Posted in Diplomacy, Israel, Michael Doran, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia on Jul 16th, 2009 Comments Off on Obama’s opening gambit
From Michael Doran American presidents have been trying to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict since the days of Truman. Sooner or later, every one of them has learned a harsh lesson about the limits of American influence. There is no reason to believe that President Obama’s experience will be any different. In fact, his opening gambit […]
Posted in Alan Dowty, Israel, Nuclear on Jul 13th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Alan Dowty In some respects, Ari Shavit’s widely-noted interview of Israel’s national security adviser, Uzi Arad, contained no great surprises. Arad’s insistence on “deep” acceptance of Israel (not just de facto acknowledgement of Israel’s existence) by Palestinians; leaving the door open, just by a crack, to a Palestinian state, while dismissing the possibility of […]
Posted in Bruce Jentleson, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Michael Doran, Palestinians on Jul 3rd, 2009 3 Comments »
Israel America Academic Exchange (IAAE) is a new organization that sponsors educational missions to Israel for American scholars in the fields of political science, international relations, international law, international economic development, modern history, and Middle East studies. By special arrangement, participants in the inaugural mission (June 22-29) have been invited to guest-post their impressions and […]
Posted in Israel, Palestinians, United Nations on Jul 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
Israel America Academic Exchange (IAAE) is a new organization that sponsors educational missions to Israel for American scholars in the fields of political science, international relations, international law, international economic development, modern history, and Middle East studies. By special arrangement, participants in the inaugural mission (June 22-29) have been invited to guest-post their impressions and […]
Posted in Diplomacy, Israel, Palestinians, Public Diplomacy, Robert O. Freedman on Jun 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Obama and Netanyahu: speeches, constituencies, peace
From Robert O. Freedman One of the joys of traveling in the Middle East is the possibility that one can be on the spot to observe the reactions of the residents of the region to important events as they actually happen, instead of being dependent on newspaper or television reporting of the reactions. Thus, I […]
Posted in Alan Dowty, Israel, Palestinians on Jun 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
From Alan Dowty Some sixty years ago my mentor Hans J. Morgenthau posited as a cardinal rule of diplomacy that states should “give up the shadow of worthless rights for the substance of real advantage.” It is not clear whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ever read Morgenthau, but he seems attuned to this […]
Posted in Iran, Israel, Mark N. Katz, Military, Nuclear, Russia, Technology on May 26th, 2009 Comments Off on Israeli leverage over Russia vis-à-vis Iran
From Mark N. Katz There has been an ongoing debate here at MESH and elsewhere about whether Israel can, will, or should launch an attack against Iran to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. One possible method by which such an attack might be degraded or even deterred is if Russia sells the advanced version […]
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