RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Rodman, April 24, 2008, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Testifying before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Peter Rodman argued "the conditions do not exist for an improvement of relations with Syria as long as Syrian policies remain hostile to important interest of ours in the Middle East." He concluded that Syria must change course in relation to Iraq, Lebanon, and Arab-Israeli peace before the U.S. reaches out to the country. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin S. Indyk, April 24, 2008, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
In congressional testimony, Martin Indyk argued that the current policy of isolating Syria has had mixed results. He believes that the next U.S. president should consider a different approach that could foster a more productive relationship allowing mutual goals to be realized in the troubled region. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
On March 4, Brookings hosted journalist and author Robin Wright for a discussion of her new book, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East. Wright focused on the pivotal countries and regions of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Morocco, drawing on first-hand interviews with many of the region’s key players. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab and Bruce Riedel, December 21, 2007, Al Hayat
Bilal Saab and Bruce Riedel argue that the Bush Administration pushed for a meeting in Annapolis "to gather the pro-U.S. Arab states under the aegis of a peace process for the purpose of containing or at least balancing the rising power of Iran." Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, December 13, 2007
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
This fifth session of the Crisis in the Middle East Task Force, hosted by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, focused on the difficult in balance among competing U.S. priorities towards given its interference with the U.S. agenda in the Middle East. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, November 16, 2007, Middle East Bulletin
Bruce Riedel discusses the recent air strike conducted by Israel against a suspected Syrian nuclear installation in context of the broader Middle East and a possible future Israeli strike targeting Iran's nuclear program. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, October 18, 2007
12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
Washington, DC
The Saban Center for Middle East Policy hosted a policy luncheon discussion with Itamar Rabinovich and Murhaf Jouejati. The discussion focused on current tensions between Israel and Syria, and whether there is a possibility of an Israel-Syria peace agreement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel L. Byman, October 09, 2007, Slate
Daniel L. Byman states that “unlike his father and predecessor, Hafez, Bashar is a gambler. And he is rolling the dice in Iraq, in Lebanon, with Israel, and most dangerously at home in Syria.” Read More
BOOK
Flynt Leverett, May 01, 2007
In this revised and updated paperback, Flynt Leverett once again pulls back the curtains to present a fascinating and authoritative portrait of Syria under the leadership of the Asad dynasty, particularly the strategic legacy bequeathed from Hafez al Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin S. Indyk, July 27, 2006, Council on Foreign Relations
Interview with Martin S. Indyk, Council on Foreign Relations (7/27/06) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Navtej Dhillon, Nader Kabbani and Taher Kanaan, December 01, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Jordan and Syria have recently faced similar economic challenges such as absorbing large numbers of Iraqi refugees and fighting high inflation. Yet the global economic slowdown may have unique implications for development and reform in each country, as Taher Kanaan and Nader Kabbani reveal in interviews with the Middle East Youth Initiative’s Navtej Dhillon. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab, November 17, 2008, Jane’s Foreign Report
Bilal Saab analyzes Syria's relations with the West as well as its Middle East neighbors. Saab argues that though U.S.-Syrian relations have been dismal throughought recent history, there is potential for improvement under a new U.S. president. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab and Bruce Riedel, September 12, 2008, Haaretz
As tensions between Syria and Israel remain high, Bruce Riedel and Bilal Saab believe that the indirect negotiations which began last May between the countries have gone as far as they can. Now, they argue, it is time for direct talks between the countries with the United States as a mediator. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, September 05, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted Senior Fellow Kenneth Pollack for a discussion of his book A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East. In the book, Pollack offers a long-term strategy to improve the political, economic and social problems that underlie the region’s many crises. Read More