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Joseph Braude is President of the Center for Peace Communications.

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New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-31-17

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-31-17

HuffPost — Saudi Arabia challenges Hezbollah in Lebanon, the UAE brings AI into government, and a former DIA chief dispels the claim that North Korea offers lessons to Iran.

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-30-17

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-30-17

HuffPost — Hints of coordination for a "regional settlement" with Israel, and mixed outcomes for Algerian soft power. To subscribe to this daily roundup by Mideast specialist Joseph Braude , click here . Kushner, Greenblatt, and Powell pay a secret visit to Saudi Arabia ...

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-29-17

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-29-17

HuffPost — Trump's ambassador to the UN lays off Doha and pressures Juba.

A conversation with David Shedd - Majalla Magazine

A conversation with David Shedd - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — An exclusive interview with the former Acting Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, David Shedd.

New and noteworthy in Arab and Islamic affairs, 10-24-17

New and noteworthy in Arab and Islamic affairs, 10-24-17

HuffPost — A business bridge extends from Saudi Arabia, while Morocco confronts its Saharan nemesis.

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-23-17

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 10-23-17

HuffPost — A questionable pledge by Tillerson in Riyadh and a tougher line against Qatar in Congress.

New and noteworthy in Arab and Islamic affairs, 10-22-17

New and noteworthy in Arab and Islamic affairs, 10-22-17

HuffPost — Carnage in Cairo, U.S. disrepute in Iraq, and a dour turn in Qatari policy toward the Palestinians.

Anders Vistisen: There is Great Naiveté in Europe When it Comes to Iran - Majalla Magazine

Anders Vistisen: There is Great Naiveté in Europe When it Comes to Iran - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — 29-year-old Anders Primdahl Vistisen, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Denmark, serves as vice chair of the EP's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is also active in the body's Special Committee on Terrorism, and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs.

Governor Thomas Kean: The Struggle Against Terrorism Should Transcend Political Divisions - Majal...

Governor Thomas Kean: The Struggle Against Terrorism Should Transcend Political Divisions - Majal...

eng.majalla.com — Sixteen years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States has been spared a terrorist act of similar magnitude - but the global threat posed by trans-state actors claiming the mantle of Islam has metastasized. An avid observer in the evolution of terrorism is former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean.

A Landmark Austrian Government Report Warns Against Muslim Brotherhood Activism in the Country - ...

A Landmark Austrian Government Report Warns Against Muslim Brotherhood Activism in the Country - ...

eng.majalla.com — Joseph Braude reports that the document, commissioned by the Austrian intelligence establishment, documents exploitation of Austrian government funds and schools, radicalization of local Muslim communities, and the use of Austrian territory as a springboard for Brotherhood activism in Arab countries.

Gulf States Rethink Their PR Wars - The American Interest

Gulf States Rethink Their PR Wars - The American Interest

the-american-interest.com — The Gulf States are spending millions of dollars to influence U.S. public opinion amidst the Qatar crisis, but is it worth the cost?

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs - 9-1-17

New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs - 9-1-17

medium.com — Apple bans Iranian apps, the UN heralds victory in Raqqa, and a Qatari opposition group emerges in London.

New Articles of Note on Arab and Islamic Affairs

New Articles of Note on Arab and Islamic Affairs

HuffPost — A debate on Qatar's warming to Iran, an expose on Russia's Sputnik News with bearing on Syria, and a look at strategic normalization of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraqi Shi’ites.

Murder in Casablanca: A Homicide Observed Up Close by Author Joseph Braude

Murder in Casablanca: A Homicide Observed Up Close by Author Joseph Braude

medium.com — In this excerpt from his nonfiction narrative The Honored Dead (Random House: Spiegel & Grau), Joseph Braude describes the characters in a homicide case which he studied while embedded with the Moroccan police in Casablanca.

ISLAMISTS AND PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE. :: CIJR Databank

ISLAMISTS AND PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE. :: CIJR Databank

databank.isranet.org — Eight years later, it ought to be springtime for Gharaybeh. The Muslim Brotherhood now controls a government in Palestine and a sizable parliamentary bloc in Egypt. On the east bank of the Jordan River, the movement has a shot at sweeping municipal elections nationwide this year and gaining considerably in Jordan's parliamentary elections next year.

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The Atlantic — The Atlantic covers news and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international and life on the official site of The Atlantic Magazine.

Danny Glaser: Iran and Hamas are United in Their Desire to Wreak Havoc in the Region - Majalla Ma...

Danny Glaser: Iran and Hamas are United in Their Desire to Wreak Havoc in the Region - Majalla Ma...

eng.majalla.com — Daniel L. Glaser's remarkable career in the U.S. Treasury Department culminated in his appointment as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - a position he held from 2011 to January 2017.

Tony Blair: Public Opinion on Brexit is Changing - Majalla Magazine

Tony Blair: Public Opinion on Brexit is Changing - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — Joseph Braude‘s q&a with the former British Prime Minister. (Read it here.) In it, Blair calls for a restoration of centrism in British politics and compromise over “Brexit.” He reflects on new leadership in the Arab world, assesses prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking within the framework of a regional settlement, And calls upon the West to recognize that at the heart of regional tumult and bloodshed lies a conflict of values — between the forces of extremism and champions of tolerance.

Saudi Arabia in the Crucible: A Conversation with Abdulrahman Al-Rashed - by Joseph Braude

Saudi Arabia in the Crucible: A Conversation with Abdulrahman Al-Rashed - by Joseph Braude

hudson.org — In recent months, several delegations of American diplomats, elected officials, and Middle East specialists have visited the Saudi capital Riyadh, met with the country's senior leadership, and gone on to publish articles about their findings. Among them, veteran American peace negotiator Dennis Ross wrote in the Washington Post, "There is an awakening underway in Saudi Arabia ...

Dennis Ross: Iran cannot be a partner in the struggle against ISIS - Majalla Magazine

Dennis Ross: Iran cannot be a partner in the struggle against ISIS - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — American Middle East envoy Dennis Ross has served in the Administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. He has been a prime mover in nearly every major American initiative to support regional peace initiatives, including the 1991 Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, Spain and the 2000 Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David.

Arab-Israeli Relations in a New Regional Framework - Majalla Magazine

Arab-Israeli Relations in a New Regional Framework - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — Over its long decades, the Palestinian cause has been influenced more by what lay under the table than on it, while Arab statecraft played a major role in lengthening the conflict - both in time and geographic scope.

An Ideology of Impurity: How internal divisions within ISIS may prove to be its undoing - Majalla...

An Ideology of Impurity: How internal divisions within ISIS may prove to be its undoing - Majalla...

eng.majalla.com — Reports that Iraqi Baathists, Iranian elements, and others have played a role in the workings of ISIS do not appear to be in keeping with the principle of ideological purity on which the ISIS says it is based.

Toward a New International Partnership to Challenge Hate Speech - Majalla Magazine

Toward a New International Partnership to Challenge Hate Speech - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — Earlier this year at a conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz made a series of noteworthy remarks about the widespread phenomenon of terrorist recruitment and incitement on the Internet.

Korean Voices Make Waves on Arabic Radio - Majalla Magazine

Korean Voices Make Waves on Arabic Radio - Majalla Magazine

eng.majalla.com — As a child I used to listen to broadcasts from faraway places via short wave radio, the transmission typically uneven and full of static. Today those distant voices come in clear as a bell, via streaming audio on any smartphone.
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