New Publications
Middle East Brief
Iran's 2008 Majlis Elections: The Game of Elite Competition
Farideh Farhi
Middle East Brief
The Sword and the Book: Implications of the Intertwining of the Saudi Ruling Family and the Religious Establishment
Ondrej Beranek
In the News
Israel at 60
WBUR: Here and Now, May 12, 2008
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A misunderstanding bound to continue
The Daily Star, April 15, 2008
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Palestinian Authority and Israel will resume peace talks, Rice says
Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2008
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Crown Center
The Crown Center publishes the first Crown Update
The Crown Update highlights the Center's major accomplishments, conferences, and publications.
In the three years since it's establishment, the Crown Center has hosted a wide variety of first-class research, conferences, events. The Spring 2008 Update reflects the Crown Center's tremendous growth and its impact on the field, both in the US and in the Middle East.The leading article features the workshop on Palestinian Industrial Projects, cosponsored by the Center, and attended by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Update also includes descriptions of two important international conferences held by the Center this past year as well as profiles and interviews with new Crown Center members Dr. Nader Habibi, the Henry J. Leir Professor of Economics of the Middle East, Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi, Assistant Director for Research, and Dr. Mohammed Samhouri, Senior Fellow in 2006-2008. For details on these and many more events, Read More …