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Martin Kramer
Koret Distinguished Fellow
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Martin Kramer is The Washington Institute's Koret Distinguished Fellow and author of one of its most widely read monographs, Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America.
Biography
Martin Kramer is The Washington Institute's Koret Distinguished Fellow and author of one of its most widely read monographs, Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America.
An authority on the history and politics of the Middle East, Dr. Kramer earned his doctorate at Princeton University under the supervision of Bernard Lewis. He then spent twenty-five years at Tel Aviv University, where he directed the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. He later became the founding president of Shalem College in Jerusalem, Israel’s first liberal arts college, where he continues to teach the modern history of the Middle East.
Dr. Kramer has taught as a visiting professor at Brandeis University, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Georgetown University, and The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). He has also served as a visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and Harvard University's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.
Publications
Most Recent Analysis
Seven Black Swans in the Middle East
September 24, 2019
The King Is Dead! Does It Matter?
Sudden Succession Essay Series
April 11, 2019
Sending the Right Message in Cairo: Advice for Secretary Pompeo
January 7, 2019
Bernard Lewis: Appreciating a Scholar of Consequence
July 24, 2018
The May 1948 Vote That Made the State of Israel
April 2, 2018
How True Is 'The Crown' on The Suez Cover-Up?
March 1, 2018
The Fantasy of an International Jerusalem
December 28, 2017
Why the 1947 UN Partition Resolution Must Be Celebrated
November 27, 2017
November 6, 2017
The Forgotten Truth About the Balfour Declaration
June 5, 2017