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Global Research in International Affairs The GLORIA Center is a research institute focusing on international affairs, combining traditional high-standards of scholarship, timely analysis, and new technology to produce the most accurate possible view of issues and events. More about GLORIAGLORIA's Middle East Blog
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Palestinian Prime Minister to Israeli Audience: You Make Concessions, We Don't
February 4, 2010Imagine this. You're prime minister of a regime that isn't yet a state. You are praised in the Western media as a great moderate man of peace. You represent a people who the U.S. president says is in an intolerable situation... -
Suckered by Hamas and Hizballah: How the Media Interprets Radical Documents as Proof of Moderation
February 2, 2010After writing my article on the new Fatah Charter (click on the link for a more detailed report and analysis of the charter), I saw that JTA has published a story positively glowing about Fatah's "moderation," under the title "New Fatah charter omits language on Israel's demise."... -
Answering Readers' Questions and Updates: Fatah and Turkey
February 1, 2010Question: You describe Fatah hardliners as seeking a Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. Why don't they want to take over Jordan also? And why is a similar change of mind impossible about a permanent peace with Israel?... -
Muslim Brotherhood Cleric versus Palestinian "President": A Case Study of Islamism versus Nationalism
January 21, 2010Forget about the moderate mythology fed the Western public by its media. Forget the comforting nonsense about reasonable masses held back from being humanitarian democrats only by manipulative dictatorships... -
Muslim Brotherhood's New Leader Shows There's No Hope of Moderation
January 20, 2010Muhammad Badie, a 66-year-old professor of veterinary medicine is the new head of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, barring any serious ill health he will probably run the Islamist group for the next ten to twenty years, foreclosing the possibility of... -
Why Can't Western Policymakers Believe There are Actual Revolutionaries in the World?
January 13, 2010A reader sent me an article asking me if it made me feel like laughing or crying. Neither. I just gasped in amazement. Studying the Middle East isn't really a matter of being a Democrat or Republican; liberal or conservative...
Current Articles
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That "Cost-Benefit" Thing: How U.S. Intelligence Assessments Misunderstand Iran and Lots More in the Middle East
February 8, 2010"We continue to judge that Iran's nuclear decision-making is guided by a cost-benefit approach, which offers the international community opportunities to influence Iran." Dennis Blair, chief of U.S. intelligence in his annual threat assessment report for 2010. Forget about Nazi analogies... -
Analysis: Iranian Quickstep: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back
February 5, 2010Latest Ahmadinejad statement suggests that Teheran still believes it can find a few partners for the dance it has been performing since 2003... -
Analysis: Lebanon: Conflict Widens to Syria
January 31, 2010In the last week, senior Israeli policymakers made statements of an uncharacteristically bellicose nature regarding Syria. It is unlikely that these statements were made because of sudden random irritation toward Israel's hostile northeastern neighbor. Rather, the statements probably constituted part of a message of deterrence to Damascus... -
Obama's State of the Union Message Tells Us Far More About the State of Obama
January 28, 2010Significantly, President Barack Obama's discussion of foreign policy came only at the end of his State of the Union message. Obviously, domestic matters and especially the economy come first. Yet international affairs are not only vital but... -
Islam and Islamism: Are Extremists Hijackers, "Proper Muslims," or Contenders in a Civil War?
January 26, 2010One of the most controversial issues today is the relationship of the political doctrine of Islamism (including revolutionary activity and terrorism) and the religion of Islam... -
The Obama Administration Learns the Basic Lesson on the Israel-Palestinian Issue
January 25, 2010In contrast to its refusal to change course on Iran, the Obama administration has learned something about Israel-Palestinian peacemaking, conclusions clearly expressed in the government's new talking points... -
The Point of No Return: Clearly the Obama Administration Won't Ever Do Anything Serious Against Iran's Nuclear Program
January 24, 2010We must now face an extremely unpleasant truth: Even giving the Obama Administration every possible break regarding its Iran policy, it is now clear that the U.S. government isn't going to take strong action on the nuclear weapons issue...
MERIA Journal
The Middle East Review of International Affairs
The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal is the world's largest journal on the region, published quarterly by the GLORIA Center with a global audience More about MERIA
Current Issue:
Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2009)
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GOLDSTONE'S GAZA REPORT: PART ONE: A FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE
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GOLDSTONE'S GAZA REPORT: PART TWO: A MISCARRIAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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U.S. POLICY TOWARD PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
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IRAQ'S NEW POLITICAL ELITES: A DREAM COME TRUE?
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OPPOSITION FOR THE SAKE OF OPPOSITION? POLARIZED PLURALISM IN TURKISH POLITICS
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TO PERPETUATE THEIR DICTATORSHIPS, ARAB RULERS RESORT TO THE ISLAMIC CREED
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THE SIGNIFICANT WARMING OF INDO-ISRAELI RELATIONS IN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD
Projects
Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East
Current Contents of periodicals on the Middle East reports about journal articles on the Middle East. It appears six times a year and is sent to all MERIA Journal subscribers.PRISM
This project provides reports on radical Islamist movements, especially their ideological presentations and internal debates, usually analyzing materials otherwise unavailable in English. Separate free subscription available.Turkish Studies Institute
The institute's activities include: the publication of Turkish Studies journal (with Taylor and Francis) and the Global Directory of Scholars on Turkey, an online guide to scholars studying all aspects of modern Turkey. Additional research material is also available through this site.U.S. Foreign Policy
The GLORIA program for the study of U.S. Middle East policy examines current and evolving U.S. policy. This project includes detailed year-by-year assessments of U.S. regional policy for a 25-year period.
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