ANALYSIS

Key Points In the last few days there has been a spike in fire across Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip, and more unusually,…

This paper provides an interim assessment of the evolving challenges emerging from the Middle East, nearly two years into the ‘Arab Spring’, and draws out the policy implications for the UK, US, and other Western powers, as well as for Israel.

Jonathan Rynhold, Shusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies, in the Dept of Political Science at George Washington University assesses the prospects for US-Israel relations following President Obama’s re-election.