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A weekly sample of news and opinions on current events from around the Middle East collected and brought to you by the Dayan Center.

 

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An update on Middle Eastern developments by members of the Dayan Center.

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Articles and op-eds written by Dayan Center members for a variety of other publications.

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 41

January 12, 2012

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 40

January 5, 2012

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 39

December 29, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 38

December 22, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.37

December 15, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.36

December 8, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.35

December 1, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.34

November 24, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.33

November 17, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.32

November 10, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.31

November 3, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.30

October 27, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.29

October 6, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.28

September 22, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.27

September 15, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.26

September 08, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.25

August 25, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.24

August 18, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.23

August 11, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No.22

August 4, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 21

July 28, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 20

July 21, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 19

July 17, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 18

July 7, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 17

June 30, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 16

June 23, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 15

June 16, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 14

June 9, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 13

June 2, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 12

May 26, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 11

May 19, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 10

May 12, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 9

May 5, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 08

April 14, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 07

April 7, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 06

March 30, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 05

March 23, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 04

March 17, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 03

March 10, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 02

March 3, 2011

 

Middle East News Brief

No. 01

February 24, 2011

 

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Middle East News & Views
No.093
February 17, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.092
February 10, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.091
February 3, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.090
January 26, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.089
January 20, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.088
January 13, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.087
January 6, 2011

 

Middle East News & Views
No.086
December 30, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.085
December 23, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.084
December 16, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.083
December 9, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.082
December 2, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.081
November 25, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.080
November 18, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.079
November 11, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.078
November 4, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.077
October 28, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.076
October 21, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.075
October 14, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.075
October 14, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.074
October 7, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.073
September 16, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.072
September 2, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.071
August 19, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.070
August 12, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.069
August 5, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.068
July 29, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.067
July 22, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.066
July 15, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.065
June 17, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.064
June 10, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.063
May 27, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.062
May 13, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.061
May 6, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.060
April 29, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.059
April 22, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.058
April 15, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.057
April 8, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.056
March 25, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.055
March 11, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.054
March 4, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.053
February 26, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.052
February 19, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.051
February 12, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.050
February 5, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.049
January 28, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.048
January 21, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.047
January 14, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.046
January 7, 2010

 

Middle East News & Views
No.045
December 31, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.044
December 24, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.043
December 17, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.042
December 10, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.041
December 3, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.040
November 26, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.039
November 19, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.038
November 12, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.037
November 5, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.036
October 29, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.035
October 22, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.034
October 15, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.033
October 1, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.032
September 24, 2009

Middle East News & Views
No.031
September 17, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.030
September 10, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.029
September 3, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.028
August 20, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.027
August 13, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.026
August 6, 2009

Middle East News & Views
No.025
July 30, 2009

Middle East News & Views
No.024
July 23, 2009

Middle East News & Views
No.023
July 16, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.022
July 9, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.021
July 2, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.020
June 25, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.019
June 18, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.018
June 11, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.017
June 4, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.016
May 27, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.015
May 21, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.014
May 14, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.013
May 7, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.012
April 30, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.011
April 23, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.010
April 7, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.009
April 2, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.008
March 26, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.007
March 19, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.006
March 12, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.005
March 5, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.004
February 26, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.003
February 19, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.002
February 12, 2009

 

Middle East News & Views
No.001
February 5, 2009

South Sudan, Six Months On

Irit Back

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 6, No. 1

January 9, 2012

 

Women in the "New Egypt": What's Next?

Alona Ferber

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 24

December 26, 2011

 

The Dilemma of Syria's Kurds

Joel Daniel Parker

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 23

December 11, 2011

 

Morocco's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections:

Promoting a Top-Down "Arab Spring"?

Daniel Zisenwine

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 22

November 24, 2011

 

Tradition and Modernity in the "Arab Spring"

Asher Susser

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 21

November 10, 2011

 

Turkey and Iraq: Soft Power, Hard Power

Büşra Süpürgeci and İ. Eralp Semerci

Tel Aviv Notes: Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE 12

November 2, 2011

 

Educating Imams in Europe

Joyce van de Bildt

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 20

October 26, 2011

 

Social Media and Other Revolutions

Harel Chorev

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol.5 No. 19

October 10, 2011

 

The Spring of Palestinian Independence:

Assessing the Bid for UN Recognition

Ephraim Lavie

Tel Aviv Notes: Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE 11

October 6, 2011

 

Why Is Russia Standing by Syria?

