Editor: Rob Malley

Robert Malley is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project, and editor of the US/MEPolicy series. He is also the Director of the International Crisis Group's Middle East and North Africa Program.

Individual Briefs

August 2, 2011
‘Facts on the Ground’ in Israel/Palestine
June 23, 2011
Perspectives on the Arab Spring
March 2, 2011
The Middle East in the Aftermath of the Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia
September 10, 2010
Israel, Iran and the United States
September 3, 2010
Preparing for the End Game: United Nations Membership for Palestine
July 9, 2010
The Palestinian ‘Reconciliation’ Maze
June 2, 2010
The New Iraq and the Palestine Question
May 1, 2010
Peacekeeping in Palestine
December 11, 2007
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Washington’s Playbook After Annapolis
November 10, 2007
IS EUROPE ADRIFT IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

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General Brent Scowcroft, Eric Melby and Henry Siegman

General Brent Scowcroft, Eric Melby and Henry Siegman

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OBAMA MUST BROKER A NEW MIDEAST PEACE

As a new Middle East has begun to be shaped by citizens in individual countries, one issue appears conspicuously unaffected, at least on the surface: the Arab-Israeli dispute over Palestine.The US has more direct interests at stake in ensuring a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine than it does in the outcome in most other countries in the region, writes General Brent Scowcroft. Remaining silent on deadlocked negotiations over a two state solution, while encouraging greater democratisation in other countries, suggests a double standard that damages America’s image in the Middle East and the broader Muslim world.

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