RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, February 09, 2012, The Daily Beast
Bruce Riedel argues that should Israel conduct military strikes against Iran, it will also need to prepare for retaliation from Hezbollah in Lebanon. With the recent increases in Hezbollah’s military capacity, says Riedel, such a strike could prove very costly to Israel. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Salman Shaikh, February 09, 2012, Foreign Policy
After a recent trip to the Herzliyah Defense Conference in Tel Aviv, Salman Shaikh discusses Israel's reaction to the Arab awakening. Shaikh writes that Israel must encourage the current evolution of Arab politics for long term stability in the region. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kenneth M. Pollack, January 31, 2012, The Daily Beast
Kenneth Pollack warns that by compartmentalizing issues in the Middle East by country, we may underplay the potential for widespread problems. Pollack argues that problems in Iraq, Syria, the Gulf, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel-Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and beyond could interact to produce a whole that is worse than the sum of its parts. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ibrahim Sharqieh, January 31, 2012, Christian Science Monitor
In protest of the Palestinian statehood bid at the United States, U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen froze $192 million in funding for USAID programs, including a Palestinian version of Sesame Street. Ibrahim Sharqieh explains how this move has jeopardized U.S. policy in the Middle East. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khaled Elgindy, February 2012, The Brookings Institution
Ten years after its formation, Khaled Elgindy takes a critical look at the Middle East Quartet: the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations. Elgindy examines the group's record on the Middle East peace process, and questions whether bringing the Israelis and Palestinians together is doing more harm than good. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ibrahim Sharqieh, January 25, 2012, The Daily Star
January 26 marks the three-month deadline for Palestinians and Israelis to submit their opening positions on mutual borders and security. Ibrahim Sharqieh argues that the United States must avoid a diplomatic confrontation as the deadline passes and the Palestinians continue their quest for statehood in the United Nations.
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Steven Kull and Shibley Telhami, January 15, 2012, The New York Times
Shibley Telhami and Steven Kull argue that a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East is more feasible than most assume. Telhami and Kull examine the impact this would have on Iran-Israeli relations and offer recommendations for negotiating a path forward on regional nuclear disarmament. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, December 07, 2011, The New Republic
After attending the eighth
annual Saban Forum, William Galston comments on the gravest issue discussed: the looming Iranian nuclear threat and its impact on U.S.-Israel relations. Galston writes that a U.S. reluctance to use military force against a nuclear-armed Iran when the crunch comes is an outcome that no Israeli government would tolerate. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, December 02, 2011
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Sunday, December 04, 2011
Washington, DC
On Friday, December 2, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addressed the opening session of the 2011 Saban Forum, an annual gathering of U.S. and Israeli officials and policymakers. This year's Forum focused on the historic shifts taking place across the Arab world and their implications for U.S.-Israeli security and interests in the Middle East region. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, December 01, 2011
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
On December 1, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami for the release of his annual survey of Arab and Jewish Israeli public opinion. Now that the perpetually stalled peace process appears to be at a standstill, how do Arab and Jewish Israelis view other increasingly important issues in the region? What is their opinion on the Arab Spring? How do Israelis feel about the prospect of war with Iran? What are the Israeli public’s views on President Obama and the United States? Telhami, the poll’s principal investigator and the Anwar Sadat professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, presented the key findings followed by a discussion with Nahum Barnea, columnist for Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow William Galston. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shibley Telhami, December 01, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Surveying 1,010 Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, this 2011 public opinion poll assesses prospects for Arab-Israeli peace, attitudes toward the United States and the Obama administration, the impact of the Arab awakening, and opinions on where the Middle East is headed politically. Read More
BOOK
Itamar Rabinovich, November 21, 2011
In The Lingering Conflict, Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides a detailed history and analysis of Arab-Israel relations, adding his own unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shibley Telhami, November 21, 2011, The Brookings Institution
In the context of the Arab awakening, the 2011 Arab Public Opinion Poll assesses the awakening's impact, Arab attitudes toward the United States and the Obama administration, prospects for Arab-Israeli peace, the outlook for the Egyptian elections, and opinions on where the region is headed politically. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mirette F. Mabrouk, November 2011, The Brookings Institution
In this Middle East Memo, Mirette Mabrouk examines the state of the Egypt-Israel relationship in the wake of the Arab Spring. Mabrouk argues that addressing the Palestinian issue and amending the 1979 peace treaty are two issues important to Egyptians, and the keys to moving forward. Read More