Marc Sorel

Mr. Sorel is a JD-MSFS joint degree candidate at Georgetown University. After graduating from Yale in May 2004 with distinction in History, Marc served as part of a four-person commission to review the United Nations Development Program's operations in the Occupied Territories, after which he joined the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Policy, where he was aide to the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs.

Articles

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A Return to Normalcy? The Restoration of Iraq’s Marshlands

Life has improved for Iraq’s Marsh Arabs, or Ma’adan since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. No longer threatened with the complete destruction of the reed-filled marshes near Iraq’s border with Iran which they have called home for more than 5000 years, some of the more than 100,000 Ma'adan forced to relocate to camps in Iraq, Iran, or elsewhere during the 2003 invasion of Iraq have returned. With the help of the United Nations, non-government organizations, and innovative engineering, the Ma’adan will continue their restoration process apace, but the ultimate fate of the Ma'adan's native marshland culture remains an open question.

November 1, 2009
Marc Sorel
Indigenous Rights - November 2009

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Re-thinking the U.S.-Syria Trade Relationship

During and after his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama promised to engage early in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. If he keeps his word, one crucial piece in the puzzle will be Syria, which the Bush administration invited to the Annapolis conference–a Middle East peace conference held in November–much to the delight of certain senior foreign policy experts. Any U.S. effort to broker a regional peace agreement will require the Obama administration to re-evaluate its trade relationship with Syria. Though neither country is the other’s top trade partner, reconsideration of sanctions at a time when Syria is undergoing major market reforms may have a positive cascading effect that advances Washington’s regional interests.

December 18, 2008
Marc Sorel
Free Trade Under the Microscope - November/December 2008