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Mideast Clerics Speak Out

America has come full circle. In 1983, the idea of jihad, or Muslim holy war, was introduced in the contemporary Middle East as 241 American servicemen were killed in Beirut. The United States beat a hasty exit, and Islamic militants saw this as a vindication that suicide bombing was religiously

David Makovsky

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Arab States and a Clear Commitment

Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations The horrific attack on America is a defining moment not just for us, but also for the world. It was an attack on civilization. It was an attack on humanity. It requires a change in our mindset. We are no longer countering

Dennis Ross

Durban and the Middle East:

Challenges for U.S. Policy

At the end of August, the United Nations is set to convene a "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance" (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa. But with less than one month to go, preparations for the conference are in shambles. Draft texts under consideration are replete with

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The Bush Administration and the Middle East:

New Leaders, New Challenges, New Approaches

Keynote discussion between The Honorable Lawrence S. Eagleburger and The Honorable Richard Perle; keynote address with The Honorable Limor Livnat; roundtable discussion between Senator Sam Brownback, General Brent Scowcroft, Jim Hoagland, and Dennis Ross; and discussion between Ze'ev Schiff and Ghassan Khatib.

At the Bottom of the Bush-Mubarak Agenda?

The Slow Pace of Political Reform in Egypt

Urgent regional matters -- such as Iraq and the Arab–Israeli peace process -- will dominate the agenda during Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's visit to Washington this week, while Egypt's transition to a free-market economy and U.S.– Egypt trade ties will also receive attention. Egyptian domestic politics, however, will register little

Intifada 2000, The Foggy Bottom Version:

A Review of the Human Rights Report

Five months after the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising, the U.S. government yesterday issued its first systematic assessment of the intifada-related actions of Israelis and Palestinians in the form of the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the year 2000. A close reading of the twenty-four page

Robert Satloff

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Navigating through Turbulence:

America and the Middle East in a New Century

The Presidential Study Group -- a bipartisan, blue-ribbon commission of statesmen, diplomats, legislators, scholars, and experts -- was convened in Spring 2000 to examine the state of the Middle East and the effectiveness of U.S. policy in advancing U.S. interests in that important region. George W. Bush takes office at

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Middle East Policy Planning for a New Administration

Keynote addresses by Winston Wiley, Shimon Peres, and Nabil Sha'ath. With Faisal Husseini, Reuven Merhav, Ephraim Yaar-Yuchtman, Walid Abu Zuluf, Robert Hunter, Robert Blackwill, and others.

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Turkey's New World:

Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy

During 1997 and 1998, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy organized a series of seminars in Washington, D.C., to examine changing dynamics and trends in Turkish foreign policy. The decision to organize the seminars was prompted by the realization that Turkish foreign policy in the post-Cold War era was

The Middle East in U.S. Global Strategy

On May 19, 2000, Leon Fuerth, national security adviser to Vice President Al Gore, and Robert Zoellick, a foreign policy adviser to Texas governor George W. Bush, jointly addressed The Washington Institute's annual Soref Symposium. Following are excerpts from their discussion. Read an edited transcript. LEON FUERTH "If you ask

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The Next Turbulent Zone

After a half-decade in which the Balkans, Central Africa, and East Asia were the hottest spots on the globe, the Middle East--including North Africa--is likely to assert itself over the next five years as a zone of turbulence. Some of the turmoil will be fueled by the irredentism left over

Robert Satloff

Arafat and His Critics:

U.S. Policy between Peace and Democracy in the Palestinian Authority

On December 1, Mu'awyeh Al-Masri, a Palestinian legislator from Nablus, was shot in the leg by a group of masked men in broad daylight. This mafia-style "kneecapping" was the culmination of several days of arrests and protests in the Palestinian Authority (PA) which followed the distribution of a leaflet accusing

David Schenker
Robert Satloff

America and the Middle East:

Meeting the Challenge

On October 22, 1999, Vice President Al Gore delivered the keynote address to The Washington Institute's Inaugural Weinberg Founders Conference. The following are excerpts from his speech. Read a full transcript. "Our engagement in the world has a huge impact on the peace and prosperity of the Middle East and

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America and the Middle East:

Meeting the Challenge

This is a critical juncture for the Middle East and for U.S. foreign policy, and vigorous American engagement in the world is key. Our engagement has a huge impact on the peace and prosperity of the Middle East, and a huge impact on every part of the world. Not everyone

In-Depth Reports

America and the Middle East:

Meeting the Challenge (full transcript)

Thank you all for your warm welcome. I'm grateful for the invitation to be here and that introduction. And I wanted to be here tonight. I flew from New Hampshire a little bit earlier. I have a personal appreciation for the work that you've done and for the work that

Broadcasting to Iraq and Iran:

Reaching Out by Radio

Radio Free Iraq was established through legislation last October and operates in conjunction with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as a nongovernmental organization funded wholly by the U.S. government. The goal of Radio Free Iraq is to broadcast accurate and balanced information focusing on human rights, democratization, free expression, and

Awaiting the First Report on International Religious Freedom

The U.S. State Departments Office of International Religious Freedom will release an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on September 7, 1999 -- the first since it was required to do so by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). The Report will offer "an assessment and description of

U.S. Military Aid to Egypt:

Assessment and Recommendations

This is the second in a two-part series on the topic "U.S. Aid to Egypt: Building a Partnership for the 21st Century." Read Part I. The question of U.S. military aid to Egypt poses an unusual policy dilemma: should it go up or down? On one hand, Egypt's strategic location

Robert Satloff
Patrick Clawson

U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt:

Designing a New, Pro-Growth Package

This is the first in a two-part series on the topic "U.S. Aid to Egypt: Building a Partnership for the 21st Century." Read Part II. For the first time in nearly twenty years, the United States will soon revamp foreign aid to Israel and Egypt. Given the centrality of these

Robert Satloff
Patrick Clawson

Would U.S. Membership Help the Peace Process?

What Is MENABANK? The idea for a regional development bank in the Middle East has been around for years. However, practical work for creation of a bank only began when the four core peace process parties—Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, and Egypt—jointly proposed the creation of the Bank in 1995

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