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Current Articles

  • Andrew Sullivan Attacks Me Without Bothering to Consider What I Wrote

    By Barry Rubin
    July 30, 2010
    One of the amazing things about the intellectual scene today is that people attack you without any reference to what you actually say. It is as if you were talking to someone deaf who has his hearing aid turned off. You want to explain that there must be a misunderstanding only to find that the person doesn't care...
  • How Not to Conduct Diplomacy: A Case Study: UK PM in Turkey

    By Barry Rubin
    July 29, 2010
    British Prime Minister David Cameron's July 27 speech in Turkey will not live on in history. But it should, as an example of the decline of Western diplomacy, of suicide by Political Correctness, as a textbook example of how not to conduct international affairs...
  • Middle East 101: Understanding Regional Political Logic

    By Barry Rubin
    July 23, 2010
    A reader asks why Egypt insists on tying restrictions on the Iran's nuclear program with putting restrictions on Israel's program, including demanding Israel join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), that the doors to Israel's Dimona reactor be opened to international inspectors, and that Israel must declare that it has nuclear weapons...
  • Bad News: "Peace Process," UK, Hamas, Turkey; Good News: Boycotts Fail; U.S. Public Opinion; True News: Dead Turkish Flotilla Attackers Sought Martyrdom

    By Barry Rubin
    July 23, 2010
    If you have any belief that there is going to be Israel-Palestinian peace in the near future or that the Palestinian public has been in any way prepared for a two-state solution by its leadership here's a simple point that proves the contrary...
  • Losing the Scent in South Lebanon

    By Jonathan Spyer
    July 20, 2010
    Last week, the IDF released evidence of Hizbullah stockpiling of weaponry in populated civilian areas of southern Lebanon. The IDF material showed an aerial map of the Shi'ite town of El Khiam. The map showed details of a developed military infrastructure woven into the fabric of the town’s civilian population...
  • Obama Again Predicts Direct Israel-Palestinian Talks, Is He Wrong Again?

    By Barry Rubin
    July 19, 2010
    Last September, President Barack Obama said in a major speech in New York, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas standing nearby, that there would be direct Israel-Palestinian negotiations in Washington by November 2009...
  • Debating Obama Policy Doesn't Require Screaming But Logic and Honest Discussion

    By Barry Rubin
    July 18, 2010
    As I look at the occasional responses to the arguments I'm making by defenders of the Obama Administration, the arguments used to avoid thinking and talking about these issues seriously become increasingly apparent. They generally feature a refusal to discuss the substance of issues and put up instead a barrage of insults, characterizations, and non-logical or non-factual claims...
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MERIA Journal

The Middle East Review of International Affairs
The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal is the world's largest journal on the region, published quarterly by the GLORIA Center with a global audience More about MERIA

Current Issue:

Vol. 14, No. 2 (June 2010)
  • Jonathan Spyer

    THE UK, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ISRAEL: A SYMPOSIUM

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  • Douglas Murray

    HOW THE UK ARRIVED AT THE PRESENT SITUATION REGARDING ISRAEL AND MIDDLE EAST ISSUES

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  • Ronnie Fraser

    UK ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST: THE BRITISH TRADE UNION MOVEMENT

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  • Jonathan Rynhold

    THE MEANING OF THE UK CAMPAIGN FOR AN ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

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  • Jonathan Cummings

    BRITISH-ISRAEL RELATIONS SEEN THROUGH VISITING ELITE OPINIONMAKER DELEGATIONS

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  • Dave Rich

    FROM BLOCKADE TO BOYCOTT: THE IMPACT ON UK JEWRY OF REACTIONS TO GAZA

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  • Hadar Sela

    ANTI-ZIONIST AND ANTISEMITIC DISCOURSE ON THE GUARDIAN'S COMMENT IS FREE WEBSITE

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  • Colin Shindler

    THE ROAD TO UTOPIA: THE ORIGINS OF ANTI-ZIONISM ON THE BRITISH LEFT

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  • Elie Elhadj

    ABU DHABI'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOLLY

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  • Gil Ehrenkranz

    HOW THE UNITED STATES HAS BENEFITED FROM ITS ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL

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  • Jonathan Spyer

    THE NETANYAHU GOVERMENT AT ITS HALFWAY POINT: KEEPING THINGS QUIET?

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Projects

  • PRISM

    This project provides reports on radical Islamist movements, especially their ideological presentations and internal debates, usually analyzing materials otherwise unavailable in English. Separate free subscription available.
  • Turkish Studies Institute

    The institute's activities include: the publication of Turkish Studies journal (with Taylor and Francis) and the Global Directory of Scholars on Turkey, an online guide to scholars studying all aspects of modern Turkey. Additional research material is also available through this site.
  • U.S. Foreign Policy

    The GLORIA program for the study of U.S. Middle East policy examines current and evolving U.S. policy. This project includes detailed year-by-year assessments of U.S. regional policy for a 25-year period.
  • Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East

    Current Contents of periodicals on the Middle East reports about journal articles on the Middle East. It appears six times a year and is sent to all MERIA Journal subscribers.

Featured Publications:Publications Catalog

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