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Original Commentaries

08/07/08
How to Deal with Jerusalem  —Lt. Col. (Res.) Ron Shatzberg, Project Director, Economic Cooperation Foundation. Interview with Middle East Bulletin.
08/07/08
How to Deal with Jerusalem  —
08/05/08
Why Did Maliki Call for a Timeline?  —by Christopher Kojm who teaches at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and is a former senior advisor to the Iraq Study Group. Original Commentary for Middle East Bulletin.

Setting the Record Straight

Already Divided

“Even the Arab minority in the city has shown its preference for living under Israeli rule, as many have moved to the Israeli side of the security barrier being built around Jerusalem. Their choice is reasonable, as Jerusalem offers the quality of life of a modern western city while only a few kilometers away the norm is a third world standard of living, chaos and religious intolerance. An undivided Jerusalem is the best guarantee of a better life for all Jerusalemites.”
—Nathan Diament, Director of Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, July 23, 2008 versus
  • “Those who believe that Jerusalem should not be divided, and mean by that that the Arab neighborhoods should not be separated from the city, should be the first to insist that an active policy be adopted by the government and the municipality to improve the lot of local Arab residents. Barring that, Jerusalem will continue to remain a divided city.”
    —Moshe Arens, former Israeli defense and foreign minister (Likud), “A Story of Neglect,” Haaretz, July 28, 2008

    • Middle East Analysis

    Intelligence and the Prevention of Conflict: The NIE Process and Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

    January 23, 2008

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad (AP)

    Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008

    Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Location: U.S. Institute of Peace
    2nd Floor Conference Room
    1200 17th St, NW
    Washington, DC 20036

    Speakers

    Dr. William Burr
    Senior Analyst, National Security Archive, George Washington University

    Dr. Avner Cohen
    Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program, U.S. Institute of Peace

    Dr. David Kay
    Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector

    Dr. Jeffrey Lewis
    Deputy Director, Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative, New America Foundation

    Dr. George Perkovich
    Vice President for Studies - Global Security and Economic Development, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Dr. Paul Pillar
    Associate Professor, Georgetown University and former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

    Leonard Spector
    Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Monterey Institute of International Studies

    Dr. Steven Heydemann, Moderator
    Vice President, Grants and Fellowships Program and Special Adviser, Muslim World Initiative, U.S. Institute of Peace