The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Founded in 1985, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East. Through a comprehensive program of research, seminars, conferences, publications, and study tours to the Middle East, The Washington Institute provides policymakers, diplomats, and journalists with fresh thinking and new ideas to promote peace, security, and stability in one of the world's most volatile regions.
Additional Materials from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Policy Briefs
Working Papers
General Working Papers
Title: The Claim for Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State A Reassessment
Authors: Tal Becker
Date: February 2011Title: The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment
Authors: Michael Herzog
Date: May 2009Title: Peace through Security: America's Role in the Development of the Palestinian Authority Security Services
Authors: Keith Dayton
Date: May 2009Title: Conference Proceedings - America, Israel, and the Middle East: Confronting the Challenges of Tomorrow - 2008 Soref Symposium
Date: May 2008Title: Iran's 'Unacceptable' Bomb: Deterrence and Prevention in the Age of Terror - Soref Symposium 2007
Authors: Sami al-Faraj, Kurt Campbell, Neil Crompton, Michael Eisenstadt, Charles Hill, Mehdi Khalaji, Robert Kimmitt, David Makovsky, Shimon Peres, Dennis Ross
Date: May 2007Title: Dangerous Ambitions: The Challenges of Iran and Hamas- Soref Symposium 2006
Authors: Graham Allison, Amjad Atallah, R. Nicholas Burns, Richard Haass, David Makovsky, Dan Meridor, Moshe Yaalon
Date: May 2006Title: Charting the Winds of Change: America and the Middle East, 2005 - Soref Symposium 2005
Authors: Hassan Abu Libdeh, Rola Dashti, David Makovsky, Habib Malik, Ahmed Nazif, Terje Roed-Larsen, Barham Salih, Mohsen Sazegara, Meir Shitrit, Paul Wolfowitz, Ehud Yaari
Date: May 2005Title: Iraq: The Way Forward - Soref Symposium - May 6, 2004
Authors: Stephen J. Hadley
Date: May 2004Title: Toward a New Middle East: Women and Development - Special Policy Forum Event - February 12, 2004
Authors: Paula J. Dobriansky
Date: February 2004Title: Considering the Options: U.S. Policy toward Iran's Nuclear Program - Special Policy Forum Event - October 9, 2003
Authors: Ladan Boroumand, Patrick Clawson, Michael Eisenstadt, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Rose Gottemoeller, Geoffrey Kemp, Thomas McInerney, Danielle Pletka, Dennis Ross, Henry Sokolski, Ray Takeyh
Date: October 2003Title: U.S.–Turkish Relationship: Prospects & Perils - Special Policy Forum Event - July 25, 2003
Authors: Abdullah Gul
Date: July 2003Title: Soref Symposium, April 13-14, 2003, Winning the War, Winning the Peace: Defining Priorities for America in the Middle East
Authors: J. Brian Atwood, Patrick Clawson, Peter David, Robert Gallucci, Shafeeq Ghabra, Efraim Halevy, William Kristol, David Makovsky, Dennis Ross
Date: April 2003Title: Weinberg Founders Conference, October 4-6, 2002, Bush Administration Middle East Policy: A Mid-Term Assessment
Authors: Saad al-Ajmi, Uzi Dayan, Oded Eran, David Ignatius, Martin Indyk, Zalmay Khalilzad, Abdel Ilah Khatib, Bernard Lewis, David Makovsky, Shaul Mofaz, Sari Nusseibeh, James Roche, Dennis Ross, Ali Salem, David Satterfield
Date: October 2002Title: CIAO: Soref Symposium, April 8-9, 2002, Democracy, Peace, and the War on Terror: America and the Middle East, Post-September 11
Authors: Abdullah Akayleh, Lisa Anderson, H. R. H. Hassan bin Talal, L. Paul Jerry Bremer, Chas W. Freeman, Shafeeq Ghabra, Amy Hawthorne, Frederic C. Hof, Samuel Lewis, Hassan Nafaa, Dennis Ross, Ephraim Sneh
Date: April 2002PolicyWatch
Title: Train and Equip Not Enough for U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels
Authors: Jeffrey White
Date: January 2015Title: Iran's Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria
Authors: Phillip Smyth
Date: June 2014Title: With the Peace Process on Hold, Washington Still Faces Key Israeli-Palestinian Tests
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: May 2014Title: The Terrorist Funding Disconnect with Qatar and Kuwait
Authors: Lori Plotkin Boghardt
Date: May 2014Title: The Riddle of Succession in the Palestinian Authority
Authors: Ehud Yaari
Date: May 2014Title: The Battle for Southern Syria Heating Up
Authors: Ehud Yaari
Date: May 2014Title: Shabab al-Tawhid: The Rebranding of Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia?
