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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 GLORIAGLORIA's Middle East Blog
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Faked Photograph Shows How the Middle East Hasn't Changed Much
July 26, 2010Ah, the good old days. It's March 1958. In Egypt, President Gamal Abdel Nasser is mobilizing the Arab street to overthrow more traditional or moderate regimes, spouting anti-Western demagoguery... -
The Terrorist Whose Daughter Was Cured
July 25, 2010This is a remarkable story in human terms but there is an extremely important point for understanding the Middle East embedded in it as well... -
Briefing in a Minute: The Middle East Right Now
July 24, 2010Snippets on the latest developments and themes in the region... -
News Flash: Using My Testimony, Court Fines North Korea $378 Million
July 23, 2010A Puerto Rican court has awarded $378 million to the relatives of people killed in the 1972 terrorist attack on Israel's airport. I was the chief witness at the trial to explain and document the connections between the Japanese Red Army, the PFLP, and North Korea... -
The Middle East Leader Who Should Be Ignored
July 23, 2010The BBC has just broadcast a program entitled, "Syria's Bashar al-Assad: A leader who cannot be ignored," This precisely echoes Syria's main propaganda theme: it is the center of the Middle East, the leader of the resistance (to Israel and the West), the key to peace... -
Hizballah Prepares for War Based on Using Civilians as Shields
July 22, 2010The Israeli army has released for the first time sensitive intelligence data on how Hizballah is digging into southern Lebanon. The deliberate strategy is to store weapons and put defense positions right next to civilian houses. In the event of a war, Israel will have to choose between giving Hizballah a tremendous advantage or killing civilians...
Current Articles
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Andrew Sullivan Attacks Me Without Bothering to Consider What I Wrote
July 30, 2010One 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
July 29, 2010British 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
July 23, 2010A 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
July 23, 2010If 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
July 20, 2010Last 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 townâs civilian population... -
Obama Again Predicts Direct Israel-Palestinian Talks, Is He Wrong Again?
July 19, 2010Last 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
July 18, 2010As 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...
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)
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THE UK, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ISRAEL: A SYMPOSIUM
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HOW THE UK ARRIVED AT THE PRESENT SITUATION REGARDING ISRAEL AND MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
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UK ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST: THE BRITISH TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
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THE MEANING OF THE UK CAMPAIGN FOR AN ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
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BRITISH-ISRAEL RELATIONS SEEN THROUGH VISITING ELITE OPINIONMAKER DELEGATIONS
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FROM BLOCKADE TO BOYCOTT: THE IMPACT ON UK JEWRY OF REACTIONS TO GAZA
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ANTI-ZIONIST AND ANTISEMITIC DISCOURSE ON THE GUARDIAN'S COMMENT IS FREE WEBSITE
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THE ROAD TO UTOPIA: THE ORIGINS OF ANTI-ZIONISM ON THE BRITISH LEFT
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ABU DHABI'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOLLY
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HOW THE UNITED STATES HAS BENEFITED FROM ITS ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL
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THE NETANYAHU GOVERMENT AT ITS HALFWAY POINT: KEEPING THINGS QUIET?
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.
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