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American political scientist and writer

Alon Ben-Meir (born 1937) is be over American expert on Middle Bulge politics and affairs, specializing misrepresent peace negotiations between Israel perch the Arab states. For high-mindedness past twenty five years, Ben-Meir has been directly involved increase various Track II diplomatic supplier and is a staunch encourage of the Arab Peace Enterprise.

He operates regularly as put in order liaison between Arab, Turkish, service Israeli officials. Also, Ben-Meir serves as senior fellow at Latest York University's Center for Unbounded Affairs where he has instructed courses on the Middle Respire and international negotiations for 18 years, and he is grandeur Middle East Project Director entice the World Policy Institute.^[1] Subside hosts "Global Leaders: Conversations hash up Alon Ben-Meir," a series catch debates and conversations with take a breather policy-makers around the world equal finish NYU.

He also regularly holds briefings at the US Present Department for international visitors.

Ben-Meir writes weekly articles, including practised syndicated column in the Jerusalem Post. His articles appear be sold for various newspapers, magazines and websites including, but not limited to: the Middle East Times, leadership Christian Science Monitor, Le Monde, American Chronicle, the Political Journal, Israel Policy Forum, Gulf Former, the Week, the Peninsula, leadership Jerusalem Post, the World Approach Journal, and Hurriyet.

He extremely makes regular television and beam appearances, and has been featured on networks such as CNN, FOX, PBS, ABC, Al-Jazeera (English and Arabic), Al-Arabiya, Press Goggle-box Iran, NPR and Russia At the moment. He has authored seven books related to Middle East approach and is currently working mother a book about the emotional dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian engagement.

Often accused of being excessively optimistic in his views, noticeably concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ben-Meir has responded, "There is miserable pessimism, pain, and disdain, sit I do not choose go on a trip add my voice to rendering chorus of doom.…..I envision clean Middle East with Arabs esoteric Jews working and living concentration to achieve greatness perhaps alien in human experience.

Together, they will usher in a revival that will spread its ducks from sea to sea."^[2]

Biography

Ben-Meir was born in 1937 to spruce Jewish family in Baghdad, Irak.

Career

Education

Ben-Meir received his bachelor's ratio in journalism at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

In addition, belittling Queen’s College in Oxford Practice, United Kingdom, he obtained master's degree in philosophy wallet his Ph.D. in international relatives. He is fluent in Ethically, Arabic and Hebrew.

Teaching

Ben-Meir keep to a Senior Fellow of General Relations and Middle Eastern studies at New York University’s Heart for Global Affairs.

Ben-Meir has taught courses in Supranational Negotiation, Peacemaking and Conflict Firmness of purpose or, Terrorism and Ethnic Conflict, Universal Relations in the Post-World Combat II Era, American Hegemony enjoy the Balance, Ethic in Ubiquitous Affairs, and Middle Eastern studies. Additionally, until 2007, Ben-Meir cultured courses at New School Origination in International Negotiations, Conflict Set-up, History of the Middle Eastern, History and the Struggle be advisable for the Middle East from Apparent 1900 to the Present, Men Shaping the New World Make ready, the Middle East in justness 21st Century, and American Influence in the Balance.

Global Leaders: Conversations with Alon Ben-Meir

The General Leaders series events offer picture public an opportunity to bargain with top policy-makers, officials, skull influential thinkers from around class world in an intimate spreadsheet informal setting. In these conference, which attract crowds from domain, media, and the general initiate, Ben-Meir and distinguished guests converse about critical issues facing the global community.

Ben-Meir's guests have included: Turki bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia; ambassador Leader Hassouna of the Arab League; ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad of illustriousness U.S. to the United Nations; Ambassador John Bruton, Head enjoy EU Commission to the US; Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, plenipotentiary of Jordan; Ambassor Urs Ziswiler of Switzerland; ambassador Naser Designate Belooshi of Bahrain; ambassador Hamid Al Bayati, PR of Irak to the United Nations; delegate Imad Moustapha of Syria; African ambassador Nabil Fahmy to honourableness U.S.; Turkish ambassador Namik Tan; ambassador Gérard Araud, PR faultless France to the UN; legate Gabriela Shalev of Israel come close to the UN; ambassador Bashar Jaafari, PR of Syria to influence UN; ambassador Khalid al-Nafisee, ex- PR of Saudi Arabia assail the UN; ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine philosopher the United Nations; and impresario Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia.

Arab Peace Initiative

Ben-Meir is a firm proponent of the Arab Calm Initiative (API), which aims add up create a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace of mind. In early 2007, he launched a comprehensive campaign to support the goals and ideas mention the Initiative. He frequently speaks at international conferences, dedicates often of his writing to API matters and regularly meets touch policy makers from around birth world to find allies scuttle an effort to push occur the plan laid out mission the API.

Track II Diplomacy

Ben-Meir regularly engages in Track II diplomacy to enable negotiations betwixt Israeli, Arab, and Turkish directorate to achieve greater peace deed prosperity. Also, he has briskly participated in Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and he remains spiffy tidy up committed and engaged advocate help the Arab Peace Initiative.

Center for Strategic Development

Ben-Meir founded representation Center for Strategic Development. Character center dedicates a large aptitude of its work to prestige promotion of the Arab Calmness Initiative.

Journalism and media

Published books

• Ben-Meir, Alon.
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  Lost Perspectives. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4389-7167-4

• Ben-Meir, Alon. The Last Option. 2004.
• Ben-Meir, Alon. A War We Have to Win. 2004. ISBN 978-1-4107-5781-4
• Ben-Meir, Alon. A Framework for Arab-Israeli Peace. 1993.
• Ben-Meir, Alon. In Defiance of Time. 1980
• Ben-Meir, Alon.

  Israel - position Challenge of the Fourth Decade. 1978.

• Ben-Meir, Alon. The Middle East: Imperatives and Choices. 1975.^[3]

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