Middle East Policy Council

Topics

U.s. Policy And National Interests

Speech

Four Frameworks and a Contested Space: Past and Present American Diplomatic Strategies for China

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), May 7, 2013

It’s a pleasure to speak to this colloquium on “the use of the diplomatic instrument” of statecraft with China. The ...

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Hill Forum

The Future of Israel and Palestine

, April 25, 2013

OMAR KADER, Chairman & CEO, Paltech; Chairman, Middle East Policy Council Well, welcome to the Middle East Policy Council briefing. ...

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Commentary

Israel Needs a New Map

Ian Lustick, February 26, 2013

I’m delighted to be here. I want to thank Phil Wilcox and Anne Joyce from the Foundation for Middle ...

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Journal Essay

Syria Contextualized: The Numbers Game

Musa al-Gharbi, Spring 2012

The popular discourse on the Syrian conflict has largely taken for granted that Bashar al-Assad and his regime are unpopular ...

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Journal Essay

Lebanon: Hybrid Sovereignties and U.S. Foreign Policy

Najib B. Hourani, Spring 2012

On August 9, 2012, the Information Branch of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (al-Maloumat) arrested former parliamentarian and cabinet minister Michel ...

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Journal Essay

A WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East?

Gawdat Bahgat, Spring 2012

In recent months, several developments have heightened regional and global concerns over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) ...

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