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The ICFR has just published Volume VII No. 2 of its thrice-yearly publication The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.
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Founding Publisher: Dr. David Kimche (1928-2010)
Publisher: Ambassador Avi Primor
Senior Editor: Prof. Aharon Klieman
Chief Editor: Dr. Laurence Weinbaum
Managing Editor: Yvette Shumacher

A selection of the articles in the latest issue can be found below.

Volume 7 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 7 No. 2

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 7 No. 2

The Sorry State of Israeli Statecraft
Aharon Kliemann
 

Volume 7 No. 2

Obama in Israel:
Fixing American–Israeli Relations
Eytan Gilboa
 

Volume 7 No. 2

Israel’s Relations with Egypt and Turkey
during the Arab Spring: Weathering the Storm
Tami Amanda Jacoby
 

Volume 7 No. 2

Brazil and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict in the New Century:
Between Ambition, Idealism, and Pragmatism
Giselle Datz and Joel Peters
 

Volume 7 No. 2

The Mavi Marmara Incident and the
Modern Law of Armed Conflict at Sea
Andrzej Makowski
 

Volume 7 No. 2

Global Security: The Downward Drift
AlexanderJ. Groth
 
 
 

Volume 7 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 7 No. 1

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 7 No. 1

Evolution after Revolution:
Egypt, Israel, and the United States
Nathan J. Brown
 

Volume 7 No. 1

Israel and Alawite Syria:
The Odd Couple of the Middle East?
Josef Olmert
 

Volume 7 No. 1

A Pivotal Moment: The US Approach to World Affairs
in the Second Obama Presidency
Aharon Klieman
 

Volume 7 No. 1

America’s Shifting “Red Lines” on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions:
A Wedge Issue in US–Israeli Relations
Matthias Küntzel
 

Volume 7 No. 1

A Window of Opportunity for Israel:
Attracting Chinese Overseas Foreign Direct Investment
Aurora Carlson
 

Volume 7 No. 1

The Greek Elections of 2012:
The Worrisome Rise of the Golden Dawn
Michal Navoth
 
 
 

Volume 6 No. 3

Contents
 

Volume 6 No. 3

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 6 No. 3

Syria — What Next?
Shmuel Bar
 

Volume 6 No. 3

The End of Jordan as We Know It?
Oded Eran
 

Volume 6 No. 3

Hizbullah, Hamas, and the “Arab Spring”—
Weathering the Regional Storm?
Benedetta Berti
 

Volume 6 No. 3

When Is an Entity Entitled to Statehood?
Ruth Lapidoth
 

Volume 6 No. 3

The French Elections of 2012: A View from Jerusalem
Simon Epstein
 

Volume 6 No. 3

How to Misinterpret History:
on “‘The Holocaust, America, and American Jewry,’ Revisited
Yehuda Bauer
 
 
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 6 No. 2

The Relegitimization of Israel
and the Battle for the Mainstream Consensus
Joel Fishman

‫החזרת הלגיטימיות של מדינת ישראל‬
‫והקרב על הקונסנזוס בדעת‬ ‫הקהל העולמית‬
‫יואל פישמן‬
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Understanding Iran’s Media Diplomacy
Pierre Pahlavi
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Is the Peace Process Dead?
Colette Avital
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Is the Peace Process Dead?
Barry Rubin
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Al-Qa‘ida’s West African Advance:
Nigeria’s Boko Haram, Mali’s Touareg, and the Spread of Salafi Jihadism
Micha'el Tanchum
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Tahrir Square and the Arab Spring
— The End of the Beginning?
Donald Macintyre
 

Volume 6 No. 2

Peeling Günter Grass’ Israeli Onion
Avi Primor
 
 
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 6 No. 1

On Political Order and the “Arab Spring”
Amichai Magen
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Post-Mubarak Egypt: The Dark Side of Islamic Utopia
Robert S. Wistrich
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Iranian Holocaust Denial and the Internet
Matthias Küntzel
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Diminishing the Holocaust: Scholarly Fodder for a Discourse of Distortion
Robert Rozett
 

Volume 6 No. 1

The Holocaust, America, and American Jewry
Yehuda Bauer
 

Volume 6 No. 1

Après moi, le déluge
Juliana Geran Pilon
 

Volume 6 No. 1

“Hatikva Returns to the Vltava”: Václav Havel (1936–2011)
Yoel Sher
 
 
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Contents
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Turkey and Israel: The Wrong Crisis at the Wrong Time
Oded Eran
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Democracy’s Stake in the Arab Spring
Arch Puddington
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Can the US Retain Primacy?
Robert J. Lieber
 