Authors: Aaron Y. Zelin
Date: May 2014Title: Salafi Jihadists on the Rise in Jordan
Authors: David Schenker
Date: May 2014Title: Morocco's Approach to Countering Violent Extremism
Authors: Mohamed Salah Tamek
Date: May 2014Title: Libya's Growing Risk of Civil War
Authors: Andrew Engel
Date: May 2014Title: Lebanon's Presidential Race
Authors: David Schenker
Date: May 2014Title: Jordan and the Syria Crisis: Mitigating the 'Known Unknowns'
Authors: Andrew J. Tabler
Date: May 2014Title: Israel vs. al-Qaeda: Emerging Challenges on Two Fronts
Authors: Ehud Yaari, Michael Morell
Date: May 2014Title: Islamists in Government: Do They Moderate Once in Power?
Authors: Eric Trager, Haroon Ullah, Vish Sakthivel
Date: May 2014Title: Iran and Bahrain: Crying Wolf, or Wolf at the Door?
Authors: Matthew Levitt
Date: May 2014Title: Decision Time on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: U.S. Strategy Hits a Critical Juncture
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: May 2014Title: U.S. Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, Part II: Assessment and Prospects
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: April 2014Title: Tunisia's Democratic Transition: From Contention to Consensus?
Authors: Habib Sayah
Date: April 2014Title: The U.S. Role in Iraq's Postelection Politics
Authors: Michael Knights
Date: April 2014Title: The Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Agreement: Too Early to Judge
Authors: Ehud Yaari, Neri Zilber
Date: April 2014Title: Rebels Worth Supporting: Syria's Harakat Hazm
Authors: Jeffrey White
Date: April 2014Title: Palestinian Public Opinion Offers Abbas Much Room for Maneuver
Authors: David Pollock
Date: April 2014Title: Israeli Financial Measures Against the Palestinian Authority
Authors: Neri Zilber
Date: April 2014Title: Iran Seeks to Untangle UN Sanctions
Authors: Steven Ditto
Date: April 2014Title: West Bank Violence and Gaza Rockets Could Spark Wider Conflict
Authors: Matthew Levitt
Date: March 2014Title: U.S. Strategic Dialogues with Morocco and Algeria: Take Two
Authors: Vish Sakthivel
Date: March 2014Title: Turkey's Muted Reaction to the Crimean Crisis
Authors: Soner Cagaptay, James F. Jeffrey
Date: March 2014Title: The Ukraine Crisis and the Middle East
Authors: James F. Jeffrey
Date: March 2014Title: The Assad Regime Winning by Inches?