Alex Khlebnikov

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 18

September 26, 2011

 

Islamism in Somalia

Teresa Harings

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 17

September 11, 2011

 

Yemen Rivalries

Brian Albert

Tel Aviv Notes

Volume 5, Special Edition No. 10

September 4, 2011

 

UN-Bound:

Palestinian Strategies and Dilemmas

Ephraim Lavie

Tel Aviv Notes

Volume 5, No. 16

August 24, 2011

 

Moroccan Reform:

The Royal Will and Popular Protests

Samir Ben-Layashi

Tel Aviv Notes

Volume 5, No. 15

August 10, 2011

 

The Saudi Women2Drive Campaign:

Just Another Protest in the Arab Spring?

Shoshana Shmuluvitz

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 14

July 26, 2011

 

Upheavals in the Middle East:

Cause for Rapprochement between Turkey and Israel?

Ofra Bengio

Tel Aviv Notes: Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 9

July 24, 2011

 

Arab Reactions to Bin Ladin's Demise

Esther Webman

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 13

July 10, 2011

 

"The Limping Giant": Turkey and the Kurdish Question

Ofra Bengio

Tel Aviv Notes: Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 8

June 27, 2011

 

Turkey's Elections:

Erdoğan's Partial Mandate

Duygu Atlas

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 12

June 26, 2011

 

What's the Deal with al-Jazeera?

Uriya Shavit

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 11

June 9, 2011

 

Turkey Decides: Creeping Putinization?

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Tel Aviv Notes: Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 7

June 6, 2011

 

The Arab Spring and Sub-Saharan Africa

Irit Back

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 10

May 26, 2011

 

Polling Post-Mubarak Egypt

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 9

May 11, 2011

 

The 'Nakba Law' and Palestinian Nationalism in Israel

Oded Haklai

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 8

April 26, 2011

 

The State of the Syrian Opposition

Joel Daniel Parker

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 7

April 10, 2011

 

Behind the Tensions in Syria:

The Socio-Economic Dimension

Paul Rivlin

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 6

March 30, 2011

 

Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution," Act II

Daniel Zisenwine

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 6

March 27, 2011

 

High Oil Prices

and the Middle East's Strategic Balance

Paul Rivlin

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 5

March 16, 2011

 

The Oil Food Price Spiral

in the Middle East

Paul Rivlin

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 4

March 13, 2011

 

The End of Quiet for the Palestinian Authority?

Ephraim Lavie

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 5

March 10, 2011

 

Women of the Middle East: The Jihad Within

Heidi Basch

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 3

March 8, 2011

 

Iraq's Day of Anger:

Democracy for Arabs, Electricity for Iraqis

Rachel Kantz Feder

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 4

February 27, 2011

 

The Uprising in Egypt:

Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment

Paul Rivlin

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 3

February 10, 2011

 

Al-Qa'ida and Yemen:

The "Return Home"

Uzi Rabi

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 2

January 26, 2011

 

Tunisia's "Unemployed Uprising"

and the Prospects for Political Change

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 2

Daniel Zisenwine

January 13, 2011

 

Who Won Iraq's Elections?

Rachel Kantz Feder

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 5, No. 1

January 10, 2011

 

Sudan's 55th Anniversary:

No Reason to Celebrate

Yehudit Ronen

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 5, SE No. 1

January 3, 2011

 

A Kurdish Call for Self-Determination:

Crossing the Rubicon?

Ofra Bengio

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 18

December 26, 2010

 

De-Democratizing Egyptian Elections

Mira Tzoreff

Tel Aviv Notes Special Edition

Vol. 4, SE No. 1

December 20, 2010

 

WikiLeaks and the Middle East

Uzi Rabi

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 16
December 9, 2010

 

The Red Book: The Bible of Turkish Foreign Policy

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 15
October 21, 2010

 

Iraqi Christians: Challenges of a New Era

Vladimir Troyansky

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 14
October 3, 2010

 

Stability in the Face of Social Change: Gender Mixing in Saudi Arabia

Joshua Teitelbaum

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 13
September 12, 2010

 

The Countdown: Turkey's Constitutional Referendum

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 12
August 29, 2010

 

Facing the Ba`th: The Syrian Kurdish Awakening

Vladimir Troyansky & Ofra Bengio

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 11
August 19, 2010

 

Muslim Reactions to the Headscarf Controversy in France:
Implications for the Umma and the Boundaries of Muslim Identity Illusion

Ran A. Levy

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 10
August 1, 2010

 

Elections in Sudan: Sudanese and African Perspectives

Irit Back

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 9
June 22, 2010

 

Turkey’s Strategic U-Turn, Israel’s Tactical Mistakes

Ofra Bengio

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 8
June 8, 2010

 

The Polarization of Turkish Society and Politics: The Ergenekon Affair
Berna Uzun

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 7
May 13, 2010

 

Qaddafi and his Nuclear Program: Second Thoughts?

