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The Two-State Solution: Is it Still Relevant? Debating Israel and Palestine
Ahmad Khalidi, Robert Malley, and Asher Susser
Recent Publications
Middle East Brief
Turkey’s Time in Syria: Future Scenarios
Joshua W. Walker
Middle East Brief
Turkey and Iran: Growing Economic Relations Despite Western Sanctions
Nader Habibi
Crown Book
Taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe
Naghmeh Sohrabi
Middle East Brief
What to do about U.S. Sanctions and Israeli Threats: Iran's Muted Nuclear Debate
Farideh Farhi
In the News
- Shai Feldman
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March 7, 2012
The Times of Israel
Netanyahu, Churchill, and IranJanuary 30, 2012
Foreign Policy
A Real Debate About Iran - Nader Habibi
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March 5, 2012
World Politics Review
Ties With Russia, China Constrain Turkey's Options on SyriaJanuary 11, 2012
Money and Business
Audio Re-Broadcast: Iranian Economy & the Effectiveness of sanctions to abandon their weapons programs - Khalil Shikaki
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September 26, 2011
Wall Street Journal
"Increasingly, Mr. Shikaki's polling shows that young Palestinians are more impressed with what the Tahrir Square protests accomplished in Egypt and less enamored of the sort of violent struggle the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has championed."September 21, 2011
New York Times
"For three-quarters of the public, going to the United Nations is about exercising sovereignty...[Abbas] is a hero for this....The problem is that there is a disconnect between what he wants and what the public wants. And that could come back to haunt him.”
Crown Center
Fox News
Now what for Egypt?
Abdel Monem Said Aly, President of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo and a Senior Fellow at the Crown Center
Dr. Said Aly analyses the Egyptian presidential election, proposing: "Shafiq could still win if Christians and other Eygptians who fear an Islamist state turned out heavily...But neither Morsi nor Shafiq can be considered democratic or liberal"...Read the Full Article
Middle East Brief 63
Turkey’s Time in Syria: Future Scenarios
Joshua W. Walker, a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund based in Washington, D.C. and was a Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center in 2010-2011
As the ongoing humanitarian disaster unfolds in Syria, Turkey is increasingly placed in the international hot seat. With strong strategic and economic ties to Syria, the government in Ankara is in a key position to affect Syria's future. However, so far Turkey has remained cautious...Read the full text
NECN Video
President Obama's Afghanistan Speech
Peter Krause, Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center
Dr. Krause provides analysis on President Obama's Afghanistan speech and U.S. policy in the region going forward...Watch the full video
NECN Video
Osama bin Laden's Death: One Year Later
Peter Krause, Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center
Dr. Krause speaks on the impact of the Al-Qaeda leader's capture and death...Watch the full video
Brandeis Now
Feldman gives Fulbrights view of Iran nuclear issue
Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney Swartz Director of the Crown Center
While neither President Obama nor Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has gotten what he most wanted from the other regarding the Iranian nuclear issue, each has given the other valuable assistance in handling the tense situation. That was the message Professor of Politics Shai Feldman... Read the full story
Middle East Brief 62
Turkey and Iran: Growing Economic Relations Despite Western Sanctions
Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of the Economics of the Middle East at the Crown Center
As the tenth anniversary of the landmark visit by then Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to Iran approaches, Prof. Nader Habibi analyses the evolution of Turkish-Iranian relations over the past decade with emphasis...Read the full text
Crown Center Book
Taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Associate Director for Research at the Crown Center
The Crown Center is pleased to announce the publication of an important contribution to the study of modern Iran, Taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe, by Prof. Naghmeh Sohrabi (Oxford University Press, 2012)....Read the full text
Middle East Brief 61
What to do about U.S. Sanctions and Israeli Threats: Iran's Muted Nuclear Debate
Farideh Farhi
The leaders and people of Iran have been watching with keen interest the loud debate in the United States and Israel regarding the relative efficacy of different means for preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. However, inside Iran...Read the full text