SPOTLIGHT: Arab-Israeli Relations
Reuters/Nayef Hashlamoun - An elderly Palestinian woman gestures during a protest against Israeli Jewish settlers near the West Bank village of Susia
Shibley Telhami, June 2008
In this Saban Center Analysis Paper, Shibley Telhami analyzes emerging trends in public attitudes and whether there has been a change over time in the degree to which Arabs assign importance to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the prospects of Middle East peace. In addition, Telhami addresses the ramifications of the divide between Hamas and Fatah, between the government appointed by President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and the Hamas-appointed government in Gaza.
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Arab-Israeli Relations, Israel, Middle East, Islamic World, Polling and Public Opinion
SPOTLIGHT: North Korea
Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (C) and his counterparts South Korea's Kim Sook (L) and Japan's Akitaka Saiki talks to reporters after their meeting on North Korea's nuclear weapons plans in Tokyo
Jeffrey A. Bader and Richard C. Bush III, June 26, 2008
With North Korea now releasing information on its nuclear program and the Bush Administration stating that it will lift sanctions and remove North Korea from its list of terrorist states, Jeffrey Bader and Richard Bush offer their comments on both actions and offer recommendations for future U.S. policy. Bader and Bush say that North Korea will first need to allow on-the-ground verification at its nuclear sites.
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North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Japan, Sanctions, Proliferation
Recent testimony
Reuters/Arko Datta - An activist holds a placard during a protest against India's possible civilian nuclear deal with the United States in Mumbai
Stephen P. Cohen, June 25, 2008
Stephen Cohen testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia to offer policy recommendations regarding the U.S.-India relationship. Cohen argued the United States should look beyond difficulties of the U.S.-India nuclear agreement and remember the ballast of the friendship is in growing two-way economic, strategic, and societal ties.
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India, Defense, Energy Security, South Asia, Foreign Policy
past event
Reuters/Eduardo Munoz - An Iraqi soldier holds up the Iraqi national flag in Mosul
Friday, June 13, 2008
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On June 13, the Brookings Institution hosted Senior Fellows Michael O’Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack for a discussion of their findings from a recently completed fact-finding mission to Iraq. Beyond offering an assessment of drawdown plans for U.S. troops, the two Iraq experts discussed recent battles in Basra, Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq.
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Iraq, Middle East, Defense, U.S. Military, Foreign Policy
Event video
Paul Morigi - Sen. Lamar Alexander (l) and Rep. John Dingell (r) speak at a Brookings-Google.org conference on plug-in electric vehicles
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Washington, DC
Brookings and Google.org hosted a conference on electric vehicles, their potential to reduce U.S. oil dependence and the role of federal policy in promoting this technology.
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Energy Security, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Technology