The Looming Illiberal World Order, Israel and World Jewry
Watch the event webcast recording here. Professor Yossi Shain is the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as Head of TAU’s School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, head of the Abba Eban Graduate Studies Program in Diplomacy and Director of the Frances Brody Institute for Applied Diplomacy. He is also a Full Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University, and the Founding Director of the Program for Jewish...
read moreEuropean Jews and Israel: Security and Existential Dilemmas
Watch the event webcast recording here. Derek Penslar is a comparative historian with interests in the relationship between modem Israel and diaspora Jewish societies, global nationalist movements, and post-colonial states. A native of California, he has taught at the University of Toronto since 1998, where he holds the Samuel Zacks Chair in Jewish history. He also holds the Stanley Lewis Chair in Modem Israel Studies at Oxford, where he has taught since 2012. Penslar is author or editor often books, most recently Jews and the...
read moreThe Star and the Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews
Michael Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of International Organization. Among his books are Rules for the World: International Organizations in World Politics (with Martha Finnemore), Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda, and Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism. How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal—a people...
read moreWhither Israel?
Watch the event webcast recording here. Mr Gorenberg is the author of The Unmaking of Israel (Harper Collins 2011), a provocative examination of Israeli history that describes the crisis of Israeli democracy and lays out a vision for the country’s future. “Until I read The Unmaking of Israel,” says novelist Michael Chabon, “I didn’t think it could be possible to feel more despairing, and then more terribly hopeful, about Israel.” His previous book is The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977. The New...
read moreThe Future of Israeli Democracy
This event, which is the second of our four Bronfman Debates on the Future of Israel @ the Munk School, will focus on the future of Israeli democracy. It is no secret, or it should not be, that the condition of democracy in Israel has eroded in the last years, not only due to the stalemate of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, but primarily due to a move in recent years from liberal democracy and institutions to a majoritarian-type democracy based on ethnic roots and religion. The questions on the condition of Israeli...
read moreBeyond the Two State Solution
This event, which was the first of four “Bronfman Debates on the Future of Israel @ the Munk School,” focused on the two-state solution and one of its alternatives, an Israeli-Palestinian Confederation. With the “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rapidly becoming more difficult, if not impossible, there is a growing urgency and need to think outside the box about how to bring about peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. An Israeli-Palestinian Confederation is one of the most innovative alternatives to a...
read moreBronfman Debates on the Future of Israel @ the Munk School
During the first four months of 2016, the Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies will host a series of debates on the future of Israel at the Munk School of Global Affairs. These debates will cover some of the most important topics in Israeli politics today and should not be missed by those interested in the region. The four debates are: Beyond the Two-State Solution? featuring Yossi Beilin, Peter Beinart, Mira Sucharov with Emanuel Adler chairing – 28 January 2016 The Future of Israeli Democracy featuring Dan Meridor and Mohammed Wattad...
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