ISMI

Institute for the Study of
Modern Israel
of Emory University

1256 Briarcliff Road A-427N Atlanta, GA 30306    404.727.2798 tel    404.727.2441 fax

Public Lecture Topics

 

American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 2009 and Beyond

History of Modern Israel, 1840s-1949

Israel on the American Campus

The Carter Book Controversy: Origins, Content and Impact

International Middle East Peace Conferences: Precedents and Prospects

Arab and Jewish Political Cultures: Underpinnings to Conflict

The Israel-Hizbollah Clash: Continuity and Change in the Conflict

Arab Political Churning: The Middle East Since 9/11

Ethnicity and Sectarianism: Fragmentation of the Arab State Structure

Israeli (Jewish) and Arab Political Cultures: Origins of Conflict

Why 1970s Arab-Israeli Diplomacy Might Not Work Again

Was There a Jewish State in 1939?

Perspective and Evidence: Primary Sources and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

•American-Israeli Relations

•Axioms and History of Arab-Israeli Negotiations

•Carter, Clinton, and Bush: A Comparison of Administration Involvement in Middle East Diplomacy

•Continuity and Change in American Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East

•Ten Structural Reasons Why Europe and the U.S. Disagree About Middle Eastern Agendas

•Origins and Solutions of the Palestinian Refugee Issue

•Sadat, Begin and Carter: An Uneven Triangular Relationship

•Structural Deformities in Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations: Evaluating the Oslo Process

•The Emergence of a Palestinian State: A History of the West Bank

•The Land Question in Palestine: How Did the Zionists Establish a National Territory Before 1948?

•The Middle East in the 21st Century