Official home page of the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs, reporting on the modern Middle East and its relations with other regions.
The Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs (formerly the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center), founded by the late Professor Barry Rubin, is a research center located at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel’s first private institution of higher learning. The Rubin Center produces up-to-date, accurate analysis and reporting on modern Middle East affai
04/06/2018
Iran’s response: the ‘Strategy of Tension’ June 4, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Iran’s response: the ‘Strategy of Tension’ Jerusalem Post, 1/6 The United States and its allies are currently in the opening stages of the pursuit of a strategy to contain and roll back the Islamic Republic of Iran from a number of points in the Middle East. This...
25/05/2018
Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its allies in the Middle East May 25, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its allies in the Middle East Jerusalem Post, 25/5 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outlining of 12 conditions that Iran would need to meet in order to make possible a new nuclear deal amounts to a call for the wholesale revers...
12/05/2018
Whoever you vote for – Hezbollah Wins May 12, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Whoever you vote for – Hezbollah Wins Jerusalem Post, 11/05 Lebanon’s May 6 elections have resulted in the further consolidation of Hezbollah and its associated movements within the legal frameworks of the state. The movement and its allies won over half of the sea...
12/05/2018
The Waiting Period May 11, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer The Waiting Period Australian, 11/5 It is spring in Israel. On the face of it, all appears normal. Yet underlying the everyday is the hint of tension. The low buzz that presages violent events. We know it well in Israel and it has been all around for weeks. Two nights....
21/03/2018
What a Crown Prince Wants March 20, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer What a Crown Prince Wants New Republic, 20/3 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud is here to rebrand. If all goes well, his visit to the US this week will wow Americans with Saudi Arabia’s new progressivism, increase US investment in the Sau...
10/03/2018
A Talk about Days of the Fall at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy March 9, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer A Talk about Days of the Fall at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy 8/3 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/reporting-syria-and-iraq Filed Under: GLORIA Tagged With: UNCATEGORIZED
28/02/2018
Interview with Ynet TV (Hebrew) February 28, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Interview with Ynet TV (Hebrew) 28/2/18 Filed Under: GLORIA Tagged With: UNCATEGORIZED
27/02/2018
Podcast: Inside the Syrian and Iraqi Wars February 27, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Podcast: Inside the Syrian and Iraqi Wars Podcast with Dr. Amichai Magen of IDC, Herzliya about ‘Days of the Fall’ and the wars in Syria and Iraq, 26/2: https://www.westernaissance.org/single-post/2018/02/27/Inside-the-Syrian-and-Iraq-Wars Filed Under: GLORIA ...
26/02/2018
A Talk about ‘Days of the Fall’, Syria etc at RUSI in London February 25, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer A Talk about ‘Days of the Fall’, Syria etc at RUSI in London February, 2018 Filed Under: GLORIA Tagged With: UNCATEGORIZED
09/02/2018
No ‘Russian Option’ for Israel in Syria February 9, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer No ‘Russian Option’ for Israel in Syria Jerusalem Post, 9/2 Why the failed Russian Sochi conference matters for Israel The clear failure of Russia’s ‘Syrian National Dialogue Conference’ in the Black Sea resort of Sochi shows the limitations of the policy...
03/02/2018
Remembering Chaim Guri February 3, 2018 By Jonathan Spyer Remembering Chaim Guri 1/2/18 Yesterday, we learned the sad news of the passing of the wonderful poet Chaim Guri. I have a couple of memories of Guri that I would like to share. The first concerns an interview I conducted with him at his home on Rehov Pinsker in Je...