Volume 5 No. 3

Between JDate and J Street:
US Foreign Policy and the Liberal Jewish Dilemma in America
Yossi Shain and Neil Rogachevsky
 

Volume 5 No. 3

“A Disaster of Another Kind”:
Zionism=Racism, Its Beginning, and the War of Delegitimization against Israel
Joel Fishman
 

Volume 5 No. 3

The International Working Definition of Antisemitism and Its Detractors
Dina Porat
 

Volume 5 No. 3

The Legacy of Lawrence and the New Arab Awakening
Jacob Rosen
 
 
 

Volume 5 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 5 No. 2

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 5 No. 2

The Dawn of Democracy in the Middle East?
Shlomo Avineri
 

Volume 5 No. 2

The Revolution in the Middle East: The Arab Awakening
Shmuel Bar
 

Volume 5 No. 2

Egypt the Morning After
David Sultan
 

Volume 5 No. 2

Quo Vadis Syria?
Moshe Maoz
 

Volume 5 No. 2

A Spring of Discontent: European Politics in the Face of the Arab Upheaval
Yonatan Touval
 

Volume 5 No. 2

Obama’s Middle East Diplomacy
Pinchas Inbari
 
 
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Tacit Allies: Israel and the Arab Gulf States
Yoel Guzansky
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Palestinian Incitement: The Real “Deal Breaker”
Joel Fishman
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Hybrid War and the “Gulliverization” of Israel
Amichai Magen
 

Volume 5 No. 1

The European Veil Debate
Viviane Teitelbaum
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Holocaust Restitution: The End Game?
Aharon Mor and Avraham Weber
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Henry Kissinger and the Limits of Realpolitik
Alexander J. Groth
 

Volume 5 No. 1

Secrets and Revelations: The German Foreign Ministry and the Final Solution
Moshe Zimmermann
 
 
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Contents
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 4 No. 3

With Special Reference to the United States: Peacemakers as Peace Spoilers
Aharon Klieman
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Before and Beyond the “Freedom Flotilla”: Understanding Turkish–Israeli Relations
David Kushner
 

Volume 4 No. 3

The Gaza Disengagement: Five Years Later
Joel Peters
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Studying Palestinian Politics: Scholarship or Scholasticism?
Nathan J. Brown
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Sliding Doors: Egypt in the Twilight of the Mubarak Era
Terry Newman
 

Volume 4 No. 3

Israel’s Role in the UN during the Korean War
Young Sam Ma
 

Volume 4 No. 3

A Case Study in “Atonement”: Adenauer’s Holocaust Apology
Stefan Engert
 

Volume 4 No. 3

A Cold War Casualty in Jerusalem, 1948: The Assassination of Witold Hulanicki
Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez
 
 
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Letter from the Editor
 

Volume 4 No. 2

General Jones' Message: Lessons in the Conduct of American-Israeli Relations
Efraim Halevy
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Riding Out the Storm: Israel, the United States, and Barack Obama's Post-American Foreign Policy
Joseph Morrison Skelly
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Unfinished Business and Unexploited Opportunities: Central and Eastern Europe, Jews, and the Jewish State
Barry Rubin
 

Volume 4 No. 2

The Holocaust-Era Assets Conference in Prague and Its Outcome
Julius Berman
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Thirsting for Pragmatism: A Constructive Alternative to Amnesty International's Report on Palestinian Access to Water
Alon Tal
 

Volume 4 No. 2

Haiti, Israel, and the Jews
Mordechai Arbell
 

Volume 4 No. 2

France or US? The Struggle to Change Israel's Foreign Policy Orientation, 1956-64 (Part I)
Yossi Goldstein
 
 
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Challenges to Israeli Foreign Policy
Daniel Ayalon
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Turkey’s Quiet Revolution and Its Impact on Israel
Ofra Bengio
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Israeli-Turkish Relations under Strain
Alon Liel
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Israeli–Turkish Tensions and Beyond
Efraim Inbar
 

Volume 4 No. 1

Iranian Antisemitism: Stepchild of German National Socialism
Matthias Küntzel
 

Volume 4 No. 1

China’s Uyghur Problem
Raphael Israeli
 

Volume 4 No. 1

“The Intransigent Israeli?”
Shmuel Bar
 
 
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Contents
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 3 No. 3

