ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
AP Photo
March 2, 2009
"Even America's Foes Want to Talk"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The Middle East comprises the world’s oldest commercial bazaars and trade routes -- where foreign caravans and armies alike pass through on a regular basis, and the locals have learned that survival is usually enhanced by making deals with the foreigners for the mutual benefit of both sides."
AP Photo
February 23, 2009
"A Dangerous Gap in the Middle East"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"There is great danger in the gap between Israeli extremism and the more accommodating realism and pragmatism of everyone else in the Middle East -- including an America that seems slowly to be coming to its senses again."
AP Photo
February 21, 2009
"Only a Strong Iran Will Talk"
Op-Ed
By Kayhan Barzegar, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
"...Iran's strategic value, along with the legitimacy of its role among the friendly political factions and states in the region, is based on playing an independent role and avoiding direct engagement with the U.S. on the regional issues. Instead, Iran should resolve its strategic differences with the U.S. through strength in the region. This policy will give Iran more importance, and subsequently better serve the interests of its friends in the region. Iran's effective role in post-invasion Iraq and post-2006 Lebanon are two examples in this regard."
AP Photo
February 14, 2009
"A Symbiotic Death Dance"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The Iranian revolution, Arab Islamism and Israeli Likudnik super-nationalism feed off each other in a grizzly symbiotic death dance. But if Washington and Tehran come to diplomatic agreement, it would choreograph a new dance for the entire region."
Belfer Center
February 13, 2009
Demographic Projections Predict Fundamentalist Populations Surpassing Secular Counterparts
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant and Eric Kaufmann, Former Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program
According to demographic projections, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian fundamentalists will gain significant ground against their liberal and secular counterparts by 2050, even surpassing them in some cases, Belfer Center Fellow Eric Kaufmann said at last week’s International Security Program (ISP) brownbag presentation.
Photo by Mike Casey
February 12, 2009
There is hope, and a lot of work needed, for peace after Gaza
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
Israelis and Palestinians must reconcile their differences from within before they can have productive talks with each other about moving toward a peace agreement, according to two Middle East experts at Wednesday’s [February 11] John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, “The Road to Peace After Gaza.”
AP Photo
February 11, 2009
"Here Comes the Four-State Solution"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"A land once defined by a pluralistic indigenous population of Christians, Jews and Moslems is now on the verge of becoming divided into four parts, two of which enthusiastically embrace the ethos of the warrior-nationalist."
AP Photo
January 2009
"Shifting Trends in Suicide Attacks"
Journal Article, CTC Sentinel, issue 1, volume 2
By Assaf Moghadam, Associate, International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs
"By far, the most dramatic trend related to the location of suicide attacks is the gradual shift of incidents from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Between July 2007 and June 2008, the last one-year period for which data on suicide attacks are available, 58.2% of suicide attacks struck Iraq, and 36.6% struck Afghanistan and Pakistan. This compares to a much wider gap between suicide attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan in the preceding year (July 2006 to June 2007), when 69.3% of attacks took place in Iraq, and 25.1% in Afghanistan and Pakistan...."
AP Photo
January 31, 2009
"George Mitchell and Hamas"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The United States cannot avoid Hamas any more than it could avoid the Viet Cong or the British could avoid the IRA. Hamas is legitimate because of its actions -- but mostly because it raises the issues that concern all Palestinians."
AP Photo
January 23, 2009
"Good News in Washington Nuance"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"Barack Obama's inaugural address, Hillary Clinton's confirmation testimony, George Mitchell's appointment, and Obama's remarks at the State Department are as good a start as we in the Arab world could expect from the new administration in Washington."