Yehudit Ronen

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 6
February 9, 2010

 

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: New Leader, Renewed Challenge

Liad Porat

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 5
February 7, 2010

 

The Swiss Referendum in Arab Discourse
Esther Webman

Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 4
January 26, 2010

 

The Palestinian Economy

Paul Rivlin
Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 3
January 25, 2010

 

Deepening Palestinian Divisions in the Shadow of a Possible Renewal of the Peace Process

Ephraim Lavie
Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 2
January 12, 2010

 

Goal for the Egyptian Nation-State, Yellow Card for Arab Nationalism

Mira Tzoreff
Tel Aviv Notes

Vol. 4, No. 1
January 5, 2010

 

Turkish-Israeli Relations in the Shadow of AKP Populism
Berna Uzun
December 24, 2009

 

The Internet in post-Saddam Iraq
Tal Pavel
December 21, 2009

 

Peace, Peace… but there is no Peace with Syria
Eyal Zisser
December 7, 2009

 

The Rise and Fall of Dubai
Paul Rivlin

December 9, 2009

 

Succession Issues
Uriya Shavit
December 5, 2009

 

Lebanon: New Government, Old Problems
Eyal Zisser
December 2, 2009

 

Tunisia's Elections: Marking Time
Daniel Zisenwine
November 8, 2009

 

On-line Social Networks in Syria
Tal Pavel
November 4, 2009

 

Moment of Contentment: The 40th Anniversary of the Qadhafi Regime
Yehudit Ronen
September 3, 2009

 

The Other Voice: Women in the Cyberspace Discourse in the Middle East and Islamic World
Tal Pavel
August 30, 2009

 

The Kurdish Question in Turkey: A Critical Juncture
Egemen Başar Bezci
August 17, 2009

 

The Kurdish Question in Turkey: A Critical Juncture
Egemen Başar Bezci
August 17, 2009

 

The New Delhi-Islamabad Dialogue: No Cause for Optimism
Jagdish N. Singh
August 10, 2009

 

The Power of 140 Characters: Twitter in the Middle East
Tal Pavel
July 26, 2009

 

Elections in Kurdistan: A Model Democracy or a Return to Factionalism?
Ofra Bengio and Sherko Kirmanj

July 19, 2009

 

The Palestinians and the New American and Israeli Administrations
Ephraim Lavie

June 10, 2009

 

Kuwait Parliamentary Elections: Women Making History
Eran Segal

June 10, 2009

The ICC Arrest Warrant Against Omar al-Bashir: Darfur and the Non-Intervention Discourse
Irit Back
June 8, 2009

 

The War in Gaza: Dismantling the Palestinian Issue
Shaul Levy and Idan Barir

May 25, 2009

 

The Economic Melt-Down (2): The Middle East
Paul  Rivlin
April 5, 2009

 

Regulating Arab Politics (Part II): The War of the Summits
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and
Joseph Kostiner
April 7, 2009

 

Regulating Arab Politics (Part I): The War of the Summits
Joseph Kostiner
March 26, 2009

 

Hezbollah and the Issue of Hostages and Missing Combatants
Ephraim Lavie
March 22, 2009

 

Washington in Pursuit of Damascus
Eyal Zisser
March 15, 2009

 

Turkey and Israel in the Aftermath of the Gaza War: Relations at a Crossroad?
Ofra Bengio
February  8, 2009

 

The War in Gaza
Asher Susser
February 5, 2009

 

Facing Jehadi Terror: India’s Reality
Jagdish N. Singh
December 9, 200
8

 

Qadhdhafi Goes to Moscow
Yehudit Ronen
November 19, 200
8

 

Pitfalls in Pakistan
Jagdish N. Singh
November 16, 200
8

 

The Muses Do not Remain Silent: A Love Story in the Service of Kurdish Nation-Building
Ofra Bengio
November 4, 200
8

 

The Economic Melt-Down (1): America
Paul Rivlin
October 28, 200
8

 

Qatar's Relations with Israel: An Exemplar of an Independent Foreign Policy
Uzi Rabi
October 7, 200
8

 

Russia's Invasion of Georgia: Strategic Implications
Paul Rivlin
August 22, 200
8

