Middle East & North Africa

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A Palestionian artist works on a mural of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The UNRWA assigned 140 local artists to draw graffiti and murals on all the agency’s premises in the Gaza Strip as part of a campaign to boost artistic and social values in the territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Analysis & Opinions - The Washington Post

Here’s what Plan B in the Middle East should look like

    Authors:
  • Dennis Ross
  • Stuart E. Eizenstat
| Jan. 12, 2017

Even without this counterproductive resolution, realities on the ground and political and psychological gaps between Israelis and Palestinians make a comprehensive two-state peace agreement illusory at this time. But doing nothing is a prescription for drifting toward a one-state outcome, a result that, due to demographics, would mean Israel over time would become a binational state and no longer majority-Jewish and democratic.

Report - Managing the Atom Project, Belfer Center

Advancing Nuclear Security: Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals

In the lead-up to the nuclear security summit, Advancing Nuclear Security: Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals outlines what was accomplished in a four-year effort launched in 2009 to secure nuclear material around the globe—and what remains to be done. The effort made significant progress, but some weapons-usable nuclear materials still remain “dangerously vulnerable." The authors highlight the continuing danger of nuclear and radiological terrorism and call for urgent action.