Audio recording from Hezbollah and the Next War with Israel
Audio recording from Human Rights and Zionism in Israel
Audio recording from Getting Down to Business in Iraq
The Israeli Peace Initiative (IPI) calls upon the Israeli government to
present a framework for the conclusion of the Israeli-Arab conflict as
a comprehensive response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.
The Israeli Peace Initiative (IPI) calls upon the Israeli government to present a framework for the conclusion of the Israeli-Arab conflict as a comprehensive response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. Israeli Peace Initiative signatories include former Israeli Defense Forces chiefs of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Amram Mitzna; former Shin Bet directors Jacob Perry and Ami Ayalon; Ha'aretz correspondent Akiva Eldar; Members of the Knesset (MKs) Dalia Rabin and Colette Avital; and many other distinguished Israelis. Mr.
Ilan Peleg and Dov Waxman, authors of the book Israel's Palestinians:The Conflict Within (Cambridge, 2011), discuss their findings. One in five citizens of Israel are Palestinian. Often overlooked by outside observers, the challenges facing the Palestinian minority in Israel are an inseparable part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Resolving this conflict – a central concern of U.S. foreign policy and current international diplomacy – requires more than the establishment of a Palestinian state. The demands of Palestinian citizens of Israel must also be addressed.
Mark N. Katz, examines the impact of the current and future US withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan on Islamic radicals. Katz argues that the US withdrawals from both countries will lead radicals to conclude they have defeated the US in the "War on Terror" and that US regional strength is on the decline. This, he argues, will spur Islamic radicals to seek further gains elsewhere. But regardless of the boost to their cause that the withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan may provide, they will likely meet three key obstacles in their pursuit of increased power and influence.
This Opinion piece first appeared in Frontline’s Tehran Bureau on January 19, 2012.
After months of frosty relations, Iran and Turkey are talking again. The ostensible reason for Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s visit to Tehran two weeks ago was to try to jump start stalled nuclear talks with the so-called P5+1 group of nations. Davutoglu conveyed to Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili the European Union’s invitation to resume the talks in Turkey that were suspended a year ago for lack of progress.
The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
The trilateral relationship between Turkey, Israel and the United States has deteriorated in recent years as Israel's and Turkey's foreign policy goals in the Middle East continue to diverge. Despite repeated attempts, the United States has failed to reconcile these two important regional allies since the divisive Mavi Marmara incident in May 2010. MEI and The Stimson Center held a discussion of this critical yet troubled trilateral relationship in a time of unprecedented change in the Middle East featuring Prof. William B. Quandt, Edward R.
In the wake of the August 31 drawdown of US forces and the formation of a fragile unity government after months of negotiations, the December 2010 Bulletin features an argument from Ambassador David Mack for sustained US assistance to the Iraqi government, interviews with MEI Scholar Charles Dunne the political situation in Iraq and with Katherine Blue Carroll on her forthcoming MEJ article, and a summary of MEI’s 64th Annual Conference.