Shibley Telhami

Arab public opinion and the reshaping of the Middle East

The world through Arab eyes

Marc Lynch

Michael Barnett

Nathan J. Brown

The One State Reality argues that a one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state of Israel. The editors show that starting with the one state reality rather than hoping for a two state solution reshapes how we regard the conflict, what we consider acceptable and unacceptable solutions, and how we discuss difficult normative questions. The One State Reality forces a reconsideration of foundational concepts such as state, sovereignty, and nation; encourages different readings of history; shifts conversation about solutions from two states to alternatives that borrow from other political contexts; and provides context for confronting uncomfortable questions such as whether Israel/Palestine is an "apartheid state."

What Is Israel/Palestine?

The One State Reality

Charles Krauthammer

Michael Walzer

James M. Lindsay

Louise Richardson

J. Bryan Hehir

How a nation commits itself to freedom has long been at the heart of debates about foreign aid, economic sanctions and military intervention. Moral and faith traditions have much to say about what is required to achieve this end. And after September 11, no one can doubt the importance of religious beliefs in influencing relations among peoples and nations. to fanaticism, or do they encourage a new realism about the forces shaping the choices confronting the US? The contributors to this volume come at the issue from very different perspectives and offer exceptional and unexpected insights on a question now at the forefront of American foreign policy.

A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World

Liberty and Power

شبلي تلحمي

هذا الكتاب إنما هو ضرب من البناء على تلك الكتابات والتأملات، وعلى الكثير مما تعلمته من آخرين في هذا السياق، بغية طرح أفكار تخص القضايا التي شغلت أميركا وكثيرا من العالم منذ 9/11 ومن المحتمل لها أن تترك أثرها على السياسة الخارجية الأميركية في العقد التالي. ما طبيعة التهديد الإرهابي؟ ما دور الإسلام في الإرهاب الشرق أوسطي؟ "لماذا يكرهوننا إلى هذا الحد؟ ما دور الرأي العام في الشرق الأوسط؟ ما دور الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي؟ ألا يزال الخليج العربي محتفظا بأهميته بالنسبة للولايات المتحدة؟ ما الذي ينتظر علاقات أميركا مع العراق؟ ما هي رهانات أمتنا؟ وهذا الكتاب هو، في المقام الأول، عن العالم العربي وعلاقات الولايات المتحدة به، بما في ذلك الخليج العربي، كما أنه عن الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي. وكثيرا ما أتكلم فيه على "العرب والمسلمين" والعرب والعالم الإسلامي"، حيث أتفحص، في مثل هذه المواضع، تلك المواقف الشائعة في البلدان الإسلامية، بما في ذلك البلدان غير العربية. فثمة خمس وعشرون دولة هي أعضاء الجامعة العربية. ويشكل العرب المسلمون حوالي ربع مسلمي العالم الذين يبلغ تعدادهم 1.2 بليونا، وثمة أقلية من العرب من غير المسلمين، من بينهم بعض المسيحيين. العبيكان للنشر 2005

The Stakes: America In The Middle East

المخاطر : أميركا في الشرق الأوسط : عواقب القوة وخيار السلام

Michael N. Barnett

Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states.

Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East

The Sadat Lectures is a compilation of thought-provoking speeches delivered by some of the most accomplished practitioners of international relations: Ezer Weizman, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George Mitchell, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, James Baker, and Mohamed ElBaradei. Accompanying these speeches are full-color reproductions of winning artwork from the Sadat Art for Peace Award.

Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008

The Sadat Lectures

Once a voiceless region dominated by authoritarian rulers, the Arab world seems to have developed an identity of its own almost overnight. The series of uprisings that began in 2010 profoundly altered politics in the region, forcing many experts to drastically revise their understandings of the Arab people. Yet while the Arab uprisings have indeed triggered seismic changes, Arab public opinion has been a perennial but long ignored force influencing events in the Middle East. In The World Through Arab Eyes, eminent political scientist Shibley Telhami draws upon a decade's worth of original polling data, probing the depths of the Arab psyche to analyze the driving forces and emotions of the Arab uprisings and the next phase of Arab politics. With great insight into the people and countries he has surveyed, Telhami provides a longitudinal account of Arab identity, revealing how Arabs' present-day priorities and grievances have been gestating for decades. The demand for dignity foremost in the chants of millions went far beyond a straightforward struggle for food and individual rights. The Arabs' cries were not simply a response to corrupt leaders, but were in fact inseparable from the collective respect they crave from the outside world. Decades of perceived humiliations at the hands of the West have left many Arabs with a wounded sense of national pride, but also a desire for political systems with elements of Western democracies -- an apparent contradiction that is only one of many complicating our understanding of the monumental shifts in Arab politics and society. In astonishing detail and with great humanity, Telhami identifies the key prisms through which Arabs view issues central to their everyday lives, from democracy to religion to foreign relations with Iran, Israel, the United States, and other world powers. The World Through Arab Eyes reveals the hearts and minds of a people often misunderstood but ever more central to our globalized world.

Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East

The World Through Arab Eyes

Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami

An expert on the Middle East shares his views on peace, terrorism, and the ongoing role of the U.S. in the region.

Shibley Telhami

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