Ehud Eiran
Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
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March 18, 2011
"What Makes Alliances Last"
Op-Ed, Haaretz
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"...[W]e cannot rest on our laurels. Just as our non-democratic neighbors may become more democratic, we risk becoming less so. A host of legislative measures, attacks on academics in universities, and openly discriminatory calls by religious and political leaders suggest that our commitment to an open society that respects minority rights may be weakening."
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November 12, 2010
"The Kosovo Model for Mideast Peace"
Op-Ed, The Providence Journal
By Nir Eisikovits and Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"...the U.N.- led negotiation about Kosovo's status failed in 2007, but the two-year process that resulted in this failure also paved the way to the outcome that many parties preferred, an independent Kosovo. The U.N.'s achievement was to put in place the basic building blocks that would make an independent Kosovo more feasible. For example, in the course of the status talks, the Kosovars agreed to guarantee certain rights to the Serb minority there, thus removing a significant hurdle for independence."
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June 1, 2010
"End the Siege, but Keep Arms Out"
Op-Ed, New York Times, Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"Israel is a world expert in border control. It can ease the suffering in Gaza, while deploying effective strategies, technologies and alliances (most of all, with Egypt) to maintain low levels of arms imports into Gaza. Any other route would not only be morally difficult; it would fail to serve Israel's strategic goals."
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July 26, 2009
"What Israel Needs from Palestinians"
Op-Ed, The Providence Journal
By Nir Eisikovits and Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"The demand for recognition as articulated by Prime Minister Netanyahu leaves more to be desired. While he demanded recognition for Israel, he granted none to the Palestinians. If Israel's prime minister wanted the most basic aspects of his people's national story acknowledged, he should have reciprocated in kind."
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June 6, 2009
"The Two-State Trap in the Mideast"
Op-Ed, The Providence Journal
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010 and Nir Eisikovits
"...A weak (or even worse, a failed) Palestinian state next to Israel will most likely lead not to the end of violence, but rather to its perpetuation. This is also a dangerous dichotomy, as it does not leave room for failure despite the fact that failure may come. The Palestinian national movement is deeply divided, and the Israeli public fears based on the lessons of the withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza that leaving the West Bank would compromise its security. The logical conclusion from presenting a binary map for the future two states or war when a two-state option is highly unlikely, is that the proposed frame has a great potential to destabilize the situation, rather than calm it.
November 26, 2008
"In the Name of Peace, Israelis and Palestinians Should Become European"
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"...The dual identity of a supranational entity comprised of peaceful national states holds the answer for both sides' most profound concerns. For Israelis, EU membership offers physical security and permanent legitimacy. For Palestinians, membership means a territorial settlement, including a return, of sorts, of their lands through the new joint European source of security and authority over them."
Winter 2006
"Barriers to Progress at the Negotiation Table: Internal Conflicts among Israelis and among Palestinians"
Journal Article, Nevada Law Journal, volume 6
By Robert H. Mnookin, Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010 and Sreemati Mitter
May 2007
The Essence of Longing: General Erez Gerstein and the War in Lebanon
Book
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
The Essence of Longing goes beyond Gerstein's biography and a detailing of the operations he led: It is also the story of Israel's counter insurgency wars in Lebanon in the 1980s and 1990s and the tale of the generation that fought there and leads the Israel Defense forces today.
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March 18, 2011
"What Makes Alliances Last"
Op-Ed, Haaretz
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010
"...[W]e cannot rest on our laurels. Just as our non-democratic neighbors may become more democratic, we risk becoming less so. A host of legislative measures, attacks on academics in universities, and openly discriminatory calls by religious and political leaders suggest that our commitment to an open society that respects minority rights may be weakening."
AP Photo
June 6, 2009
"The Two-State Trap in the Mideast"
Op-Ed, The Providence Journal
By Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20102011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20052010 and Nir Eisikovits
"...A weak (or even worse, a failed) Palestinian state next to Israel will most likely lead not to the end of violence, but rather to its perpetuation. This is also a dangerous dichotomy, as it does not leave room for failure despite the fact that failure may come. The Palestinian national movement is deeply divided, and the Israeli public fears based on the lessons of the withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza that leaving the West Bank would compromise its security. The logical conclusion from presenting a binary map for the future two states or war when a two-state option is highly unlikely, is that the proposed frame has a great potential to destabilize the situation, rather than calm it.
