Itamar Rabinovich
Before & After October 7: A Symposium
We asked distinguished friends and contributors a simple question: what did you believe before October 7 that you no longer believe?
Theater and Politics in Oslo
Veteran Middle East negotiator Itamar Rabinovich gauges the distance between drama and diplomacy in his review of Oslo.
Israel’s Northern Border and the Chaos in Syria: A Symposium
In the four-plus years since the Arab Spring, regimes have fallen, alliances have shifted and re-shifted, and new (and terrifying) actors have appeared on the scene. The diplomatic and strategic assumptions of several decades seem to have been upended. Nowhere is this more dramatically apparent than across Israel’s northern border. What, if anything, should Israel do about the Syrian crisis?
Middle Position
An insider account reveals how personal relationships and rivalries often shape Washington's foreign policy.
Thinking About Revolution and Democracy in the Middle East: A Symposium
Since January of this year, revolution has spread across North Africa and the Middle East with such velocity that predicting exactly what will happen next is probably a fool's errand. In this issue, we have asked seven writers to return to their bookshelves and tell us what books, authors, and arguments they find helpful in thinking through the causes and implications of these surprising events.
Palestine Portrayed
The 1948 War and the problems it left unresolved have returned to the top of the agenda for both diplomats and historians.