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Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
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E-mail: mindyk@brookings.edu
February 25, 2009
Audio
Listen to Foreign Affairs authors analyze policy options to bring peace to the Middle East and the role that the Obama administration can play in the region.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 2, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the recommendations of the new report Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, advocating a new approach in the region, focusing on the Arab-Israeli peace process and Iran's nuclear program.
See more in Middle East, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
June 6, 2007
Audio
Listen to Sallai Moshe Meridor, Israeli ambassador to the United States, discuss what Israel sees as obstacles to achieving peace, particularly Iran, as well as the similarity of interests between Israel and much of the Arab world.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority
January/February 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
To be successful in the Middle East, the Obama administration will need to move beyond Iraq, find ways to deal constructively with Iran, and forge a final-status Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
See more in Middle East, Foreign Policy History
May/June 2003
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
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January/February 2002
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Saudi Arabia, Democracy and Human Rights
May 15, 2009
Interview
Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, says it's unlikely that the first meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lead to sharp disagreements but notes Netanyahu may have trouble reconciling calls for a two-state solution with opposition from his political base.
See more in Middle East, Diplomacy
January 12, 2009
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, says incoming President Barack Obama cannot solve the problems in the Gaza Strip unless he takes a broad approach that includes diplomacy with Iran and Syria.
See more in Iran, Israel, Palestinian Authority
September 19, 2008
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel, discusses the new leader of the country's ruling Kadima party, Tzipi Livni.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Elections, Human Rights
May 7, 2008
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, who served as ambassador to Israel in the Clinton presidency and advises Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign, says it's crucial for President Bush and Secretary of State Rice to become more involved in sealing a Palestinian-Israeli peace deal.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security, Diplomacy
November 28, 2007
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, a Mideast expert and former diplomat, expresses disappointment at the lack of specifics in President Bush’s comments at the Annapolis conference.
See more in United States, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Nation Building, Diplomacy, Peacemaking
May 23, 2007
Interview
A leading Mideast expert, Martin S. Indyk, says Israeli troops are likely to enter Gaza to end Hamas-directed rocket attacks, with the hope of yielding to international peacekeepers.
See more in Israel, Conflict Assessment
February 20, 2007
Interview
Former ambassador Martin S. Indyk says Secretary Rice’s decision to mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians marks a major change in the Bush administration’s approach to the Middle East.
See more in Palestinian Authority, Peacemaking
July 27, 2006
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, a former top U.S.policymaker on the Middle East, says it would be wrong to invite Iran and Syria, the major backers of Hezbollah, into negotiations to end the current fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
See more in Israel, Lebanon, Defense Strategy, Wars and Warfare
October 31, 2005
Interview
See more in Lebanon, Syria, International Organizations
February 9, 2005
Interview
March 19, 2004
Interview
February 3, 2003
Interview
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority
March 9, 2004
Must Read
Martin Indyk disputes the Bush administration's claim that the war in Iraq played a significant role in Libya's decision to abandon WMD programs.
See more in Libya, Weapons of Mass Destruction
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