Middle East Policy Council

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Commentary

U.S. Presidential Politics and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Middle East In Focus, December 12, 2011

With the Republican presidential primaries weeks away it is perhaps inevitable that some of the statements of the GOP ...

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Speech

The Mess in the Middle East

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), October 27, 2011

When John Duke Anthony asked me to kick off this two-day meeting by talking about recent events and what ...

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Journal Essay

Jefferson's Dialogue with the Contemporary World: Education and Diplomacy

R. K. Ramazani , Fall 2010

What was the originating idea behind this conference? The simplest answer is that the ideas of Thomas Jefferson were so ...

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Journal Essay

U.S. Policy in Israel/Palestine, 1948: The Forgotten History

Irene Gendzier, Spring 2010

Does history matter? Over the course of the past few months the Obama administration has abandoned its putative efforts ...

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Speech

A Statement from Chas Freeman

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.), March 10, 2009

To all who supported me or gave me words of encouragement during the controversy of the past two weeks, you ...

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Speech

Non-Military Contributions to National Security

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.), January 13, 2009

It is a pleasure and honor to be here. I benefited greatly from the introductory remarks by Congressman Skelton ...

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