A “Track-in-Waiting”: The Prospects of New Israeli–Syrian Negotiations
Itamar Rabinovich
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Muslims, Jews and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
Moshe Ma'oz
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Between Stagnation and Chaos: Iran and the Middle East
Shmuel Bar
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Reflections on Obama’s Cairo Speech and Beyond
Alexander J. Groth
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Obama and Israel: A Preliminary Assessment
Eytan Gilboa
 

Volume 3 No. 3

Conflicting Cultures of Memory in Europe: New Borders between East and West?
Heidemarie Uhl
 

Volume 3 No. 3

The Need for Imagination in International Affairs
Joel Fishman
 
 
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Obama and Netanyahu: Round I
Oded Eran
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Virtually Unnoticed: A New Middle East
Barry Rubin
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Durban II: Rescuing Human Rights from the United Nations
Michael Whine
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Do Settlements Matter? An American Perspective
Daniel Kurtzer
 

Volume 3 No. 2

The Other Gaza War: Hamas’ Media Strategy during Operation Cast Lead and Beyond
Nir Boms and Fabrice Chiche
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Tough Choices for South Africa
David Saks
 

Volume 3 No. 2

Going West: Guidelines for Israel’s Integration into the European Union
Sharon Pardo
 
 
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Not "War," Not "Victory" — Not Even "Deterrence"
Gabriel Sheffer
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Another Look at "Israel's Hamas Portfolio": A Response to Efraim Halevy
Nathan J. Brown
 

Volume 3 No. 1

President Obama, the United States and the Middle East
Daniel Levy
 

Volume 3 No. 1

President Obama, Europe and the Middle East
Sven Biscop
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Delegitimizing Jews and the Jewish State: Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism after Auschwitz
Yves Pallade
 

Volume 3 No. 1

The Restitution of Holocaust-Era Jewish Communal Property: An Unfinished Item on the Jewish Diplomatic Agenda
Herbert Block
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Rashid Khalidi and the Palestinians' Failure to Achieve Statehood
Jacob Lassner
 

Volume 3 No. 1

A New Look at Truman and "Exodus 1947"
Michael J. Cohen
 

Volume 3 No. 1

France in the Process of Change: Law, Reform and Society
Rashida Dati
 

Volume 3 No. 1

Thoughts on Israel's Security on the Eve of Elections
Zalman Shoval
 
 
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Contents
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Middle East Peacemaking and the Limits of American Power
Shlomo Avineri
 

Volume 2 No. 3

The American–Israeli Relationship: Past and Future
Steven L. Spiegel
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Nuclear Proliferation and Iran: Thoughts about the Bomb
Yonatan Beker
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Israel's Hamas Portfolio
Efraim Halevy
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Russia, Georgia and the United States: Dealing with New Realities
Craig Dunkerley
 

Volume 2 No. 3

From Berlin to Beijing: Politics and the Olympics
Jeremy Schaap
 

Volume 2 No. 3

Shtadlanut as Statecraft by the Stateless
Aharon Klieman
 
 
 

Volume 2 No. 2

Contents
 

Volume 2 No. 2

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 2 No. 2

A New Take on the Iranian-Israeli Conflict
Ehud Eilam
 

Volume 2 No. 2

Britain and the Academic Boycott of Israel
David Newman
 

Volume 2 No. 2

How China Views Its National Security
Eyal Propper
 

Volume 2 No. 2

Turkey and the European Union: An Israeli Perspective
Oded Eran
 

Volume 2 No. 2

Turkey - Europe's Bridge to the Middle East
Asiye Öztürk
 

Volume 2 No. 2

On the Eve of the Bucharest Summit: The New Romania, NATO and Israel
Adrian Cioroianu
 
 
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Contents
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Letter by Dr. David Kimche
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Annapolis: Does It Bear Scrutiny?
Aharon Klieman
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Annapolis: Will It Bear Fruit?
David Kimche
 

Volume 2 No. 1

"Scholarship" as Propaganda
Avraham Wolfensohn
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism in Germany
Yves Patrick Pallade
 

Volume 2 No. 1

Vatican-Israel Relations
Yosef Lamdan
 

Volume 2 No. 1

The Middle East as Seen from Middle Europe
Karel Schwarzenberg
 
 

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