 

Mauritania's Military Coup: Domestic Implications and Regional Challenges
Daniel Zisenwine
August 21, 200
8

 

Beyond Zimbabwe: the African Discourse on Dictatorship and Democracy
Irit Back
August 6, 200
8

 

The Effects of Rising Oil and Food Prices on the Middle East
Paul Rivlin
July 24, 200
8

 

Hamas, Abu Mazen and the Ceasefire
Ephraim Lavie
June 22, 200
8

 

Darfur: A View from the Arab World
Irit Back
June 19 , 200
8

 

From Hope to Despair: The Nakba at 60
Esther Webman
June 4 , 200
8

 

Lebanon and the Decline of the Arab Order
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
May 22 , 200
8

 

Bashar and Olmert: The First Test
Eyal Zisser
April 29 , 200
8

 

Why Arab Intellectuals Opposed the War in Iraq
Uriya Shavit
April 1 , 200
8

 

The Broken Triangle: Cairo-Riyadh-Damascus
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
March 9 , 200
8

 

Imad Mughniyeh: The Aftermath
Eyal Zisser
February 17 , 200
8

 

Saudi Arabia and the US Alliance against Iran
Joshua Teitelbaum
January 27 , 200
8

 

Sadat's Peace Initiative As Reflected in the Egyptian Press
Mira Tzoreff
January 22 , 200
8

 

Annapolis: Precedents and Transactions, But No Transformations
Kenneth W. Stein
December 27, 2007

 

The Turkish-Kurdish-American Triangle
Ofra Bengio
December 16, 2007

 

Islam in Europe: Clashing or Co-Existing Civilizations?
Uriya Shavit
November 14, 2007

 

Slouching Towards Annapolis
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
October 30 , 2007

 

Israel and its Arab Citizens – Taking Stock
Elie Rekhess
October 16 , 2007

 

Saudi Arabia and the United States
Joshua Teitelbaum
September 25 , 2007

 

Morocco's Parliamentary Elections
Daniel Zissenwine
September 19 , 2007

 

The Yezidis of Iraq: an Endangered Minority
Idan Barir
August 30, 2007

 

Rethinking Economic Sanctions on Iran
Amos Nadan and Eldad J. Pardo
August 22, 2007

 

Hope Trumps Fear
Soli Ozel
August 5, 2007

 

Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza: Middle Eastern Trends
Asher Susser
July 22, 2007

 

Palestinian Civil War: Results and Implications
Ephraim Lavie
June 19, 2007

 

Turkey's Political Crisis
Yossi Eli
June 7, 2007

 

Algeria's Parliamentary Elections: A Setback for Democratization
Daniel Zisenwine
May 26, 2007

 

Pragmatism and Ideology: Fatah, Hamas and the Arab League
Asher Susser
May 10, 2007

 

Hamas and the Palestinian Unity Government
Ephraim Lavie
April 29, 2007

 

Saudi Regional Strategy: The Power of Mediation
Joseph Kostiner
March 25, 2007

 

Al-Qa'ida in North Africa?
Daniel Zissenwine
March 11, 2007

 

The Struggle for Lebanon: What Is it Really About?
Asher Susser
February 28, 2007

 

Egypt's Democracy Deficit
Mira Zoref
February 14, 2007

 

Implications of the Fall in Oil Prices
Paul Rivlin
February 8, 2007

 

An Arab Quartet?
In French
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
January 14, 2007

 

Riyadh and Tehran, 2006: Honeymoon on the Rocks
Joshua Teitelbaum
January 1, 2007

 

The Future Vision of the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
Elie Rekhess
December 19, 2006

 

Hamas: Between Israel and Fatah
By Ephraim Lavie
December 17, 2006

 

Is Lebanon Headed for Civil War?
By Eyal Zisser
November 30, 2006

 

Saddam's Verdict: A Milestone for What?
By Ofra Bengio
November 11, 2006

 

The Israel-Hizbullah War: A Zero-Sum Game for Everyone?
By Ephraim Lavie
August 6, 2006

 

The Renewal of US-Libyan Diplomatic Relations:
A New Chance for Libya

By Yehudit Ronen
May 25, 2006

 

Coalition-Building in Iraq: Mission Impossible?
By Ofra Bengio
May 14, 2006

 

Things Aren't What They Used to Be:
The Khartoum Arab Summit Conference

By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
April 9, 2006

 

Jordan after the Hamas Victory:
Strategice Challenge and Historical Resilience

By Asher Susser
February 28, 2006

 

