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Is Terrorism Returning to the United States?
INSS Insight No. 153, December 30, 2009 |
| Schweitzer, Yoram |
| The attempted attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 (December 25, 2009) by a would-be suicide bomber is a rude reminder of the trend that has been emerging for some time, and is evidence of renewed efforts on the part of al-Qaeda and its affiliates to attack the United States on its own soil and US allies around the globe. |
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Business as Usual in the Persian Gulf: Results from the GCC Annual Summit
INSS Insight No. 152, December 24, 2009 |
| Guzansky, Yoel |
| The agenda of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s thirtieth annual summit, which ended last week in Kuwait, was particularly ambitious. Among the topics on the table were establishment of a joint economic council and connection of the inter-state electrical grids and railways. However, the credit crisis in Dubai, the ongoing warfare on the Saudi-Yemeni border, and Iran’s developing nuclear program and its negative involvement in the region – challenges that make it difficult for the states to adopt a uniform security and foreign policy yet more than ever require them to overcome the disagreements and rivalries – weighed down the discussions. |
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Iran, China, and the Israeli Stick
INSS Insight No. 150, December 22, 2009 |
| Evron, Yoram |
| When President Obama met with the president of China in Beijing last month, he cautioned that he would not be able to block an Israeli attack against Iran much longer unless there is progress in the attempts to stop Iran’s nuclear program. This warning was intended to persuade China of the urgent need for additional sanctions against Iran. Yet even if the potential success of this warning is questionable, it raises questions about Chinese interests in Iran and the Middle East as a whole, about Israel's place vis-à-vis these interests, and about Jerusalem’s possible influence over Beijing. |
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Abbas’ Proposal for an Undeclared Settlement Freeze: Transparent Ploy or Plea for Help?
INSS Insight No. 151, December 20, 2009 |
| Heller, Mark A. |
| In an interview with Haaretz on December 15, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas repeated his longstanding position that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations can only resume after Israel implements a complete freeze on settlement construction throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. But in a new wrinkle that might have been intended as a sign of flexibility, he added that negotiations could begin immediately, even if the freeze is not publicly declared. |
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"Obama's Choice": The Afghan-Pakistan Dilemma
INSS Insight No. 149, December 14, 2009 |
| Schweitzer, Yoram and London, Sean |
| On December 1, President Obama unveiled the administration's new approach towards the wars raging in the Afghan-Pakistan (AfPak) arenas. Entering into office with a message of peace and detente toward the Muslim world, Obama did not make his decision lightly. Yet in light of the alternative strategies proposed by his inner circle, it appears that the president has chosen a solid course regarding the AfPak campaigns. |
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“The Forgotten War”: The US Withdrawal from Iraq
INSS Insight No. 148, December 13, 2009 |
| Guzansky, Yoel |
| So far the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has proceeded on schedule. At the same time, the uncertainty over whether elections will be held on time, the probability of heightened motivation to launch strategic terrorist attacks around the scheduled date for elections, Kurdish-Arab volatility, and external constraints such as more US soldiers in Afghanistan are liable to cause a situation whereby the continued withdrawal of forces at the present rate would challenge the relative stability achieved in Iraq over the last two years. |
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The Naval Arena in the Struggle against Iran
INSS Insight No. 146, December 3, 2009 |
| Guzansky, Yoel |
| The seizure of the ship carrying weapons from Iran to Syria (intended apparently for Hizbollah via Syria) in early November revealed something of the scope of the struggle between Iran and Israel in general and on the high seas in particular, a struggle that is steadily moving upstage. However, the importance of the naval arena in the Iranian context lies not only in the foiling of attempts of weapons shipments making their way to Hizbollah and Hamas. The option of operating at sea allows Israel to refine its deterrent and offensive capabilities with regard to Iran and would allow the West to impose crippling sanctions on Iran if and when the need arises. |
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The IAEA Resolution: The Test is in the Next Steps
INSS Insight No. 145, November 30, 2009 |
| Landau, Emily B. |
| The resolution on Iran adopted by the IAEA Board of Governors on November 27 includes important issues that touch upon Iran's lack of cooperation with the agency, and the steep decline in confidence between the international community and Iran. Significantly, the lack of Iranian cooperation on clearing up questions regarding past weapons-related nuclear activity, a recurrent refrain in IAEA reports over the past two years, is raised once again in this resolution. |
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Israel, the United States, and the Faltering Peace Process
INSS Insight No. 144, November 27, 2009 |
| Shalom, Zaki |
| On November 8, 2009, Tom Friedman published an op-ed piece in The New York Times entitled, “Call White House, Ask for Barack” in which he surveys the sorry state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In his opinion, currently neither side is really interested in advancing the process towards a permanent settlement. Rather, the Palestinians seemingly want a settlement without talks whereas Israel wants talks without a settlement. The impression is that the American administration is more interested than the parties in promoting the dialogue. With unveiled anger, Friedman asserts that this unacceptable situation requires the present administration to make the radical decision and withdraw the United States from the process. In such a scenario, the leaders of both sides would be forced to face their peoples and tell them the truth: nothing is happening. When both sides show serious inclination to reach a settlement, says Friedman, the administration will have to present them with a thoughtful program to realize the two-state solution. |
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