International and Regional Involvement in the Middle East (IRIME)

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The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) annual report for 2021 mentions the great cooperation with the National Security Studies Center (NSSC) from Haifa University. Both of these institutes managed to make a special cooperation, together with some Emirati experts, in the field of International Relationship. This cooperation included a set of webinars with special experts on Middle East affairs from all around the world and an establishment of a new shared platform. Here is a quote from the annual report: “We also initiated new collaborations, including a yearlong series of workshops with the University of Haifa exploring the impact of the Abraham Accords, ably coordinated by our Chief Program and Development Officer Raymond Karam and his team”.

Click here to see AGSIW’s annual report: 

The Theme and Goals

In a region of changing stability, the Middle East countries have experienced a decade of abundant intervening forces. Global powers and aspirants for regional hegemony are shaping and re-shaping axes, networks and influences. The goal of this project is to map these changing networks in the post-Arab Spring Middle East, and to analyze the motives and influence of the involved powers. The normalization agreements between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel are a regional game-changer that raises many questions on their ramifications. One of the main points for discussion is the impact of the Abraham Accords on the wider region. We seek to propose a novel point of view on the foreign policy interests of various powerful actors engaged in the Middle East and to discuss their motivations that in the aftermath of the agreements. These actors include the US, China, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

The Workshop’s Plan

The workshop which will be held between 2021 and 2022 and will include 6 sessions, one every 2 months. Each session will be dedicated to a main topic.

The workshop sessions will be held in an online format via Zoom under Chatham House Rule. The workshop is designed as a closed virtual roundtable with presentations and open discussion between the invited discussants.

The workshop will culminate in an edited volume and an international conference. 

Please click here in order to see the video recording from the 6th IRIME panel:

https://agsiw.org/programs/how-has-the-invasion-of-ukraine-reshaped-russias-influence-in-the-middle-east/

Please enter this link in order to see the last session’s summaries: https://agsiw.org/programs/international-and-regional-involvement-in-the-middle-east/

The Workshop Description

Participants’ Bios

A list of articles about global and regional involvement in middle east affairs

A list of reviews about global and regional involvement in middle east affairs

Project’s Leaders and Important links

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Amb. Douglas Silliman is president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He previously served as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2016-19 and U.S. ambassador to Kuwait from 2014-16. From 2013-14, he served as a senior advisor in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, working on Iraq issues and the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Silliman was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq from 2012-13, minister counselor for political affairs in Baghdad from 2011-12, and deputy chief of mission in Ankara, Turkey from 2008-11. He joined the Department of State in 1984.

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Prof. Benjamin Miller is Professor of International Relations at the School of Political Sciences, and the Director of the National Security Center, The University of Haifa. Miller is the recipient of the Provost Prize for a Distinguished Senior Researcher for 2020. Miller received a Ph. D. from the University of California at Berkeley and has held Research Fellowships at Harvard University, MIT, Princeton University (Center for International Studies), McGill University and at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). He has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Duke University, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Princeton University and Dartmouth College. He also served for many years as the President of the Israeli Association for International Studies (IAIS). Miller’s most recent book focuses on explaining changes in US grand strategy, entitled Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump.

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Dr. Moran Zaga is a researcher at the University of Haifa and a policy fellow at Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies. Moran's main research focus is on borders in the Middle East. Her first study was the United Arab Emirates, focusing on the evolution of its tribal boundaries to modern borders. Moran is also involved in policy analysis and discussions on contemporary geopolitics of the Arab Gulf. Moran was recently appointed to lead the newly-founded unit of research collaborations between the University of Haifa and Gulf research institutions. She is also a lecturer, a commentator in media, and an advisor to Israeli governmental institutions. 

Project’s Staff:

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Contact Us:

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טקסט כאן

gabibendor2Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor

Affiliated Professor and Head of the National Security Studies Program at the University of Haifa. A senior researcher and one of the founders of the NSSC

Room: 4031, Terrace Building 

Phone: 04-8240050

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Dan Shueftan 028Dr. Dan Schueftan

Director of the National Security Studies Center

Dr. Dan Schueftan is the Director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Political Sciences there, and at the Israel Defense Forces National Defense College. For the 2012-14 academic years he is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Government, Georgetown University in Washington DC. For the last four decades he has been a consultant to Israeli decision makers and to the top echelon of Israel's national security establishment as well as briefing senior political leaders and officials in the United States and Europe. Dr. Schueftan has published extensively on contemporary Middle Eastern history, with emphasis on Arab-Israeli relations, Inter-Arab politics and American policy in the Middle East. His books cover a wide variety of topics: A Jordanian Option - Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians (1986); Attrition: Egypt's Post War Political Strategy 1967-1970 (1989); Disengagement - Israel and the Palestinian Entity (1999) and Palestinians in Israel - the Arab Minority and the Jewish State (2011).

