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Israel and Palestine: Crisis or Breakthrough?
Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Israel and Palestine: Crisis or Breakthrough?

    Ori Nir of Americans for Peace now will hold a conversation with Akiva Eldar on the current situation in Israel and Palestine.Akiva Eldar is a senior political columnist for Al-Monitor news service’s Israel Pulse. He was formerly a senior columnist and editorial writer for Haaretz and served as Haaretz’s US bureau chief and diplomatic correspondent in the 1980’s. His most recent book (with Idith Zertal), Lords of the Land, on the Jewish settlements, was a best-seller in Israel and has been translated into English, French, German and Arabic.

    December 10, 2013

    Hezbollah and the Assassination of Hassan Laqees
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Hezbollah and the Assassination of Hassan Laqees

    On Wednesday, December 4, Hassan Laqees, a Lebanese Hezbollah leader who was reportedly involved in the group’s weapons procurement and development, was assassinated south of Beirut. On Sunday, another Hezbollah military commander was killed in Syria, bringing the number of Hezbollah dead in the Syrian conflict into the hundreds.

    December 9, 2013

    Bombings in Beirut Indicate New Escalation
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Bombings in Beirut Indicate New Escalation

    Earlier today, double explosions near the Iranian embassy in Beirut killed at least 23, including an Iranian diplomat. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an Islamist group with links to al-Qa`ida, took responsibility for the attack. MEI sat down with its Vice President for Policy and Research, Paul Salem, to discuss the significance of the bombings in Lebanon as well as their regional and global implications.

    Tell us about the bombing and the group that claimed responsibility for it.  

    November 19, 2013

    Helsinki and US-Russian Cooperation in the Middle East
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Helsinki and US-Russian Cooperation in the Middle East

    Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, and Randa Slim, director of MEI’s program on Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues, join host Paul Salem to discuss the Helsinki Summit and takeaways from the latest meeting of the US-Russia Middle East Dialogue in Berlin, where participants outlined challenges and opportunities for US-Russian cooperation in Syria and elsewhere in the region.

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    October 11, 2013

    Breaking the Silence, A book discussion with Avner Gvaryahu
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Breaking the Silence, A book discussion with Avner Gvaryahu

    The Middle East Institute, The Foundation for Middle East Peace, Churches for Middle East Peace, and Americans for Peace Now Present Breaking the Silence, A book discussion with Avner Gvaryahu Author of Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010  Moderated byAmb.

    October 2, 2013

    Author Stephen Cohen on the India-Pakistan Conundrum
  • Video
  • Author Stephen Cohen on the India-Pakistan Conundrum

    The Middle East Institute is proud to host author and Brookings senior fellow Stephen P. Cohen for a reading and discussion of his book, Shooting for a Century: The India-Pakistan Conundrum (Brookings Institution Press, 2013). In his latest book, Dr. Cohen explores one of the most intractable conflicts in modern history and examines the parallels with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, observing how nuclear weapons, minority and victim psychology, and outside powers come into play in both regions. Widely regarded as one of America’s foremost experts on South Asian affairs, Dr.

    September 30, 2013

    Demography and Violence in Lebanon
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Demography and Violence in Lebanon

    The sun is beating down and it isn’t even midday. Clutching the all-important paperwork that will get them coveted UN food vouchers, Syrian refugees look harried. The women pull at their children to hurry through the litter-filled yard of the sports club in the town of Bar Elias that serves as a distribution center for the UN’s hard-pressed World Food Program (WFP). Unlike their men, who head for the shade to smoke and exchange news, the women don’t dally, making for the snaking lines into a crowded hall where they will be called in groups by registration numbers.

    July 15, 2013

    Post Morsi: Egypt, Israel, and Hamas
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Post Morsi: Egypt, Israel, and Hamas

    The dramatic events of July 3, which saw the unseating of Egypt’s first and only democratically-elected government by a military coup stimulated by enormous popular demonstrations, has created a huge question mark as to the future governance of the Arab world’s largest and most important country. The ramifications and repercussions will be playing out for months and years, whatever steps are taken in the next days and weeks. However, two parties acutely affected by these events are watching with particular concern.

    July 10, 2013

    Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss
  • Video
  • Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss

    Randa Slim, MEI Scholar and adjunct research fellow at the New America Foundation, discusses the implications of Hezbollah's growing role in Syria for Lebanese politics and Lebanon's Shiite community.

    June 28, 2013

    Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss

    The Middle East Institute is pleased to welcome MEI Scholar Randa Slim for a discussion on the implications of Hezbollah’s growing role in Syria for Lebanese politics and Lebanon’s Shiite community. Recently returned from a trip to the region, Slim will examine Hezbollah’s potential end game in Syria, and whether Lebanon will be able to resist being drawn into the conflict following Hezbollah’s plunge into the Syrian abyss.

    June 28, 2013

    Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Hezbollah's Plunge into the Syrian Abyss

    The Middle East Institute is pleased to welcome MEI Scholar Randa Slim for a discussion on the implications of Hezbollah’s growing role in Syria for Lebanese politics and Lebanon’s Shiite community. Recently returned from a trip to the region, Slim will examine Hezbollah’s potential end game in Syria, and whether Lebanon will be able to resist being drawn into the conflict following Hezbollah’s plunge into the Syrian abyss.

    June 28, 2013