Israel

Slavin: Looted Egyptian Artifacts Go to Israel, Switzerland

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on the whereabouts of looted Egyptian artifacts: 

LeBaron: United States Remains Committed to the Peace Process

By Richard LeBaron

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron is interviewed by Deutsche Welle on whether the United States remains committed to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process despite stalled negotiations: 

US Needs to Put Its Mideast Plan on the Table

By Barbara Slavin

If, as Woody Allen says, 80 percent of life is just showing up, there ought to be a U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement before President Barack Obama leaves office. Secretary of State John Kerry has already met 47 times with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 27 times with senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat over the past […]

Slavin on Middle East Peace Negotiations

By Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin, senior fellow for the South Asia Center, writes for Al-Monitor on Middle East peace negotiations:

Oren: Why Gaza Conflict Risks Wider War

By Michael Oren

Brent Scowcroft Center Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren writes for CNN on conflict in the Gaza Strip:

The False Promise of a Piecemeal Approach to a WMD-Free Middle East

By Bilal Y. Saab

Almost two decades have passed since the Middle East Resolution – agreed by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – called to rid the region of all weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Yet the Middle East remains a heavily militarised theatre of conflict awash with such capabilities, […]

Oren on the Topic Israelis Are Talking About

Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren is one of the newest additions to the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Based in Tel Aviv, he’s able to give a front-line perspective on developments in the tumultuous region. A regular contributor to CNN.com, Ambassador Oren commented on the difference between what outsiders might think tops the morning news in […]

LeBaron: Israeli Criticism of Kerry Proof that Peace Process Making “Progress”

By Richard LeBaron

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Amb. Richard LeBaron joins FOX News’ Special Report with Brett Baier to discuss growing tension between the United States and Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: