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Cyprus Helping with Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute

U.S.-brokered efforts to untangle the maritime knot between the three countries could boost natural gas exploration.

Jan 10, 2013

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Simon Henderson

Articles & Testimony

Patience, Not Panic, on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

A successful peace process will require renewed faith in the U.S.-Israel alliance, America's regional leadership, and the utility of incremental Israeli-Palestinian gains.

Jan 8, 2013

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Michael Singh

Articles & Testimony

Obama's Big Egypt Test: Sinai

The lawless desert on Israel's border presents immediate risks -- and possible opportunities -- for American interests in the region.

Jan 7, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Obama and the Middle East: Act Two

In January, the Atlantic published a series of policy proposals for the Obama administration's second term by Washington Institute scholars. The full series is collected here.

Jan 7, 2013

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Andrew J. Tabler
Patrick Clawson
David Makovsky
David Pollock
Simon Henderson
Soner Cagaptay
David Schenker
Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Will 2013 Be an Unlucky Year for Israel?

The growing threat of Arab-Israeli war, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the potential for Palestinian political meltdown could make this year a precarious one for Israel.

Dec 31, 2012

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Robert Satloff

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Palestinian Rockets versus Israeli Missiles in the Second Gaza War

On December 18, 2012, Uzi Rubin addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Rubin is president of the defense consulting firm Rubincon Ltd. and formerly served as founding director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization. The following is a rapporteur's summary of his remarks. November's Gaza war was

Dec 21, 2012

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Egypt on the Brink (Again)

On December 14, 2012, Steven Cook, Eric Trager, and Shalom Cohen addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute . Dr. Cook is the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt (2011). Mr. Trager, the

Dec 19, 2012

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Steven Cook
Eric Trager

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2012 Scholar-Statesman Award Dinner

The Washington Institute presented its 2021 Scholar-Statesman Award to Dennis Ross and Elliott Abrams.

Dec 13, 2012

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Dennis Ross
Elliott Abrams

Brief Analysis

Netanyahu Solidifies Lead in Israeli Campaign

As the projected makeup of the leading faction in Israel's next government becomes increasingly clear, Washington should begin considering what it might mean for U.S. policy.

Dec 13, 2012

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David Makovsky

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Announcing the 2012 Washington Institute Book Prize Winners

Steven A. Cook’s The Struggle for Egypt, a chronicle of modern Egypt that culminates in the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, has been awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute’s 2012 Book Prize competition. Cook, the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on

Dec 10, 2012

Articles & Testimony

How to Save Arab-Israeli Peace

There's more to it than Stephen Walt would have you believe.

Dec 5, 2012

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Robert Satloff

A UNDOF soldier on guard duty next to a mural of a dove of peace - source: Reuters

Articles & Testimony

The End of the Forty-Year Peace Between Israel and Arab States

Despite recent strategic shifts in the region, there is much the United States can do to postpone the return of interstate Arab-Israeli conflict.

Dec 4, 2012

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Robert Satloff

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Israel's Natural Gas Preferences

The choice of an Australian company to take a stake in Israel's giant offshore gas field indicates strategically significant commercial and political decisions.

Dec 3, 2012

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Simon Henderson

Articles & Testimony

The Gaza Conflict and the End of the Forty-Year Peace

On November 29, Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff testified before the House regarding the implications of the latest Gaza crisis and, more important, the new regional context in which it transpired. Given the increasing range of Hamas weapons, the targeting of Israel across three of its borders, the rise

Nov 29, 2012

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Robert Satloff

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Palestine at the UN: Mixed Messages

On November 29, the anniversary of the 1947 UN General Assembly vote to partition the British Mandate of Palestine into "an Arab state and Jewish state," the assembly will vote on a new draft resolution recognizing Palestine as a nonmember observer state. A majority vote in favor is all but

Nov 28, 2012

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David Pollock

In-Depth Reports

Engagement without Illusions

Building an Interest-Based Relationship with the New Egypt

Today's Egypt -- with its first-ever civilian president, Islamist leader Muhammad Morsi -- is a very different country from the one with which successive U.S. administrations built a strategic partnership for more than thirty years. The fundamental changes seen there since 2011 mandate an equally fundamental reassessment of the bilateral

Nov 28, 2012

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Vin Weber
Gregory Craig

Articles & Testimony

Beyond Gaza: The Foreign-Policy Implications of Morsi's Power Grab

It's only a matter of time before the Egyptian president's domestic extremism extends to international relations.

Nov 27, 2012

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Palestinian Refugees Languish in Lebanon

Not only is discussion of settlement of the Palestinian refugees currently within the Lebanese borders taboo, since 1990 it has also been unconstitutional.

Nov 26, 2012

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David Schenker

Articles & Testimony

Maliki Government's Whitewashing of Hezbollah

Ali Musa Daqduq's release from Iraqi custody is an ominous sign of the direction in which the Maliki government is taking Iraq and underscored how quickly Washington's influence over its erstwhile ally in Baghdad has waned.

Nov 20, 2012

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

How To Defuse the Israel-Gaza Conflict: Cairo's Crucial Role

The New York Times convened an online panel of five Middle East experts to discuss diplomatic efforts to end the deadly confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. The following contribution was made by Washington Institute Ziegler distinguished fellow David Makovsky, director of the Institute's Project on the Middle East Peace Process.

Nov 20, 2012

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David Makovsky

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