Hamas' Victory in the Palestinian Elections: What Does It Mean?
By Ephraim Lavie
January 29, 2006


Iraq after the Elections: Towards a Bi-National State?
By Ofra Bengio
January 23, 2006

 

Hamas' Victory in Municipal Elections
By Meir Litvak
December 26, 2005

 

Iraq's Constitution and America's Exit Strategy
By Ofra Bengio
November 6, 2005

 

Bashar's Moment of Truth
By Eyal Zisser
October 27, 2005

 

The Algerian Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation
By Gideon Gera
October 16, 2005

 

Saudi Arabia after the Passing of King Fahd
By Joshua Teitelbaum
August 2, 2005

 

The Significance of Iran's Presidential Election
By David Menashri
July 4, 2005

 

Hizbullah's Strategy following Syria's Withdrawal from Lebanon
By Eyal Zisser
May 22, 2005

 

The Palestinian Cairo Agreements: Between Lull and Truce
By Meir Litvak
March 27, 2005

 

 

Between The International Hammer and The Local Anvil:
Municipal Elections in Saudi Arabia

By Joshua Teitelbaum
March 15, 2005

 

Lebanon After the Murder of Hariri
By Eyal Zisser
February 24, 2005

 

Patrons, Clients and Shepherds:
The Sharm Al-Shaykh Summit

By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
February 13, 2005

 

The Libyan-Saudi Diplomatic Rupture
By Yehudit Ronen
January 4, 2005

 

The Economics and Politics of the Egypt-Israel Trade Agreement
By Paul Rivlin
December 19, 2004

 

Egypt in Search of a Role
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
November 22, 2004

 

Palestinian Politics After Arafat: Prospects and Problems
By Meir Litvak
November 16, 2004

 

Tunisia's Elections: The Long Road to Democracy
By Daniel Zisenwine
October 26, 2004

 

Abdallah's Scolding of Arafat:
The Coming of Age of a Hashemite King

By Asher Susser
August 8, 2004

 

The Tragedy in Darfur: Who is going to stop it?
By Yehudit Ronen
August 1, 2004

 

Oil at $40 a Barrel: A Threat and a Signal
By Paul Rivlin
June 2, 2004

 

Hamas after Rantisi
By Meir Litvak
April 20, 2004

 

Bashar Under Pressure: Potential Implications of the Qamishli Riots
By Eyal Zisser
March 22, 2004

 

Jordan and the Israeli Security Fence
By Asher Susser
January 25, 2003

 

What's Behind Bashar al-Assad's Peace Offensive?
By Eyal Zisser
January 11, 2003

 

Qadhafi’s Christmas Gift:
What’s Behind Libya’s Decision to Renounce WMD?
By Yehudit Ronen
December 24, 2003

 

A NEW STAGE IN ISRAELI-MOROCCAN RELATIONS?
By Daniel Zisenwine
September 7, 2003

 

REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW IRAQ
By Ofra Bengio
June 23, 2003

 

A THREATENING OPPORTUNITY:
PRESIDENT BUSH'S PROPOSAL FOR
A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDDLE EAST

By Paul Rivlin
May 25, 2003

 

Iran and the War in Iraq
By David Menashri
April 15, 2003

 

BASHAR'S GAME: WHAT IS SYRIA UP TO?
By Eyal Zisser
 April 7, 2003

 

IRAQI HISTORY VS. AMERICAN IDEALISM
By Ofra Bengio and Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
March 30, 2003

 

The Appointment of Abu Mazin:
Symbols and Substance

By Asher Susser
March 11, 2003

 

IRAQ’S ECONOMY: WHAT’S LEFT?
By Paul Rivlin
February 2, 2003

 

The Palestine Islamic Jihad: Background Information
By Meir Litvak
November 28, 2002

 

The Arab World and the Coming Israeli Elections
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
November 13, 2002

 

The  Arabs  and  Iraq
By Asher Susser
October 30, 2002

 

ISRAEL AND LEBANON: THE BATTLE FOR THE WAZZANI
By Eyal Zisser
October 14, 2002

 

IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICA'S DUAL-TRAC APPROACH TO IRAN
By David Menashri
August 22, 2002

 

The Spanish-Moroccan “Crisis”
and the Future of Euro-Med Relations:
Farce or Harbinger of Things to Come?
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
July 31, 2002

 

PROSPECTS FOR PALESTINIAN DEMOCRATIZATION
By Meir Litvak
July 3, 2002

 

