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THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA

By September 28, 2020
Antisemitic graffiti, New York, 2012.

PDF version available here At just the right moment in global history, the Anti-Defamation League[1] of the B’nai Brith organization[2] has released new data on antisemitism in over 100 countries.[3] This data is based on solid opinion surveys and for the first time includes large parts of the Muslim world, not only Western countries.[4] This article presents these data with rankings and maps and then examines some of the most important implications of these data, including possible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Israel, MERIA, MERIA Journal Volume 18, Number 3 (Fall 2014) Tagged With: ,

POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND DEFENSE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN INDIA AND ISRAEL: POST-9/11 AND BEYOND

By September 28, 2020
Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 2003.

PDF version available here Judging from contemporary internal and external developments, India and Israel--currently strategic partners--are poised to grow into a partnership of strategic allies within the international arena in the near future. This article studies the relationship between India and Israel, focusing on politics and defense, from 9/11 to the present day. It gives a brief overview of the historical relationship between India and Israel, especially in the political and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, MERIA, MERIA Journal Volume 18, Number 3 (Fall 2014), Understanding the Middle East Tagged With: , , , ,

PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION: THE CURRENT BALANCE OF FORCES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND ISRAELI CONCERNS

By July 17, 2020
Israeli soldiers in an abandoned military outpost overlooking the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on Tal Hazika near Alonei Habshan.

PDF version available here Aided by Hizballah and Iraqi Shi’a volunteers, the Asad regime scored significant gains in the civil war in Syria in the first months of 2014.  The regime has completed its re-conquest of the Qalamoun mountains and driven the rebels out of Homs. These gains constitute a consolidation by the Asad regime of its area of control in Syria, which runs from Damascus to the western coastal area, and now includes all the country’s provincial capitals with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, MERIA Journal Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 2014), Syria Tagged With: ,

Understanding Real Israeli Politics

By July 29, 2020
barry-rubin

“Can’t anybody here play this game?”  --Casey Stengel, great baseball coach Stengel’s complaint is the precise description of Israeli politics nowadays. To a remarkable extent—and this has nothing to do with his views or policies—Bibi Netanyahu is the only functioning politician in Israel today. No wonder he is prime minister, will finish his current term, and will almost certainly be reelected in 2013. Consider the alternatives. The number one such option is Shaul Mofaz who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, Israel-Palestinian Issues, U.S. Policy on the Middle East

THE ARAB SPRING, ITS EFFECTS ON THE KURDS, AND THE APPROACHES OF TURKEY, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQ ON THE KURDISH ISSUE

By July 1, 2020

  This article addresses the approaches of Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq in dealing with the Kurdish issue, with a special focus on historical background. In addition, the article discusses how this issue affects relations among the aforementioned countries and whether cooperation on this issue is possible. The article also examines how the Arab Spring has impacted the Kurds and the attitudes of these countries toward the Kurdish issue.    Click here to download the PDF version of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Media Coverage of the Middle East, MERIA Journal Volume 16, Number 02 (June 2012), Middle East Politics, Regional, Regional Security, Turkey, U.S. Policy on the Middle East

IS THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS DEAD?

By July 1, 2020
barry-rubin

  Western governments, experts, and journalists have long assumed that an Israel-Palestinian or comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace agreement ending the conflict was near at hand and easily achieved. In fact, the truth is the exact opposite. Indeed, there has not been any real “peace process” or real chance for a diplomatic solution since the Palestinian leadership rejected a deal in 2000. This article examines the factors that, on one hand, make the “peace process” deceased and, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, Israel-Palestinian Issues, MERIA Journal Volume 16, Number 02 (June 2012), Middle East Politics, Palestinians, U.S. Policy on the Middle East

AN ISRAELI “PLAN B” FOR A NUCLEAR IRAN

By July 1, 2020

Assuming that Iran does indeed obtain nuclear weapons and Israel doesn’t launch an attack on its facilities, what is Israel’s “plan B” to deal with the new situation? This article analyzes the issue. Click here to download the PDF version of this article. INTRODUCTION Despite substantial sanctions designed to curb its nuclear program, Iran has refused to bend to international pressure. It has consistently violated U.N. resolutions calling for it to abandon its uranium enrichment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iran, Israel, MERIA Journal Volume 16, Number 02 (June 2012), Palestinians, Radical Movements, Regional Security

TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS IN THE SHADOW OF THE ARAB SPRING

By April 27, 2021
barry-rubin

This article is a short analysis of how Turkey changed under AKP rule so that the regime no longer wished to have an alignment with Israel but, on the contrary, needed to treat Israel as an enemy. In order to understand the initial reasons behind the creation of the Turkish-Israeli alliance, one must also recognize why that alignment came to an end. The cause was not within the partnership itself nor was it due to the 2008/2009 Gaza War or the 2010 flotilla events; rather this resulted from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, Israel-Palestinian Issues, Media Coverage of the Middle East, MERIA Journal Volume 16, Number 01 (March 2012), Middle East Politics, Regional, Regional Security, Turkey

NAVIGATING THE NEW MIDDLE EAST? THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS LOST AT SEA AND ON THE ROCKS

By December 22, 2020
barry-rubin

This article surveys all aspects of U.S. Middle East policy under the Obama administration, critiques this strategy and premises, and suggests what U.S. policy should be. A previous version of this article was published in The Journal of International Security Affairs (Fall/Winter 2011).   The Obama administration has comprehensively lost its way on Middle East policy to an extent that poses tremendous dangers to the United States, Western interests, and the region as a whole. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, Israel-Palestinian Issues, MERIA Journal Volume 15, Number 04 (December 2011), Middle East Politics, Radical Movements, Regional, Regional Security, U.S. Policy on the Middle East

INDO-ISRAELI DEFENSE COOPERATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

By December 22, 2020

This paper focuses on the current Indo-Israeli defense cooperation and its constraints. The article begins with a brief historical account of this relationship, followed by a discussion of its progression into the defense arena in the late 1990s under the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Subsequently, it examines the magnitude of the more recent defense cooperation under a new Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Finally, this paper attempts to examine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: India, Israel, MERIA Journal Volume 15, Number 04 (December 2011), Middle East Politics, Regional Security
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