ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
October 15, 2007
"Hizbullah's New Horse-trading"
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The status of Hizbullah has become central to any discussion of events in Lebanon, which in turn instantly takes you -- like clicking on a political hyperlink -- to other sites in the region, given its linkages with Syria, Iran, Hamas, Palestine in general, Israel, other Shiites populations, and various Islamist and nationalist movements.
October 14, 2007
"The Israel Lobby"
Op-Ed, New York Times
By John J. Mearsheimer, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
This letter was written in response to Leslie H. Gelb's review of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy which was published on September 23, 2007.
October 7, 2007
"Avoiding the Mistakes of Camp David"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
In preparation for the November peace talks in Annapolis, President Mahmoud Abbas should listen to the Palestinian people and come with a prepared agenda of some consensus. This is how to overcome being seen as an Israeli-American puppet -- an avoidance that is the minimum for the possibility of successful peace negotiations.
AP Photo
Fall 2007
"Muting the Alarm over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 32
The United States' near-unconditional support of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians has been disastrous not only for Israelis and Palestinians, but also for U.S. national interests. A major explanation for the failure of U.S. policies is the largely uninformed and uncritical mainstream and even elite media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the United States.
September 25, 2007
The Wider Dilemma of Iraq
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
September 11, 2007
Six Years After 9/11
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
BEIRUT -- This week’s sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States sees the top American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq speaking to the US Congress about American strategy in Iraq. The juxtaposition is noteworthy: Six years ago, a small band of Al-Qaeda militants attacked the United States and killed some 3000 people. Today, an army of over 160,000 American troops wages a war in Iraq that has seen tens of thousands of people killed since 2003. Neither policy makes much sense to anyone in the world, other than to those fanatics on both sides who decided to pursue these actions.
September 8, 2007
Power and Sanctions or Law and Life?
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The United Nations should thoroughly review its optimum role in a transforming world, because its existing contradictory policies risk damaging its credibility and efficacy for years to come.
November 2007
The Middle East: Between Progress and Conflict
Agenda
The Dubai Initiative at the Belfer Center and The Dubai School of Government are pleased to announce their first joint conference at the Kennedy School of Government, scheduled to take place on November 8, 2007.
August 2007
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Book
By John J. Mearsheimer, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
Mearsheimer and Walt provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America’s posture throughout the Middle East...and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America’s national interest nor Israel’s long-term interest.
July 10, 2007
"Teheran's War by Proxy"
Op-Ed, Human Events
By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"One cannot win a war against an aggressive, expansionist adversary, simply by fighting a limited war against its proxies."
