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Articles, Publications and Presentations
The following links contain publications, presentations, and other materials relating to Middle East Program projects and issues. Below are recent publications followed by a listing by topic.

You can also view our Middle East Notes and Comment, Gulf Roundtable, and Maghreb Roundtable archives.




Recent Additions

Practical Steps Beyond Annapolis by Haim Malka
- CSIS web commentary, November 27, 2007

"A mis-step on the path to Middle East peace" by Jon B. Alterman
- Financial Times, November 1, 2007.

"How to Manage Assad" by Jon B. Alterman
- Washington Post, July 27, 2007

"Arab Israeli Conflict: Bandages Help" by Haim Malka
- Washington Post, April 20, 2007



Arab-Israeli Conflict

"Palestinian Elections: Reshaping The Landscape" by Haim Malka
-CSIS, January 24, 2006

"Forcing Choices: Testing the Transformation of Hamas" by Haim Malka
-The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2005
 
"Disarmament and the Rule of Law in Palestine" by Haim Malka
- Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2005

"Abbas' needs: coercion and improvement" by Haim Malka
- The Daily Star, January 18, 2005
 
"Arab-Israeli Peace Runs Aground" by Jon B. Alterman
- International Politics, December 2003, vol. 40, no. 4

"The Politics for Peace are Missing" by Jon B. Alterman
- LA Times, January 7, 2001


Egypt

"Review of U.S. Assistance Programs to Egypt" by Jon B. Alterman
-Testimony, House International Relations Committee, June 21, 2006

"The Wrong Way to Sway Egypt"  by Jon B. Alterman
-Op-ed, The Washington Post, June 13, 2006

Jon Alterman discussed recent developments in Egypt with WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi (audio)
-WAMU FM, May 22, 2006

"Islamists March into the Breach" by Jon B. Alterman
-The International Herald Tribune, December 15, 2005

"Dynamics Without Drama: New Options and Old Compromises in Egypt’s Foreign Policy" by Jon B. Alterman
- Cambridge Review of International Affairs, October 2005

"Egypt on the Brink" by Jon B. Alterman
- Arabies Trends, October 2003

"U.S. and Egypt: Building the Partnership" by Jon B. Alterman
- Conference Analysis, August 2003

"Egypt: Activism or Alienation?" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Middle East Journal, Spring 2003

"Egypt: Stable, but for How Long?" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2000


Iran

Judging the Iranian Threat: 20 Questions We Need to Answer
September 19, 2006

"A Letter's Many Meanings" by Jon B. Alterman
-CSIS, May 15, 2006

"Iran: Came the Revolution" by Jon B. Alterman
- Current History, January 2001

"Iranian Change Deeper than Mere Election Results" by Jon B. Alterman
- Christian Science Monitor, February 23, 2000


Iraq

"Factions Among the Shia in Iraq" by CSIS Middle East Program
-CSIS, March 13, 2006

Iraq and Its Neighbors by Jon B. Alterman
- presented in Kuwait at "The Region & the Future" Conference, May 16, 2004

"Coercive Diplomacy Against Iraq, 1990-1998" by Jon B. Alterman
- chapter from the book The United States and Coercive Diplomacy, 2003

"Not in My Backyard: Iraq's Neighbors' Interests" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003


Media & Information Technology (IT)

"A Propaganda War that can be Lost in Translation" by Jon B. Alterman
-Op-ed, Financial Times, August 22, 2006

"IT Comes of Age in the Middle East" by Jon B. Alterman published in Foreign Service Journal, Winter 2006

“Occidentalism and Orientalism: Conflict and Caricature in Television News” - Published in al-Mustaqbal al-Arabi, August 2005

"The Challenge for Al Jazeera International" by Jon B. Alterman
- Transnational Broadcasting Studies, Spring, 2005, no 14

"The Information Revolution and the Middle East" by Jon B. Alterman
- chapter from the Rand Report, "The Future Security Environment in the Middle East: Conflict, Stability, and Political Chance," 2004