Authors: Jeffrey White
Date: March 2014Title: Preventing an Iranian Breakout after a Nuclear Deal
Authors: James F. Jeffrey, David Pollock
Date: March 2014Title: Nuclear Kingdom: Saudi Arabia's Atomic Ambitions
Authors: Olli Heinonen, Simon Henderson
Date: March 2014Title: Jordan's Energy Balancing Act
Authors: David Schenker, Simon Henderson
Date: March 2014Title: Israel's Governance Law: Raising the Electoral Threshold
Authors: Neri Zilber
Date: March 2014Title: Iranian Suspicions About the IAEA
Authors: Steven Ditto
Date: March 2014Title: Iranian Aid to Fighters in the Gulf Peninsula
Authors: Lori Plotkin Boghardt
Date: March 2014Title: Iran's Evolving Maritime Presence
Authors: Michael Eisenstadt, Alon Paz
Date: March 2014Title: Egypt's New Military Brass
Authors: Gilad Wenig
Date: March 2014Title: Egypt's Arms Deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs
Authors: David Schenker, Eric Trager
Date: March 2014Title: The Key to Pressuring Assad Is UNSCR 2118
Authors: Andrew J. Tabler
Date: February 2014Title: Salafism as a National Security Threat for Iran
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: February 2014Title: No Time to Hit Snooze in North Africa and the Sahel
Authors: Joshua C. Burgess
Date: February 2014Title: Jordan Not Out of the Woods Yet
Authors: David Schenker
Date: February 2014Title: Implications of a Sisi Presidency
Authors: Adel El-Adawy
Date: February 2014Title: Clear-Eyed Diplomacy: Strategic Shifts Needed in the Iran Negotiations
Authors: Michael Singh
Date: February 2014Title: Clarifying the Security Arrangements Debate: Israeli Forces in the Jordan Valley
Authors: Michael Eisenstadt, Robert Satloff
Date: February 2014Title: Baghdad-KRG Negotiations: Closer Than Ever to a Fair Deal
Authors: Michael Knights
Date: February 2014Title: Ayatollah Khamenei: Pessimistic Negotiator, Optimistic Strategist
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: February 2014Title: Assessing U.S. Strategy in the Israeli-Palestinian Talks: A Mideast Trip Report
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: February 2014Title: A New Approach to the Syria Crisis
Authors: James F. Jeffrey
Date: February 2014Title: Why Iraq Should Get Apache Gunships
Authors: Michael Knights
Date: January 2014Title: Trials and Tribulations in Lebanon
Authors: David Schenker
Date: January 2014Title: The New Triangle of Egypt, Israel, and Hamas
Authors: Ehud Yaari
Date: January 2014Title: Salafists Are the Wild Card of Egypt's Referendum
Authors: Eric Trager
Date: January 2014Title: Quiet Partnerships for a New Era: Emerging Opportunities for Arab-Israeli Cooperation
Authors: Alon Paz
Date: January 2014Title: President Rouhani and the IRGC
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: January 2014Title: Israel's Growing Role in Southern Syria
Authors: Ehud Yaari
Date: January 2014Title: Indecisive Inter-Rebel Fighting in Syria Benefits the Regime
Authors: Jeffrey White
Date: January 2014Title: Egypt's Multiple Power Centers
Authors: Adel El-Adawy
Date: January 2014Title: Avoiding Assad's Forced Solution to the Syria Crisis
Authors: Andrew J. Tabler
Date: January 2014Title: Assad's Indispensable Foreign Legions
Authors: Jeffrey White
Date: January 2014Title: Ariel Sharon: From Warrior to Man of Peace at Last
Authors: David Pollock
Date: January 2014Soref Symposium - April 26-27, 2001
Title: The Bush Administration and the Middle East: New Leaders, New Challenges, New Approaches: Keynote Discussion
Authors: Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Richard Perle
Date: April 2001Title: The Bush Administration and the Middle East: New Leaders, New Challenges, New Approaches: Keynote Address
Authors: Robert Asher, Limor Livnat
Date: April 2001Title: The Bush Administration and the Middle East: New Leaders, New Challenges, New Approaches: Discussion
Authors: Ghassan Khatib, Ze'ev Schiff
Date: April 2001Soref Symposium - May 18-19, 2000
Title: The Middle East in 2000: A Year of Critical Decisions: Roundtable Discussion
Authors: Reghida Dergham, Uri Lubrani, Daniel Pipes, Patrick Seale
Date: May 2000Title: The Middle East in 2000: A Year of Critical Decisions: Roundtable Discussion
Authors: Leon Fuerth, Robert Zoellick
Date: May 2000Title: The Middle East in 2000: A Year of Critical Decisions: Keynote Discussion
Authors: Dan Meridor, Ziyad Abu Zayyad
Date: May 2000Weinberg Founders Conference - September 15-17, 2000
Title: Agenda 2001: Middle East Policy Planning for a New Administration: Keynote Address
Authors: Winston P. Wiley
Date: September 2000Title: Agenda 2001: Middle East Policy Planning for a New Administration: Keynote Address
Authors: Shimon Peres
Date: September 2000Title: Agenda 2001: Middle East Policy Planning for a New Administration: Keynote Address
Authors: Nabil Sha'ath
Date: September 2000