Tag Archives: Elie Kedourie

The NIC of time

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Martin Kramer

The National Intelligence Council looks in the crystal ball at the year 2030. But its vision of Israel and the Middle East is occluded. Continue reading →

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Policy and the academy

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Martin Kramer

“Scholars on the Sidelines” is the headline of an op-ed by Harvard’s Joseph Nye in Monday’s Washington Post. There he notes that the Obama administration has appointed few political scientists to top positions, and predicts a widening of the divide … Continue reading →

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When I last saw Gaza

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Martin Kramer

The Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza stirs my memory of my only visit to the place. It was twenty-two years ago, before the words intifada, Hamas, and “Oslo” had entered the Israeli-Palestinian lexicon. I had taken up my appointment at Tel … Continue reading →

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