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

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?
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

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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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TO AVERT DISASTER, STOP ISOLATING HAMAS

In this op-ed for the Financial Times, Lord Patten of Barnes asks if it is not time for the U.S., Europe, the Arab League and other concerned parties to rescue Israel and Palestine from a drift to further disaster. Interested players must end the fragmentation of Palestine, promote a reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, and set out in a Security Council resolution what they believe an agreement in Palestine and Israel should comprise, he urges. If others will not sign up to this the European Union should go it alone.

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