"The Effects of Satellite Television on Arab Domestic Politics" by Jon B. Alterman
- Transnational Broadcasting Studies, Fall/Winter, 2002, no. 9

"Mid-Tech Revolution" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Middle East Insight, June/July 2001

"The Lexus Hits An Olive Tree" by Jon B. Alterman
- speech given to the Middle East Institute on October 21, 2000

"Counting Nodes and Counting Noses: Understanding New Media in the Middle East" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Middle East Journal, Summer 2000

"The Middle East's Information Revolution" by Jon B. Alterman
- Current History, January 2000

"Transnational Media and Social Change in the Arab World" by Jon B. Alterman
- Transnational Broadcasting Studies, Spring, 1999, no. 2

"Transnational Media and Regionalism" by Jon B. Alterman
- Transnational Broadcasting Studies, Fall, 1998, no. 1


Other

"Monumental Hope and Grinding Despair" by Jon B. Alterman
-Op-ed, Washington Post, August 3, 2006

"Opening Remarks: Prospects for Democracy Conference" by Jon B. Alterman
-Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, March 22, 2006

"The U.S., the EU and Middle East Reform: What Can We Learn From Morocco?"
Trip Report by Michael J. Balz
-CSIS, March 26, 2006

"The Unique Libyan Case" by Jon B. Alterman
-Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2006

"The Idea and Practice of Philanthropy in the Muslim World" by Jon B. Alterman, Shireen Hunter, and Ann L. Phillips
-USAID, September 2005

"Free Market Principles Could Help Arab Reform" by Jon B. Alterman
-Financial Times, October 26, 2005

Paul Salem briefing on the future of Lebanon
-Briefing at CSIS, July 28, 2005

 "Review of Graham Fuller's The Future of Political Islam" by Jon B. Alterman
- International Journal of Middle East Studies, May, 2005

"Middle East Freedom Needs a True Shift to the Centre" by Jon B. Alterman
- Financial Times, March 29, 2005

"Arab Liberals Need Careful Nurturing" by Jon B. Alterman
- Financial Times, August 3, 2004
- al-Nahhar (Lebanon), August 13, 2004 (in Arabic)

"The False Promise of Arab Liberals" by Jon B. Alterman
- Policy Review, June/July 2004, no. 125

"The Idea of Philanthropy in Muslim Contexts" by Jon B. Alterman and Shireen Hunter
- prepared for USAID, February 22, 2004

"Bridging the Gap: Building a New Partnership with the Arab World" by Jon B. Alterman
- speech given to the Houston World Affairs Council on April 28, 2003

"On the Brink? Middle East Demographic Challenges and Opportunities" by Jon B. Alterman
- presented to the Wilton Park Conference Political, Economic and Social Reform in the Arab World, April 3, 2003


US Regional Relations

Summary of the China-Middle East Conference
October 20, 2006

Arab Reform and Foreign Aid: Lessons From Morocco
October 30, 2006

"The U.S., the EU and Middle East Reform: What Can We Learn From Morocco?"
Trip Report by Michael J. Balz
-CSIS, March 26, 2006

"U.S.-Saudi Relations after King Fahd" by Jon B. Alterman
- August 1, 2005

"Hostile Intentions? The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations"
- Conference Transcript, May 24, 2005

"Don't Stand So Close to Me: The War on Terror and U.S.-Saudi Relations" by Jon B. Alterman
- chapter from the book America and the World in the Age of Terror: A New Landscape in International Relations, 2005

"From Conflict to Cooperation: Writing a New Chapter in US-Arab Relations"
- A Report of the CSIS Advisory Committee on U.S. Policy in the Arab World, March 2005

"U.S.-Libyan Rapprochement: Lessons Learned" by Jon B. Alterman
- December 13, 2004

"The Promise of Partnership: U.S. - EU Coordination" by Jon B. Alterman
- policy report published by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 2003

"The Gulf States and the American Umbrella" by Jon B. Alterman
- The Middle East Review of International Affairs, December 2000

 

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