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Not So Special (Relations) Anymore..

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , , , on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This Israeli-US tension may have been avoided if Israel had developed a new strategy regarding the political process. It still may not be too late for Israel to do so and influence the policies of the US. However, in the absence of a relevant strategy, Israel will continue to be led by the international community

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Israel and the Political Process: Lead or be Led

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on May 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The Quartet, Palestinians and Arab states all seem to be on the process of working on a ‘peace plan’. The lack of an Israeli initiative could significantly undermine the country’s position vis-à-vis negotiations with the Palestinians.

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Obama and the Middle East (5): Setting Sights Low

Posted in National Security, tagged , on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The pathology of the Bush Administration – and of the Olmert Government – has been setting unattainable objectives and then going for them.

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Obama and the Middle East (3): Palestinian Division

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Since the Israel-Egypt Camp David Accords, the paradigm for realizing the two-state solution has been through ‘a comprehensive Permanent Status Agreement’ (PSA) on all of the outstanding issues which leads to an ‘end of conflict’ and ‘finality of claims.’ However, this paradigm is losing ground.

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Obama and the Middle East (2): What Priority?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As the Obama Administration takes office, there is disagreement regarding how high a priority the Israeli – Palestinian conflict should be. How might Operation Cast Lead in Gaza affect this argument?

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Obama and the Middle East: Conflict Management or Resolution?

Posted in National Security, tagged , on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Although several newspapers report that the Obama Administration will prioritize the Middle East Peace Process, it remains unclear which direction the Administration will take.

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Obama’s New Funding Model

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Methodology & Theory, tagged , , on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Could Joshua Green’s article in the Atlantic Monthly on the network based funding used by the Obama campaign be relevant to Reut’s activities? Peter Leyden of the New Politics Institute explains that “What’s amazing…is that Hillary built the best campaign that has ever been done in Democratic politics on the old model—she raised more money than [...]

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Did Obama take Heifetz at Harvard?

Posted in Methodology & Theory, tagged , , on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In response to Hillary Clinton’s mocking of Obama at the Democratic debate in Cleveland, Obama seems to be talking in a similar way to Harvard Professor Ron Heifetz.

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