Archive for 'MONOGRAPHS'
Disarmament vs. Demilitarization
A Conflicts Forum Monograph by Alastair Crooke, and an Interview with Ambassador Chester Crocker, February, 2008
In 2006, the United States Institute of Peace generously provided a grant to Conflicts Forum to conduct a research study on “Disarmament vs. Demilitarization” in the context of the current Lebanese political environment. The goal of the study is to […]
Posted: February 15th, 2008 under Alastair Crooke, Disarmament, Hezbollah, Lebanon, MONOGRAPHS, Mark Perry.
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“Follow Us Not Them” - The Ramallah Model: Washington’s Palestinian Failure
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Geoffrey Aronson, November, 2007
George Bush’s “vision” of a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is based on the supremacy of the “Ramallah model” over the “Gaza model.” U.S. policy intends that the advantages championed by Ramallah in negotiations with Israel and the economic revival enabled by international assistance will “strengthen Abu […]
Posted: December 17th, 2007 under Bush Administration, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Palestinians, West Bank.
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The Political Implications of the Hamas Electoral Victory from the Islamist Perspective
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Azzam Tamimi, November, 2007
The Hamas election victory in January of 2006 sent shockwaves through the Arab world — and through Islamists with varying convictions. The debate among Islamists over whether Hamas should have participated in the elections has been intense. But Hamas’s willingness to maintain its principled non-acceptance of the […]
Posted: November 24th, 2007 under Hamas, MONOGRAPHS, Political Islam.
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Hamas Debates the Future - Palestine’s Islamic Resistance Movement Attempts to Reconcile Ideological Purity and Political Realism
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Khalid Amayreh, November, 2007
Palestine’s Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas — won a surprising electoral victory in the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections. Almost immediately, Hamas leaders, movement activists, and Islamist academics began to debate the future course of the movement. Under what conditions would Hamas recognize Israel? What was its […]
Posted: November 13th, 2007 under Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Political Islam.
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Hamas and al-Qaida: The Prospects for Radicalization in the Palestinian Occupied Territories
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Khalid Amayreh, October, 2007
The rise of the Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas — in the Palestinian Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza provided a challenge for Israel and the West. Israel, the United States and the European Union have responded to this challenge by failing to differentiate Hamas […]
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under Al Qaeda, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Occupied Territories.
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