Palestinian Options After “Defensive Shield”
By Rami Regavim
May 21, 2002

 

MUTUAL LEVERAGING: WASHINGTON AND RIYADH
FROM SEPTEMBER 11 TO CRAWFORD, TEXAS

By Joshua Teitelbaum
May 7, 2002

 

Hizbullah Attacks: Motives and Implications
By Eyal Zisser
January 28, 2002

 

JORDAN: ISRAEL'S (USUALLY) QUIET NEIGHBOR
By Asher Susser
December 30, 2001

 

PALESTINIAN STRATEGY AND THE PA-HAMAS UNDERSTANDING
bY Meir Litvak
December 27, 2001

 

Palestinian Attitudes Toward Usama Bin Laden
By Meir Litvak
October 16, 2001

 

No Greater Hate:
What Inspires the Muslim Kamikazes?

By Martin Kramer
September 16, 2001

 

LEAVING  LEBANON?
By Eyal Zisser
July 5, 2001

 

THE DAMASCUS BLOOD LIBEL
By Eyal Zisser
May 10, 2001

 

BASHAR’S FIRST TEST
By Eyal Zisser
April 19, 2001

 

THE AMMAN ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE:
THE COLLECTIVE AND THE PARTICULAR

By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
April 4, 2001

THE IRAQI-PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI TRIANGLE
By Ofra Bengio
March 8, 2001

 

   THE ARABS IN ISRAEL AND THE ELECTION FOR PRIME MINISTER
By Elie Rekhess
February 7, 2001

 

IS THERE A SYRIAN OPTION?
By Eyal Zisser
January 28, 2001

 

THE ROLE OF HAMAS IN THE AQSA INTIFADA
By Meir Litvak
January 18, 2001

 

EGYPT'S ROLE IN THE ISRAELI-ARAB PEACE PROCESS
By Meir Hatina
January 4, 2001

 

THE ARAB WORLD AND THE 'AL-AQSA INTIFADA'
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
November 23, 2000

 

PICKING UP THE PIECES
By Asher Susser
October 30, 2000

2012 תביא לקץ לשלטון אסד

עוזי רבי

גלובס

11 בינואר 2012

 

Egypt Adrift

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

January 2012

 

Iraq's Political Crisis and the Shadow of Sectarian Politics

Rachel Kantz Feder

OpenDemocracy.net

December 28, 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 8 (English Version)

No. 8 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin

December 2011

 

North Africa's Democratic Prospects

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"E-Notes," Foreign Policy Research Institute

December 2011

 

Islamotopia: The Muslim Brotherhood's Idea of Democracy

Uriya Shavit

Azure Online

Autumn 2011

 

Preparing for the Post-Assad Era

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

December 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 7 (English Version)

No. 7 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal

November 2011

 

Is Morocco Immune to Upheaval?

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

The Middle East Quarterly

Winter 2012

 

Shalit and the Region

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

November 2011

 

Tunisia: The Next Phase

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Euromesco/IMED Brief No. 19

November 4, 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 6 (English Version)

No. 6 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal

October 2011

 

הלינץ' בקדאפי - הצטברות של שנאה תהומית

Yehudit Ronen

Walla.co.il

October 21, 2011

 

אנחנו משחקים לידיים של ארדואן

Ofra Bengio

Mako.co.il

September 7, 2011

 

Arab Spectators

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

October 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 5 (English Version)

No. 5 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal

September 15, 2011

 

"Handle with Care"

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

September 2011

 

מי מפחד מ"משקיפה קבועה"

Ephraim Lavie

Haaretz

September 5, 2011

 

Libya's Berbers: The New Factor in Post-Gaddafi Politics

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Pajamas Media

August 26, 2011

 

מה עלול להתרחש בלוב לאחר שתיקת הרובים?

Samir Ben-Layashi

Walla News

August 25, 2011

 

Israel's middle-class awakening

Asher Susser

thestar.com

August 9, 2011

 

Atatürk and Erdoğan:

Islam's Impact on Turkish Nationalism

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

International Review of Turkish Studies

Summer 2011

 

A Palestinian State from Theory to Practice

(in Hebrew)

Ephraim Lavie

INSS Strategic Assessment Journal

August 2011

 

Riyalpolitik

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

August 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 4 (English Version)

No. 4 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal

July 17, 2011

 

Arab Spring, Moroccan Style

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

August 2011

 

האביב הערבי: הבשלה של תהליכי עומק ומשמעותם

Yitzhak Gal

Canthink.co.il

July 12, 2011

 

