Environment Between Conflict and Co-operation in the Middle East and North Africa Published: 22 October 2008 A report on a conference in Beirut with the goal to highlight regional environmental problems and search for and discuss sustainable solutions.
Virtual Agreement, Virtual Negotiations Published: 8 August 2008 Annapolis bedeutet den Beginn virtueller Verhandlungen. Diese werden wenig dazu betragen, die unterschiedlichen Visionen und Ziele der Beteiligten einzulösen. By Haim Malka
After Annapolis - the Limits of American Power Published: 8 August 2008 Prof. Shlomo Avineri erläutert anhand historischer Beispiele, unter welchen Bedingungen den USA eine erfolgreiche Intervention im Nahen Osten gelang und bewertet das Treffen von Annapolis in diesem Kontext By Shlomo Avineri
Annapolis – Success or Failure? It is Too Early to Say Published: 8 August 2008 Eine Analyse der Ergebnisse der Konferenz und der Perspektiven. Erst die kommenden Monate werden zeigen, ob das Treffen von Annapolis ein Erfolg war. Es gibt positive Elemente und ungeklärte Punkte, grunsätzlich bleibt die Stimmung aber positiv. By Galia Golan
The Day After Annapolis Published: 8 August 2008 Über die Ergebnisse der Konferenz aus palästinensischer uns israelischer Sicht. By George Giacaman
Does Expecting Failure Equal Competency? Published: 8 August 2008 Über die Neigung arabischer Kommentator, pessimistisch zu sein, nur um Recht zu behalten By Houssam Itani
Democracy in the Arab World Published: 4 July 2008 George Giacaman from Birzeit University in Palestine explains how partial democratisation in the Middle East serves to stabilise the rule of oligarchies - and at the same time is in the interest of Western powers who are afraid that complete democratisation will undermine their influence in the region.
Water as a human right Published: 25 June 2008 The paper summarizes the main challenges facing strategic and coordinated action towards the UN concept of water as a human right, identifies what types of processes and institutions needs to be developed to meet the challenges of the concept and provides best practise examples from countries that have shown innovation. By Karen Assaf, Bayoumi Attia, Ali Darwish, Batir Wardam and Simone Klawitter
Iraq - Most Dangerous Country for Journalists Worldwide Published: 22 May 2008 Two journalists who participated in a media workshop in September/October 2005, organized by the Lebanese American University and supported by the Beirut office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, were murdered within less than a year by gunmen in the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Both Sarwa Abdul-Wahab and Sahar Hussein Ali Al-Haydari were passionate journalists who lived and died to recount their country’s agonizing story. By Layla Al-Zubaidi and Magda Abu-Fadil
How to Deal With the Iranian Nuclear Programme Published: 2 May 2008 This dossier contains summaries of regional roundtable discussions and background information on international approaches to the crisis over the Iranian nuclear programme.