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Nathan J. Brown is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and a recipient of Fulbright grants to study in Egypt and the Gulf and teach in Israel. He is also a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics (Oxford University Press, 2016) and When Victory is Not an Option: Islamist Movements in Arab Politics (Cornell Univ. Press, January 2012), among other publications. Dr. Brown received his B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics and Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. His dissertation received the Malcolm Kerr award from the Middle East Studies Association in 1987.
Reinventing a square wheel: Can a revitalized Palestinian Authority lead the way to a better “day after?”
As questions about regarding who can take over governance of the war-torn Gaza Strip, Washington and other are pinning their hopes on a revitalized Palestinian Authority. But such “revitalization,” if limited to “strengthening” the PA cabinet and making only minor improvements in governance, will ensure that Gaza will remain a “super camp” and a source of recurring/persistent instability for Palestine and Israel.
It would be an understatement to say that the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Germany has written the book on how to analyze textbooks. The Institute has actually published many books — ones that are meticulous, detailed, and dispassionate. Now the Institute has published one more, this time on Palestinian textbooks.