Obstacles to Iranian Influence in Iraq

Rachel Kantz Feder

Opendemocracy.net

July 1, 2011

 

Tunisia's Morning After:

Middle Eastern Upheavals

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Middle East Quarterly

Summer 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 3 (English Version)

No. 3 (Hebrew Version)

Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal

June 15, 2011

 

Summertime and the Livin' Ain't Easy

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

July 2011

 

Exploring Berbers,

a book review

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

H-Net Reviews

June 2011

 

מוקש ספטמבר לא פורק

Ephraim Lavie

Ynet

May 29, 2011

 

Syria's Stormy Spring

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

June 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No.1 (English version)

(מס' 2 עברית)

May 15, 2011

 

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

No. 1 (Hebrew version)

כרך 1, גיליון 1

April 1, 2011

 

The Spring of Arab Discontent

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

May 2011

 

Libya's Dynamic Stalemate

Yehudit Ronen

Ynet

April 20, 2011

 

לחזק את הרשות הפלסטינית

Ephraim Lavie

Haaretz

April 11, 2011

 

: בניין מדינה בהעדר לגיטימציה שלטונית

אתגר הרשות הפלסטינית

Ephraim Lavie

INSS Strategic Assessment Journal

April 2011

 

Israel's Dilemma in Damascus

Itamar Rabinovich

Foreign Affairs

April 10, 2011

 

Turmoil in the Middle East

Asher Susser

The Jerusalem Report

February 2011

 

Power to the People?

Not So Fast

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

April 2011

 

A New Order in the Middle East

Asher Susser

The Times Live (Johannesburg)

March 13, 2011

 

Morocco's Berbers and Israel

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

The Middle East Quarterly

Vol. 18, No. 1

Winter 2011

 

Egypt's Economic Interest

in the Stability of Relations with Israel

(in Hebrew)

Yitzhak Gal

Relevanti

March 16, 2011

 

Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment

in Egypt (in Hebrew)

Paul Rivlin

מגזין התוכנית לכלכלה וחברה  

March 14, 2011

 

Arab Societies Strike Back
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
March 2011

 

Uneasy Lies the Head

Asher Susser

Bitterlemons-international.org

Feb. 3, 2011

 

By Bread Alone (in Hebrew)

Paul Rivlin

Calcalist

Feb. 7, 2011

 

La présence britannique dans le Golfe:

de la genèse au retrait de 1971

Uzi Rabi

Maghreb-Machrek No. 205

Autumn 2010

 

Palestinian Nationalism:

Review of Mustafa Kabha's Palestinians

Ephraim Lavie

Zmanim, Issue 113

Winter 2011

 

The Israeli Economy: Hi-tech, Gas, Dutch Disease and More

Paul Rivlin

"This Side of the Pond"

Cambridge University Press Blog

Feb. 1, 2011

 

The Arab Order Undermined
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
February 2011

 

Review of Being Arab: 

Arabism and the Politics of Recognition

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Journal of Intercultural Studies,

Vol.32, No.1

February 2011

 

Tunisia: Exemplar or Exception?

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Foreign Policy Research Institute

January 2011

 

The Egyptian Dilemma
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
January 17, 2011

 

"A Greater Goal:

Review of Goals for Galilee"

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
Haaretz, December 2010

 

Thanks or Angst?
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
December 20, 2010

 

Ahmadinejad Goes to Lebanon
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

November 22, 2010

 

Polling the Arab Public
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
October 25, 2010

 

The Israel-Arab Time Bomb
Elie Rekhess

The Jerusalem Post
October 14, 2010

 

Hoy el Conflicto Central en Oriente Medio es entre Secularios y Religiosos

Israel ne soutient pas les Amazighs - pp.47-8 (En)
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Actuel
September 18-24, 2010

 

Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People:
From the San Remo Conference (1920) to the Netanyahu-Abbas Talks
Joshua Teitelbaum
September - October, 2010

 

Lebanonization of Iraq
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
September 17, 2010

 

The Shiites of Saudi Arabia
Joshua Teitelbaum

Hudson Institute
August 21, 2010

 

Keeping the Lid on Lebanon
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

August 30, 2010

 

The Fayyadism Illusion
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem ReportAugust 2, 2010

 

Turkey’s Return, Cairo’s Concern
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

July 5, 2010

 

Asad Comes in from the Cold
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
June 7, 2010

 

The Impotent Summit
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
May 10, 2010

 

Egypt: Edging Closer to Succession
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

April 12, 2010

 

