BBC World Service Interview Carlos Chirinos: “Can the US recover some of its influence in the region through the new Israeli elections?” Grant Smith: “The only way the US is going to recover its…
2006 US National Security Strategy and Iran
VOA Panel Discussion Jose Carreno El Universal Mexico: In what capacity is the Bush administration able to carry forward…the Bush government is so weak domestically? Grant Smith, IRmep: Bush continues to be the US…
Israel Lobby Exposes US to Avoidable Hostility Overseas while Smearing Academic Critics as “anti-Semitic” –Mearsheimer and Walt Study Accurate
Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition The Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition (MEASURE) project polled Middle East academics about the Walt and Mearsheimer report titled “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign…
Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America
When does Rhetoric become Wire Fraud? “Intellectual Movement” or Organized Crime Syndicate? The “Neoconservative” movement has had a profound effect on America. Neoconservative ideas of military preemption, higher military spending, and iron…
IRmep Amicus Brief in the AIPAC Espionage Case
Center for Policy and Law Enforcement A U.S. District Judge in Virginia has rejected the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy’s (IRmep) request to file an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the Espionage Act…
Dubai Ports World Comes to America:
IRmep Questions and Answers about the Deal Question: Why is DP World suddenly interested in US ports?Answer: It makes a lot of sense that DP World is looking to operate directly in the US. According…
George Washington’s Insight About US Middle East Policy
“….so likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no…
Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America
IRmep Publishing Book Release Deadly Dogma corrects many common misperceptions about preemptive war, arms control, and fundamental principles of neoconservative policy with hard facts and well-sourced references. Deadly Dogma leverages research from IRmep’s Center…
US Policy Toward Hamas and Palestinians
Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition The Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition *MEASURE* fielded on 1/29/2006-2/1/2006 found that: 1. 55% of Middle East Academics polled believe the Bush Administration will engage in “low…
Transforming Terrorists: An Israeli Case Study
IRmep editorial for Arab News There is much hubbub over the potential for Hamas to enter as a significant player in the Palestinian government. Neoconservative pundits warn that this will put the…
US and World Bank Should Continue Funding Palestinians, Reactivate Hamas 2004 Peace Offer
Voice of America Roundtable Real Video Broadcast in Spanish (150 kbps) Windows Media Video (48 kbps) English Transcript Coming Soon
The Roadmap and US Policy After Sharon
Voice of America Roundtable – Inter-American Forum Pedro Rodriguez, Diario ABC of Spain: How can you explain the transformation of Ariel Sharon, he was minister of defense during the invasion of Lebanon,…
US-Arab Trade Ties Deepening Despite Policy Differences
Trade Forecast IRmep’s 2006 forecast of US exports to the Arab market, cited in the Financial Times, US State Department, Middle East North Africa Financial News, presents a paradoxical picture of trade relations. Although most…
US Charitable Contributions, Illegal Settlements and Retaliatory Terrorism
Capitol Hill Forum Russell Senate Office Building – Room 385 – 2:00 to 4:00 PM In March, 2005 Prosecutor Talya Sason revealed a vast Israeli criminal conspiracy in which “law violation became…
The Saudi Accountability Act of 2005
Question and Answer Adventures in Resurrecting Flawed Legislation Question: What is an example of an outdated finding?IRmep: Many of the 2005 findings were out of date when they first appeared in 2004, yet they…
The Importance of the Arab Market to US Exporters
Transcript – National Press Club “There are two things we now know with a high degree of certainty. US exports to a number of petroleum exporting countries are at a very high…
US Tax-Exempt Charitable Contributions to Israel:
Policy Research Note Donations, Illegal Settlements and Terror Attacks against the US Sixty Billion Dollars for Illegal Settlements Israeli government officials recently disclosed that at least US $60 billion has been spent…
2006 Outlook: U.S. Merchandise Exports to the Arab World
Press Conference JT IRmep – National US Arab Chamber of Commerce Press Conference 2006 Outlook: U.S. Merchandise Exports to the Arab WorldExecutive Summary Release: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.National…
Mythologies of the Gaza Withdrawal and 1967 War
WWRL AM New York Drive Time Dialogue with Armstrong Williams and Sam Greenfield Armstrong Williams: Now, welcome to the show. Obviously you are 100% supporter of the Israelis leaving Gaza. Grant Smith: Absolutely….