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Obama to the Middle East: Expectations and Implications (Part 1)

Subscribe to Washington Institute videos on YouTube. Sign up for live event broadcast alerts from The Washington Institute On March 18, 2013, Dennis Ross, David Makovsky, and Michael Singh addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Ross, the Institute's counselor, served most recently as special assistant to President

Mar 20, 2013

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Dennis Ross

In-Depth Reports

Obama II and the Middle East

Strategic Objectives for U.S. Policy

THE MIDDLE EAST has been home to incessant turmoil and instability since the end of World War II, yet as President Obama enters his second term, he faces a spectrum of threats in this region unparalleled in modern history. Iran's nuclear program rapidly approaches the threshold to breakout capability, perhaps

Mar 19, 2013

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Dennis Ross
James Jeffrey

Articles & Testimony

What Obama Should Do in Israel

If the president takes a risk and advocates interim steps, he will be making a major contribution toward sustaining a two-state vision that is slowly fading in the minds of Israelis and Palestinians.

Mar 19, 2013

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Ehud Yaari

Articles & Testimony

When Barack Meets Bibi

What two leaders who see the world quite differently must do to build bridges on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Mar 18, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

Getting the Public on His Side

Persuading Israelis that he is committed to their security could help President Obama deal with Netanyahu on Iran and the peace track.

Mar 6, 2013

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David Makovsky

Brief Analysis

Netanyahu Forced to Rethink His Coalition

Israel's next government will likely come together on a platform of increasing ultraorthodox burden sharing and, perhaps, more short-term flexibility on Palestinian negotiations, but tensions regarding final disposition of the West Bank could tear it apart down the road.

Mar 5, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

To Achieve Mideast Peace, Suspend Disbelief

Washington's former chief negotiator on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposes a fourteen-point agenda to ensure that any new talks have a chance to be productive.

Mar 3, 2013

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Dennis Ross

Articles & Testimony

A Campaign to Talk Up a Two-State Solution

The president should use his visit as an opportunity to demand that senior Israeli and Palestinian officials consistently reiterate fundamental principles that allay the basic fears of both publics.

Feb 28, 2013

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David Makovsky
Ghaith al-Omari

Articles & Testimony

The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects (Part 2)

On February 5, David Makovsky, director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute, testified before the House regarding the implications of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation and its effects on the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The following is an excerpt from his testimony.

Feb 4, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

The Middle East Missile Environment

A comprehensive survey of the rocket and missile arsenals fielded by actors such as Iran, Syria, and Hizballah, along with U.S. and allied efforts to counter the threat.

Jan 24, 2013

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Michael Eisenstadt

Brief Analysis

Coalition Options in Israel

With Netanyahu's bloc winning fewer votes than expected and the center-left winning more, forming a coalition government will be complicated.

Jan 23, 2013

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David Makovsky

Brief Analysis

Beyond Elections in Israel and Jordan: The Ties That Bind

Israelis and Jordanians go to the polls hours apart facing strikingly similar political and strategic dynamics. While the results may appear to change little in either government, the issues at stake could hardly be more important to American interests in the region.

Jan 22, 2013

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Robert Satloff

Brief Analysis

The Israeli Election: Implications for U.S. Policy

The Israeli public is moving to the right on the Palestinian issue, but economic and social concerns, more than security debates, are likely to determine the left/right composition of the next Knesset.

Jan 18, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

Netanyahu's Not Worried About an Agenda, He's Worried About His Coalition

This week's Israeli election will not mark the end of this season's political maneuvering, just the end of the beginning.

Jan 16, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

Obama, Israelis, and Palestinians: More Words, Less Action

In the coming months, what the parties say will be more important than what they do.

Jan 11, 2013

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David Makovsky
David Pollock

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

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

Brief Analysis

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

Brief Analysis

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

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Ghaith al-Omari

Ghaith al-Omari is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship.

David Makovsky

David Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations.

Dennis Ross

Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute.

Ehud Yaari

Ehud Yaari is the Lafer International Fellow at The Washington Institute.

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