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Global Research in International Affairs The GLORIA Center is a research institute focusing on international affairs, combining traditional high-standards of scholarship, timely analysis, and new technology to produce the most accurate possible view of issues and events. More about GLORIA

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Current Articles

  • Which Side Are You On?: The "Moderate Muslim" Litmus Tests

    By Barry Rubin
    August 27, 2010
    In the controversy over the "Ground Zero" mosque in New York and other issues, Muslims are often asked if they condemn terrorism, Iran, or Hamas and other revolutionary Islamist groups, along with other questions. The idea is to determine whether they are moderates or radicals...
  • What is the Threat: Islam, Islamism, or Western Sins?

    By Barry Rubin
    August 24, 2010
    The current debate over the roots of Islamist revolution, clashes in the Middle East, and conflicts between forces in that region and the West involves two critical issues of interpretation...
  • Competing World Views Tear A "Peace Process" to Pieces

    By Barry Rubin
    August 21, 2010
    The U.S. announcement inviting Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for direct talks shows quite clearly, though unintentionally, why the talks will fail...
  • Direct Talk About Direct (Israel-Palestinian) Talks

    By Barry Rubin
    August 20, 2010
    The big story of the moment is the announcement that there will soon be direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Perhaps, but for the moment Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has merely issued of an invitation to come and talk. Generally, such an invitation would only be issued when both sides have accepted and all the details are nailed down...
  • Why All Middle Eastern Politics Can't Be Reduced Merely to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    By Barry Rubin
    August 17, 2010
    I simply cannot comprehend why so many in the West refuse to see that Arabs can be revolutionaries. It is remarkable that so many who claim to be experts don't incorporate the idea that Arabs, like other peoples, might dislike their existing societies or be motivated by ideologies claiming to be the blueprints for utopias...
  • The Week Lebanon Became Part of the Anti-Western Axis and West Governments Didn't Notice

    By Barry Rubin
    August 14, 2010
    History will record that Lebanon was integrated into the Iran-Syria empire in early August 2010. Here are some of the stories that mark that turning point, and also show how Western willingness to make concessions and eagerness to avoid confrontation are interpreted by moderates as a signal or surrender and radicals as an invitation to advance further...
  • The NY Times Tries and Fails to Explain The Israel-Palestinian "Peace Process"

    By Barry Rubin
    August 14, 2010
    Forget about The Onion, The National Lampoon, Mad Magazine, and Saturday Night Live (sorry for all those American cultural references). When it comes to satire nobody can beat a New York Times editorial...
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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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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

The Muslim Brotherhood: The Organization and Policies of a Global Islamist Movement Guide to Islamist Movements Lebanon: Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis Conflict and Insurgency in the Contemporary Middle East The Truth About Syria
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May 25, 2010
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