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

December 11, 2007
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Washington’s Playbook After Annapolis
November 10, 2007
IS EUROPE ADRIFT IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
October 9, 2007
TICKING CLOCKS AND ‘ACCIDENTAL’ WAR
September 20, 2007
IRAQ: ASSESSING THE SURGE
July 20, 2007
President Bush’s Palestine Speech: A Critique and Optimistic Antidote
June 20, 2007
Towards a new 242
May 20, 2007
Thoughts on Engaging Iran
April 20, 2007
Iraq’s Sectarian War
March 20, 2007
Lebanon: What should U.S. policy be?
February 20, 2007
Engaging Syria?

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International Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 6-7, 2009

International Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 6-7, 2009

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IMPOSING MIDDLE EAST PEACE BY HENRY SIEGMAN

The continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank seems to have finally locked in the permanence of Israel’s colonial project. Outside intervention may offer the last hope for a reversal of the settlement enterprise and the achievement of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Since the U.S. is no longer the likely agent of that intervention, it is up to the Europeans and to the Palestinians themselves to fashion the path to self-determination in the occupied territories.

Prepared for the Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre in Oslo.

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