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Beyond the First 100 Days:
Prospects for Obama Administration Middle East Strategy
Download the complete proceedings. Nicholas Blanford, John Hannah, and David Makovsky addressed The Washington Institute's 2009 Soref Symposium to analyze prospects for early Obama administration Middle East initiatives, and how those policies affect critical issues such as Iran's nuclear program, Lebanon's upcoming elections, and U.S. relations with Israel. Nicholas Blanford
May 7, 2009
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  • John Hannah
  • David Makovsky
In-Depth Reports
Peace through Security:
America's Role in the Development of the Palestinian Authority Security Services
On May 7, 2009, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton delivered the Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy at The Washington Institute's 2009 Soref Symposium.
May 7, 2009
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  • Keith Dayton
Brief Analysis
Disrupting Tehran's Export of Technology and Weapons
Earlier this year, Cyprus impounded the Iranian-chartered freighter Monchegorsk, a vessel laden with war materiel bound for Syria (and perhaps beyond). This episode highlights the shortcomings of current UN and European Union sanctions on Iran, and underscores the need for a more systematic approach for dealing with Tehran's efforts to
Apr 30, 2009
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Counternarcotics Offers Chance to Cooperate with Tehran
On March 31, Washington took its first step toward engagement with Tehran through a diplomatic encounter with the Iranian government at the Afghanistan conference in the Hague. Even though the initial contact was awkward, it was clearly a step forward for the Obama administration, and both countries agreed that the
Apr 29, 2009
Articles & Testimony
Center of the Earth
If U.S. President Barack Obama were using Google Earth to zoom into various geographic locations mentioned during his daily morning briefings on the state of world affairs, he is probably not zeroing into villages in Iraq's Anbar province. Until recently considered to be the center of the geostrategic earth, Washington's
Apr 15, 2009
Brief Analysis
Making Smugglers Pay:
Underwriting Egyptian Border Security
This past weekend, Egyptian police detained a man who was transporting $2 million dollars to North Sinai to be smuggled to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This came on the heels of two separate attempts by Hamas to smuggle nearly $10 million dollars from Egypt into the Strip. This was
Apr 13, 2009
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Misdirected Fire:
The UNHRC Report on Gaza
PolicyWatch #1504 is second in a two-part series on the legal issues associated with Israel's recent war in the Gaza Strip. PolicyWatch #1497, " Examining the Conduct of IDF Operations in Gaza," dealt with how the Israeli military fought the war (Jus In Bello). This piece addresses questions surrounding the
Apr 6, 2009
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  • Magnus Norell
Brief Analysis
Examining the Conduct of IDF Operations in Gaza
Critics have raised serious ethical questions about how the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. The IDF has been accused of war crimes ranging from launching an unjustified and aggressive war to wanton damage to civilian property. The Israeli government and the IDF
Mar 27, 2009
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  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
Iran's Ongoing Proxy War in Iraq
In December 2008, shortly before assuming office, President Barack Obama called for "tough but direct diplomacy with Iran." As the new administration moves forward, it must realize that U.S.-Iranian negotiations will take place while Iran is killing Americans in Iraq and increasing its support for armed Iraqi factions. Like its
Mar 16, 2009
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Buying Time with Iran:
The F-22 Fighter
On February 19, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its most recent report on Iran's nuclear activities, indicating that the Islamic Republic may have produced enough low-enriched uranium for its first nuclear weapon (if further enriched). Meanwhile, Israeli prime minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu is putting together a right-leaning government that
Mar 13, 2009
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  • Thomas Crimmins
Brief Analysis
Preventing a Cascade of Instability:
U.S. Engagement to Check Iranian Nuclear Progress
On March 4, 2009, the Presidential Task Force on Iranian Proliferation, Regional Security, and U.S. Policy released its final report at a special Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. The release also included a discussion led by three task force members, Gen. (Ret.) Eugene Habiger, Dr. William Schneider, and Ambassador
Mar 9, 2009
In-Depth Reports
Preventing a Cascade of Instability:
U.S. Engagement to Check Iranian Nuclear Progress
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCES With the Middle East as a focal point of U.S. foreign policymaking, a complex array of regional issues now compete for the urgent attention of America's leaders. In preparation for the first presidential succession of the twenty-first century, The Washington Institute has assembled three independent Presidential Task
Mar 4, 2009
Brief Analysis
Hamas Arms Smuggling:
Egypt's Challenge
This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Egypt to attend an international conference on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. While the rehabilitation of Gaza is high on the international community's agenda, the implementation of any rebuilding project may be premature. Indeed, given Hamas's ongoing weapons smuggling
Mar 2, 2009
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  • Yoram Cohen
  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Urge Damascus to Come Clean on Nuclear Activity
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) recent progress report on its investigation into Syria's nuclear activities reinforces concerns, voiced most prominently by the United States, that the al-Asad regime was secretly building a nuclear reactor until it was destroyed in late 2007. With the March 2 meeting of the IAEA
Feb 26, 2009
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Al-Qaeda Today
An expert look at the changing face of the global jihadist threat.
Feb 13, 2009
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  • Assaf Moghadam
  • Farhad Khosrokhavar
  • Matthew Levitt
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
In His Own Words:
Erdogan on Israel, Hamas, and the Gaza Conflict
On January 29, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walked out of a panel that included Israeli president Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, further suggesting to skeptics that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is turning its back on the West. Erdogan also chided
Feb 11, 2009
In-Depth Reports
Countering Transnational Threats:
Terrorism, Narco-Trafficking, and WMD Proliferation
As the Obama administration begins formulating its national security strategy, the incoming team will assess the terrorist threat and counterterrorism environment they have inherited. To that end, The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence has compiled and analyzed six new lectures in an ongoing Institute series featuring senior
Feb 10, 2009
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Michael Jacobson
Brief Analysis
Atoms for What?
The U.S.-UAE Nuclear Accord
On January 15, outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a nuclear cooperation accord with her United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The treaty, which to become law needs to be presented to the U.S. Congress, would help the Persian Gulf state become the first Arab
Feb 9, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Iraqi Election Success?
Not So Fast
Iraq's Jan. 31 provincial elections, the first since 2005, may seem to have gone rather smoothly and been accompanied only by limited violence, but it's still too early to breathe a sigh of relief. Every election has losers, and losers don't always accept defeat graciously. In mature Western democracies, losers
Feb 3, 2009
Brief Analysis
Realities of the UN in Lebanon
During the early-January Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, unknown groups fired rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel on two separate occasions. The Katyushas were launched from an area supposedly under the control of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army, in accordance with
Jan 27, 2009
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  • Magnus Norell

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