove "a commitment to promoting civil society in their home country and can show leadership qualities." Read article

'Truths of a new world of them and us', Financial Times
By Philip Stephens
29 May 2008

The crisis, this banker told a conference hosted by the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue, flowed from the coincidence of a global savings glut with the explosion in financial innovation made possible by ever more sophisticated information technology. Read article 

Arabic Fiction Prize
By George Walden
10 March 2008

The number of non-religious works issued in Arabic remains tragically low...perhaps the International Prize for Arabic Fiction could help change this sad record. Read article

'Europeans should be backing Bush's new foreign policy', The Financial Times
By Phillip Stephens
1 March 2007

At a Washington conference hosted by the Weidenfeld Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center I was struck by the present gulf in strategic thinking between the two sides. Read article 

Commentary

'What's Russian for 'Empathy'?', Washintgon Post
Mark Medish
6 July 2009

Senior ISD Advisor, Mark Medish, comments on the potential for a new era of US – Russian relations with the Obama Administration. Read Article    

'Trying an Old Law', International Herald Tribune
Mark Medish and Daniel Lucich
1 June 2009

ISD Senior Advisor, Mark Medish, comments on the recent US court cases involving multinational companies who have been sued for aiding and abetting countries with poor human rights records. Read article

'NATO at 60: Save the Champagne', International Herald Tribune 
Mark Medish
2 April 2009

Senior Advisor to ISD Mark Medish comments on the 60th Anniversary of NATO in the International Herald Tribune. Read article  

'Russia's Road Rage', International Herald Tribune
Mark Medish
2 November 2008

In this article Mark Medish, Senior Advisor and Transatlantic Fellow at ISD, argues that rage is not a strategy for Russia. Read article