Posted in Alan Dowty, Israel, Palestinians, United Nations, Walter Reich on Nov 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
From Alan Dowty As the Goldstone report on the Gaza war wends it way up the UN food chain, casting further opprobrium on Israel at each level, it is legitimate to question Israel’s handling of this challenge. Did the Israeli response lessen or aggravate the damage? There are serious critiques that could have been levied […]
Posted in Israel, Michael Reynolds, Syria, Turkey on Oct 14th, 2009 Comments Off on Turkey’s foreign policy flip
From Michael Reynolds The past several days have witnessed not one but two momentous, even stunning, developments in Turkish foreign policy that are reverberating through the region. Both are the work of Ahmet Davutoğlu, a former university professor who became Turkish foreign minister last year. Before that, Davutoğlu (shown on far right with his Syrian […]
Posted in David Schenker, Egypt, Israel, Michele Dunne, Steven A. Cook on Oct 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
From David Schenker Egypt’s National Democratic Party (NDP) conference is fast approaching, but the meeting—which will formally set the stage for political succession—isn’t making headlines these days. On October 6, the Los Angeles Times reported on how the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is reacting to sales of an Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit; still other news outlets […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Alan Dowty, Israel, Palestinians, Robert O. Freedman, Robert Satloff, Walter Reich on Aug 27th, 2009 4 Comments »
From Robert O. Freedman In his June 2009 Bar-Ilan University speech, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asserted that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a “Jewish state” was one of Israel’s requirements for agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Both Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat,immediately rejected the requirement. However, […]
Posted in Egypt, Israel, Michele Dunne, Palestinians, Steven A. Cook, Tamara Cofman Wittes on Aug 19th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Steven A. Cook Mubarak is on his way back to Egypt. Well done, folks. It’s amazing how much mileage we can… all… squeeze… out… of a meeting that is notable for its general lack of newsworthiness. If I had to score this one, I hate to say it, but I would give the edge […]
Posted in Books, Diplomacy, Iran, Israel, Palestinians on Aug 17th, 2009 Comments Off on ‘Myths, Illusions, and Peace’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. David Makovsky is Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His new book, […]
Posted in Diplomacy, Israel, Palestinians, Philip Carl Salzman on Aug 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
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 […]
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