 Terrace building, room 4003

Mount Carmel Haifa, 31905

University of Haifa
Phone: 04-8240045

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eyal lewinDr. Eyal Lewin

Assistant professor of political science at Ariel University. His book Patriotism: Insights from Israel lays foundations for a fundamental political psychological comprehension of civic motivation. His book National resilience during war: Refining the decision-making model points to the exact combination of factors that are crucial for a nation's national resilience.

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baileyProf. Norman Bailey 

Affiliated Professor and Research Fellow, was chief economist of the National Security Council during the Reagan administration and on the senior staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the George W. Bush administration. Specilaizes in the role and function of economic statecraft in the new world political structure in which non-state actors are as important as traditional state actors.

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Dr. Ofer IsraeliDr. Ofer israeli

Research Fellow, Geostrategist – International Security Policy & Middle East Expert. Lecturer of International Relations Theory and Foreign Policy Decision Making at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) at Herzliya, the University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University, Tel Aviv University, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Academy.

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 Avner Barnea

Dr. Avner Barnea

Research Fellow, Researcher of National Inelegance and promotes the research of counter inelegance.  

Email: avnerpro@netvision.net.il

 


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Lieutenant Colonel Royal Netherlands Army (ret.) Dr Marcel de Haas

Affiliated Professor and Research Fellow on Russian security policy and Russia's policy towards the Middle East

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Research Fellow, pursuing India-Israel technological cooperation for security and strategic interests. He has a PhD on the area - Application of GIS forIndia’s Defence.

Email: toamitmukherjee@gmail.com
 
 

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Dr. Rachel Swissa

Research Fellow, researching Multidisciplinary Strategic and Security Studies, Rival behaviour understanding, warfare patterns, EU foreign and security policy, cyber warfare theories.

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yusri Dr. Yusri Khaizran

Research Fellow, researching political and social history of the Fertile Crescent. focusing on Israel and its relations with Middle Eastern minorities.

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einat hakimMrs. Einat Hakim

Coordinator of The National Security Studies Center

The Terrace building, room 4003, Mount Carmel Haifa, 31905, University of Haifa.

Phone: 04-8288145

Fax: 04-8288290

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 MORMs. Mor Beer

Assistant Coordinator

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Picture Gallery

Soceity and Economy in a Changing Middle East 

April 2015

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Case Histories in Demographic Suicide 

April 2015

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Egyptian - Israeli Relations and the Arab Peace Initiative

April 2015

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The Media and National Security 

March 2015

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The Middle East in the Eye of the Storm

January 2015

 

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Upheaval in the Region and the National Security of Israel

November 2014

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National Security 2014: General Assessment

April 8, 2014

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National Security: Practical and Normative Aspects Inspired by David Ben Gurion 

February 26, 2014

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Challenges in the Navel Arena

January 1, 2014

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Meeting with a delegation of academics from Singapore

November 13, 2013

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Technology, Law, and National Security in a Changing World

October 29, 2013

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Haifa Seminar on The Research of The Mediterranean Sea 

October 15, 2013

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Two Years after the Events in the Middle East – an Israeli Perspective

June 18, 2013

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The Theory of Israel's National Security

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Development of Weapons Systems and Technological Innovation

April 17, 2013

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Israel National Security Challenges

March 19 2013

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Economy and National Security

February 6, 2013

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Security Challenges 2013

December 25, 2012

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Stratgy at the top

November 27, 2012 

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The Challenge of the Palestinians in Israel

June 12, 2012

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Europe Day Celebrations

May 3, 2012

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A Different Middle East     

April 16, 2012

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The Transition to Democracy: a comparative look

March 7, 2012

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A strategic overview

January 23, 2012

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The “Arab spring”

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Europe’s Security and the Middle East

February 22, 2011

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Radical Islam, and Terrorism

December 20, 2010

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War at Home – the characteristics of a possible confrontation at the Northern arena and the home front

November 30, 2010

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Israel-India Relations

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Israel Security Challenges

November 9, 2010

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Relations between the Political and the judicial systems

March 16, 2010

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Changes in Israel's Political and Security Environment

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