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June 23, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Can the United Nations Make Palestine a State?

Can the United Nations General Assembly make Palestine a state?  The answer is no, and yes. It appears that the Palestinians initially thought they could become a UN member state even if the United…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 19, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Iran’s Negotiations, Syria’s Friends, and Egypt’s Elections

Significant Middle East Developments Syria. The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Saturday authorizing the deployment of a thirty-person monitoring mission to oversee t…

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili pose for media before their meeting in Istanbul on April 14, 2012 (Tolga Adanali/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

January 7, 2008

Israel
Erlanger: Low Israeli Expectations for Bush Middle East Trip

Steven Erlanger, the New York Times’ chief correspondent in Jerusalem, says Israelis remain fond of U.S. President George W. Bush but aren’t holding out much hope for his upcoming trip to the Middle …

Interview by Steven Erlanger and Bernard Gwertzman

August 4, 2014

Israel
The Israel-Gaza Crisis: Three Things to Know

The violence in Gaza is likely to continue until a third party brokers a deal that allows both Israel and Hamas to claim successes as a result of the bloodshed, says CFR’s Robert Danin.

Explainer Video by Robert Danin

November 1, 2011

United States
UNESCO and After: Multiple Wrongs Won’t Secure Rights

General view of the leaders' forum room during the 36th session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris on October 26, 2011 (Benoit Tessier/Courtesy Reuters). The vote by UNESCO to admit Palestine a…

UNESCO and After: Multiple Wrongs Won’t Secure Rights
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters