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Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 9 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTBarry Rubin* This article analyzes the breakdown of the Palestinian nationalist movement as resulting from the policies of Yasir Arafat and Fatah, the Palestinians' leaders for 35 years; the weaknesses of his successor, Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin); the movement's overall … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 8 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 FAILURE AND LONGEVITY:THE DOMINANT POLITICAL ORDER OF THE MIDDLE EASTJonathan Spyer* This article is part of a paper originally written for a project and conference on 'Stability, Crises, and Democratization: The Arab World's Direction and the European Interests' co-sponsored by the GLORIA Center and The Military Centre for … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 7 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP:HOW INEVITABLE IS AN ISLAMIST FUTURE?Cameron Brown* This article is part of a paper originally written for a project and conference on 'Stability, Crises, and Democratization: The Arab World's Direction and the European Interests,' co-sponsored by the GLORIA Center and The Military Centre for … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 6 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR SYRIA?Eyal Zisser* This article is part of a paper originally written for a project and conference on 'Stability, Crises, and Democratization: The Arab World's Direction and the European Interests,' co-sponsored by the GLORIA Center and The Military Centre for Strategic Studies (CeMiSS) of … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 5 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 IRAN: THREE ALTERNATIVE FUTURESKenneth M. Pollack* This article is part of a paper originally written for a project and conference on 'Stability, Crises, and Democratization: The Arab World's Direction and the European Interests,' co-sponsored by the GLORIA Center and The Military Centre for Strategic Studies (CeMiSS) of … [Read more...]
VOL. 10 No. 2 - June 2006 Published by the GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2 - June 2006 Total Circulation 22,500 Editor and Publisher: Professor Barry Rubin Assistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Keren Ribo, … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 4 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 IRAQ'S FUTURE: A CONCEPT PAPERPatrick Clawson* This article is part of a paper originally written for a project and conference on 'Stability, Crises, and Democratization: The Arab World's Direction and the European Interests,' co-sponsored by the GLORIA Center and The Military Centre for Strategic Studies (CeMiSS) of … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 3 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 THE FUTURE OF EGYPTPanel Discussion* On April 6, 2006, the U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs in Washington D.C., the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Israel, and the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center jointly held an international videoconference seminar focusing on … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 2 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST: PROGRESS OR REGRESS?Panel Discussion* The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs (IIP) in Washington D.C., the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Israel, and the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center jointly held an international videoconference … [Read more...]
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 2, Article 1 - June 2006Total Circulation 22,500 PUTIN AND RUSSIA'S MIDDLE EASTERN POLICYIlya Bourtman* Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently pursuing a two track policy towards the Middle East, allowing Russia to develop friendly ties with Israel while simultaneously nurturing alternative, sometimes competing, interests with Arab countries. This non-ideological policy … [Read more...]
As the Asad regime’s most loyal Palestinian proxy, the PFLP-GC’s role in the conflict in Syria is of great importance. Currently, the group’s interests center on countering Syrian rebel forces in Syria and their allies in Lebanon. In this role, the PFLP-GC has suffered a number of significant losses, and for the first time in […]
Russian interests in the Eastern Mediterranean have been highlighted both by the country’s diplomatic and naval activity related to the Syrian crisis as well as by its stance on economic and energy issues in Cyprus. During the 2000s, Moscow’s influence on the island has steadily increased, making Cyprus a new Russian foothold in the Eastern […]
The Arab Spring has created new centers of instability in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA). China now finds itself forced to alter attitudes and tactics and seek new opportunities. This article evaluates current Chinese foreign policy in the Middle East and the benefits and challenges to China’s policy by examining how recent events affected […]
While the ruling Muslim Brotherhood has received a great deal of attention in Egypt, the varied Salafi groups have been far less studied. At times allies and at times rivals of the Brotherhood, the Salafists are widely varied. Whether the two groups can cooperate will determine the future of Islamist rule in Egypt. The Salafists […]
Why has the U.S. government called certain Islamic groups supporters of terror in federal court, and then turned around and called these same organizations “moderates” and embraced them as outreach partners? In a number of cases from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, the leaders of these organizations (some of whom are now […]
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Israel: An Introduction, a project by the Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA), of the Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya, and published by Yale University Press will be in stores on February 21st, … [Read More...]
