Mubarak's Virtual Enemies

The fate of Arab bloggers and the fate of the Arab world are one and the same. Empower them and the region will prosper; suppress them and the region will continue to languish.

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A Third Intifada?

Dror Bar Yosef explains how internal disputes among the Fatah leadership stall Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations and may lead to another outbreak of violence.

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The Changing Face of French Involvement in the Middle East

Political researcher and analyst Joav Toker, guest speaker at the Adelson Institute's Strategic Platform series, discusses the changing face of French involvment in the Middle East

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Obama, Bush and Arab Democracy

Contrary to the impression created by some Western media, Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4 was not cheered by all Arabs. Indeed, reactions focused more on existing preconceptions of the United States, than on the speech itself.

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An Assessment of Obama's First 100 Days

Richard Perle, former assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee during the Reagan administration in a briefing about Obama's first 100 days in office.

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Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of PayPal - Israel is Truly the Country of the Future

There is an incredible gap between Israel's reality and its potential, says Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of PayPal and President of Clarium Capital Management. People talk about China, India and Brazil as emerging market countries, says Thiel, while Israel is underrated.

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Natan Sharansky about Israel-Turkey Relations (Video)

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Video: Ahmadinejad is not a sophisticated enemy

The success of Durban II is due to the extremist stance and outrageous conduct of Ahmadinejad himself who, by his immoderate behavior, convinced the participants of Israel's rationale.

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Palestinian Unity and the Threat to Israel

Success in the ongoing attempts to establish a national reconciliation government composed of the Hamas and the Fatah is likely to affect Israel. Even a pretense of unity will pave the way for the international community to recognize the Hamas.

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Turkey and Israel Apart?

Turkish-Israeli relations have been battered by a series of policy differences, which boiled over in the encounter between Turkey's prime minister and Israel's president in Davos in January.

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Coalition of the Unwilling

As Israeli politicians enter the last rounds of negotiations over forming a new government, the most likely result is a right-wing, ultra-Orthodox coalition that a majority of Israelis, including the man forming it, doesn't want.

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Barghouti is No Madela

One of the most overused clichés in the international relations canon claims that yesterday's terrorist is tomorrow's political leader. However, most forget to examine what kind of political leader the ex-terrorist becomes.

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Video: Minimizing Friction Between a Right-wing Israeli Government and the US

Ways for the US administration and the Israeli government to minimize friction in order to increase cooperation and focus on the real issue: preventing Iran from reaching nuclear capabilities.

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What are the chances of a new Hamas-Fatah unity?

Arab politics in general, and Palestinian politics in particular, are never quite what they seem to be on the surface and even though Fatah and Hamas have proven to be blood enemies, tactical alliances cannot be ruled out.

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Who will get the Golan heights?

The Israeli mainstream, so the truism here goes, is so desperate for peace that, in the end, it will overcome misgivings over relinquishing territory and mistrust of Arab intentions and endorse any diplomatic initiative aimed at solving the Middle East conflict.

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Few Israelis Near Gaza Feel War Achieved Much

Israel's deadly offensive against Hamas in Gaza ended, with each side having unilaterally declared a cease-fire. Yet there was little sense of triumph here in the days after, more a nagging feeling of something missed or incomplete.

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Newsvine - Seed the Vine

In my years as a member of the Israeli government, I faced countless situations where the world forced us to choose between protecting our citizens and facing international condemnation, on the one hand, and letting our citizens face suicide bombers and rocket attacks while winni …

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Video: Bernard Lewis about the Arab World

According to Lewis, an Israeli strike on Iran 's nuclear facilities would be met with "carefully concealed relief" from the Arab world.

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The Deal Eith Hamas - is that what we're hoping for ?

There is nothing really new here at all. Even before the war, Hamas was demanding the same number of prisoners be released in exchange for freeing Shalit.

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