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Israel, the U.S. and the Future of the Region
Formerly, in the Middle East, many countries used to earn their living from the conflict between the two superpowers; first, between the French and the British, and later on between the United States and the Soviet Union. As a result of this conflict, many countries got aid, financial, political, and
Sep 1, 1992
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  • Shimon Peres
In-Depth Reports
Toward a New Era in U.S.-Israel Relations
Keynote addresses by Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. With Michael Mandelbaum, Martin Indyk, Steven Spiegel, Mordechai Gur, James Roche, Geoffrey Kemp, and Stuart Eizenstat.
Sep 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
The Future of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
The period in which we live today is unique, and we cannot assume that the conditions and forces that have created this moment in history will continue to be the same in the coming years. From the point of view of Israel, we live in a unique period created by
Sep 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
Hamas: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the PLO
Hamas--the Islamic Resistance Movement--arose during the intifada as the organization of Palestinian Muslim fundamentalists of the West Bank and Gaza. Because it views the Arab-Israeli conflict as a religious struggle between Islam and Judaism that can only be resolved by the destruction of the State of Israel, it opposes the
Apr 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
Toward Middle East Peace Negotiations:
Israeli Postwar Political-Military Options in an Era of Accelerated Change
Executive Summary Israel enters a new peace process at a time of considerable short-term safety and long-term uncertainty. The social and demographic consequences of the Gulf War have not fully expressed themselves on the politics of the region, while the military role of Iraq in the future is hard to
Dec 1, 1991
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  • Dore Gold
In-Depth Reports
The Arrow Next Time?
Israel's Missile Defense Program for the 1990s
Nov 1, 1991
In-Depth Reports
The Economic Consequences of Peace for Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians
While economic issues have not been a driving force in the Arab-Israeli peace process in the past, they are sure to play a critically important role in the historic negotiations looming ahead. Across the wide Sinai expanse, Egypt and Israel have little to show in the way of economic ties
Aug 31, 1991
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • Howard Rosen
Brief Analysis
Post War Issues #3:
The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
The staggering allied victory in the Gulf War has been followed by presidential statements from Washington and Paris about the need to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict. On the face of it, however, the war against Saddam appears to have made a solution to the Palestinian problem more necessary and yet
Mar 4, 1991
Brief Analysis
The New Importance of Air Defense
While the Defense Department's Fiscal Year 1992 budget was largely drawn up prior to the Gulf crisis, in at least one area DoD has tried to learn an early lesson from the war. The United States in the future will have to devote increasing attention to the air defense mission
Feb 6, 1991
Brief Analysis
The Prospects for an Iraq-Israel Confrontation
Saddam Hussein's explicit threats against Israel have drawn renewed attention to the prospects for an Iraqi-Israeli confrontation. Though this cannot be ruled out, it seems unlikely that Israel and Iraq will become engaged in hostilities early on in a conflict because neither country would find fighting the other to be
Dec 27, 1990
Brief Analysis
The Shamir-Shevardnadze Meeting
Today's meeting in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze represents another important step in the ongoing process of Soviet-Israeli rapprochement. Not only should the meeting advance the prospects for an early resumption of full diplomatic relations between the two countries, it might also
Dec 12, 1990
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  • John Hannah
Brief Analysis
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
With the UN Security Council debating a resolution on the Palestinian issue and Saddam Hussein demanding that the Gulf crisis be linked to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Middle East peace process is again floating to the top of the international community's agenda. Despite the rhetoric in New York and Baghdad
Dec 10, 1990
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
The Bush-Shamir Meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Shamir meets with President Bush next week for their first discussions since well before the Gulf crisis. This meeting offers a critical opportunity to repair their personal relations, coordinate approaches to the Gulf crisis and the peace process, and address Israeli security and economic concerns. If Bush
Dec 7, 1990
In-Depth Reports
Jerusalem
Executive Summary Jerusalem's transcendent characteristic is its uniqueness -- different from that of any other city or community. It remains, after 4,000 years, a magnetic focus of mystic, historical, emotional, religious, cultural, political and strategic attention. The city retains undimmed significance for adherents of the world's three great monotheistic religions
Dec 1, 1990
In-Depth Reports
Israel and the Gulf Crisis:
Changing Security Requirements on the Eastern Front
The Gulf crisis has set into motion several fundamental strategic changes along Israel's eastern front that, taken together, could dramatically alter Israel's security requirements in the West Bank. The Israeli government would then find it even more ddifficult to offer far-reaching concessions in negotiations with the Palestinians. Three major changes
Dec 1, 1990
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  • Dore Gold
Brief Analysis
Shamir to Saddam:
"Read My Lips"
If it comes to war in the Gulf, Israel may well be dragged in. Saddam Hussein has repeatedly threatened that his first missiles would be aimed at Israel. By involving Israel in this way, Saddam Hussein might hope to unite the Arab coalition behind him. Unlike all other forces confronting
Nov 20, 1990
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  • Zeev Schiff
Brief Analysis
Moscow in the Middle East:
The Impact of New Thinking
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze is using the Gulf crisis as a catalyst for farreaching changes in Moscow's Middle East policy. Moscow is putting the emphasis on improving relations with the West and with the wealthy Persian Gulf states at the expense of Arab radicals. Shevardnadze's UN speech was remarkable
Sep 27, 1990
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  • John Hannah
In-Depth Reports
Keynote Address
Superpower relations in the Middle East is an especially timely and provocative topic -- timely because superpower relations clearly are changing, and provocative because the consequences from those changes are far from self-evident. On one hand, the lessening of the tensions between the superpowers, especially the declining role of the
Apr 30, 1990
In-Depth Reports
Keynote Address
We have been living through a political earthquake. A year ago Erich Honecker was still heading East Germany, and people were talking about the solid infrastructure of the GDR. Milos Jakes was still ruling in Czechoslovakia, and it was said that the communist party had a strong system of control
Apr 29, 1990
In-Depth Reports
The Future Battlefield and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The revolution now taking place in the technology of war is one with potentially dramatic implications for the Arab-Israeli military balance. In this important book. two Middle East military experts assess the impact of technological innovation on Israeli and Arab military forces. They concentrate primarily on Israel and Syria, since
Jan 1, 1990

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