Arabia Felix No More
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

March 15, 2010

 

Triangle Alliance Troubles
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

The Jerusalem Report
February 15, 2010

 

Shaken but Steadfast
Ofra Bengio
January 31, 2010

 

Sounds from North Africa
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
January 18, 2010

 

What If the Palestinians Declare Independence?
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
December 21, 2009

 

Not Much to Celebrate
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

November 23, 2009

 

Regional Influentials
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
October 26, 2009

 

Holding a Harsh Mirror to the Arab World
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

September 29, 2009

 

Cooking Up a Lebanese Deal?
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
August 3, 2009

Reshuffling the Cards
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report
July 6, 2009

 

Grand Strategies, Muddled Realities
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

June 8, 2009

 

On Israel and the Palestinians: A Conversation between an Israeli and an American
Asher Susser & Kip Hagopian
May 11, 2009

 

Iran’s Thrust into the Arab Heartland
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
"Mideast Monitor," The Jerusalem Report

May 11, 2009

A Pebble in the Peace Pond
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
The Jerusalem Report

January 5, 2009

 

Looking straight at the initiative
Asher Susser
December 18, 2008

 

Saudi Arabia's Proposed Wall on the Iraqi Border (Interview in Hebrew)
Joshua Teitelbaum
September 19 , 2007

 

Jordan's renewed peace involvement
Asher Susser
May 31, 2007

 

Israel, the Arabs and Palestine: Facing Crucial Decisions
Asher Susser
The Jerusalem Review, Volume 1, Number One (2006-7), pp. 57-67.

 

Hamas through Rose-Colored Glasses
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Haaretz
January 5, 2007

 

Possible Takeover of Lebanon by Syria Supporters Bad News for Israel
By Eyal Zisser
December 3, 2006

 

Lebanon: A Reassessment
By Asher Susser
September 13, 2006


Between Iran, the Shi'ites and Sunni Arab weakness
By Asher Susser
July 24, 2006

 

Between Hamas and Hizballah - Israel’s Vital Interests
By Asher Susser
July 14, 2006

 

Jordan: Between Iraq and Palestine
By Asher Susser
April 20, 2006

 

The Fragmentation of Iraq:
The Negative Fallout for Israel

By Asher Susser
March 23, 2006

 

The Military Coup in Mauritania:
Domestic and International Implications

By Daniel Zisenwine
August 18, 2005

 

The Middle East in 2005 - The Impact of Generational Change
 An Executive Summary (in Hebrew) of the Moshe Dayan Center Symposium held in March 2005
Prepared by Dr Israel Altman.

 

The Election of Abu Mazen: Will it Make a Difference?
by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
January 2005

 

Between Iraq and the Palestinians--Israel's Fateful Choices
By Asher Susser
November 30, 2004

 

Regional systemic change
By Asher Susser
July 22, 2004

 

Arab disarray and Israel's impasse
By Asher Susser
January 8, 2004

 

THE DECLINE OF THE ARABS
By Asher Susser
Fall 2003

 

FRIEND OR FOE
By Joshua Teitelbaum
September 19, 2003

 

NO EASY EXIT
By Ofra Bengio
June 2, 2003

 

HOW NOT TO OCCUPY IRAQ
By Martin Kramer
March 17, 2003

 

ARAB ANTI-SEMITISM
An Interview with Meir Litvak
February 2, 2003

 

The Arab Vote
By Elie Rekhess
January 24, 2003

 

ISRAELI ELECTIONS: ANOTHER FORK IN THE ROAD?
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
December 16, 2002

 

On The Question Of Arab Participation In The Forthcoming Israeli Elections
By Elie Rekhess
December 5, 2002

 

Two States: Not Only Possible, But Essential
By Asher Susser
July 15, 2002

 

Policy and the Academy: An Illicit Relationship?
By Martin Kramer
June 18, 2002

 

OSAMA BLOCKBUSTER: WILL IT CHANGE ARAB MINDS?
By Martin Kramer
December 14, 2001

 

FROM AFGHANISTAN TO ARABY: SEPT. 11 AND THE MIDEAST
By Martin Kramer
December 10, 2001

 

WHY RIYADH STIFFS AMERICA
By Joshua Teitelbaum
October 22, 2001

 

SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE SAUDI ARABIAN CONNECTION
By Joshua Teitelbaum
October 12, 2001

 

HIJACKING ISLAM
By Martin Kramer
September 19, 2001

 

FILM REVIEWS: APRES LA GUERRE
By Martin Kramer
Fall 2001