Author
Alon Ben-Meir
Middle East Director of the World Policy Institute, New School for Social Research
Dr. Alon Ben Meir is a professor and Retired Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute.
Dr. Ben-Meir is an expert on Middle East politics and affairs, specializing in international negotiations and conflict resolution.
In the past seventeen years, Ben-Meir has been directly involved in various negotiations between Israel and its neighboring countries and Turkey.
Ben-Meir hosts “Global Leaders: Conversations with Alon Ben-Meir,” a speaking series of debates and conversations with top policy-makers from around the world held each semester at NYU. He also regularly briefs at the U.S. State Department for the International Visitors Program.
He writes a weekly article that appear in scores of newspapers, magazines and websites including the Huffington Post, Jerusalem Post, Middle East Times, Times of Israel, Epoch Times, the Political Quarterly, the Harvard Review, and many other publications in Arabic and English.
He has been featured on networks such as ABC, Al Jazeera (English and Arabic), Al Arabiya, al-Hurra, CNN, Russia Today and NBC.
He has authored seven books related to Middle East and is currently working on a new book about the psychological dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Dr. Ben-Meir holds a master’s degree in philosophy and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University.
Articles by Alon Ben-Meir
A Non-Interventionist Approach in Syria Is Extremely Dangerous
December 20, 2024
After Assad: The Situation Inside Syria
December 12, 2024
Sinwar’s Death Presents a New Challenge to Israel and Hamas
October 28, 2024
The Four Roots of the Israel-Hamas Conflict
October 6, 2024
Neutralizing Iran’s Nuclear Threat Without Force or Sanctions
August 30, 2024
Cooperating With Iran’s President-elect Pezeshkian Will Far Outweigh the Risks
July 12, 2024
What’s Next for Israel?
June 12, 2024
Erdogan’s Golden Opportunity
May 6, 2024
Mission: Stop Iran In Its Tracks
March 23, 2024
The Charge Sheet Against Netanyahu
January 4, 2024
The Breakdown In Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Where Do We Go From Here?
November 4, 2023
Hamas’ Brutal Attack Could Have Been Avoided
October 12, 2023
The U.S. Faces Its Greatest Peril Since the Civil War
July 3, 2023
Why Turkey’s Elections Matter Globally
May 12, 2023
Saudi Arabia’s New Geostrategic Doctrine
May 4, 2023
Brazil: The Global Benefits of Bolsonaro‘s Defeat
November 17, 2022
Bennett Is Siding With Putin, the Ruthless Killer
April 12, 2022
An Open Letter to President Erdogan
December 2, 2021
Erdogan’s Misogyny Transcends His Moral Decadence
June 6, 2021
South Sudan’s Fragile Peace
April 9, 2021
Why Was I Ever Born? Yemen — A Poem Article
February 5, 2021
I Want My American Dream Back
November 7, 2020
US Prisons: Outrageously Unjust
September 9, 2020
J’Accuse Erdogan
July 9, 2020
The Saudis’ War in Yemen Is a Crime Against Humanity
April 18, 2020
I Am Proud To Be a Socialist
February 27, 2020
U.S.-Iran: The Soleimani Killing and Global Order
January 26, 2020
Middle East: Ever More Unstable
January 5, 2020
How to Spell Out Donald J. Trump?
December 28, 2019
Trump and the Kurds: An Act of Betrayal and Infamy
October 12, 2019
Daring to Question American Jews’ Loyalty
August 23, 2019
Trump: A Racist President
August 7, 2019
Modernity: No Shield Against Genocide
June 1, 2019
The Beginning of the End of Erdogan’s Era
April 29, 2019
Changing the Face of Israel
April 12, 2019
The Balkans: Feeding Russia’s and Turkey’s Hunger
March 17, 2019
The Taliban and the US: Accepting the Inevitable
February 11, 2019
Time to Dump Netanyahu
January 19, 2019
Corruption in the Balkans Is Impeding EU Membership
January 11, 2019
Trump’s New Year’s Gift to Putin, Rouhani and Erdogan
December 21, 2018
The Democrats’ Victory Can Save the Republican Party
November 18, 2018
America Must Not Live and Die by the Gun
November 10, 2018
Erdogan’s Hooligans Came Knocking on NYU’s Doors
November 3, 2018
The Saudi Butchery in Yemen and the World’s Apathy
October 26, 2018
Trump, Israel and the Palestinians
September 23, 2018
Trump’s Betrayal and the Future of the EU
August 5, 2018
The Serbia-Turkey-Russia Axis: Alarm Bells for Europe
June 2, 2018
Albania Must Choose Between the EU and Turkey
May 19, 2018
Decertifying the Iran Deal Is Dangerously Reckless
May 9, 2018
“Army of Islam”: Erdogan’s Plot Against Israel
March 26, 2018
After Parkland: Murder By Congress
February 18, 2018
South Sudan: Losing the Last Vestiges of Our Moral Fabric
November 19, 2017
Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO?
November 9, 2017
Trump Vs. America’s Children: Child Poverty In America Is Indefensible
October 29, 2017
Annulling the Iran Deal: A Dangerous Strategic Mistake
October 9, 2017
The US Has to Accept North Korea as a Nuclear Power
September 10, 2017
An Open Letter To President Trump
August 31, 2017
Trump’s “New” Strategy in Afghanistan Is Doomed To Fail
August 24, 2017
Ending Iraq’s Humanitarian Crisis
August 8, 2017
Afghanistan: A Morally Corrupting War
July 21, 2017
Fifty Years of Immoral Occupation of Palestine
July 19, 2017
The Kurds Under Erdogan’s Tyrannical Governance
July 10, 2017
Doing Netanyahu’s Bidding
May 13, 2017
The Battle Over Syria’s Future
April 2, 2017
Erdogan: Sultan of an Illusionary Ottoman Empire
March 9, 2017
Trump And Netanyahu: Embracing Illusions, Ignoring Reality
February 22, 2017
Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem: Strings Attached
February 11, 2017
Turkey and the Kurds: Violence Is Not the Answer
September 26, 2016
Turkey’s Elected Dictator
July 22, 2016
Arab World: No Shortcuts to Deradicalization
July 18, 2016
How Turkey Became a De Facto Dictatorship
May 23, 2016
Saudi Arabia Abroad: A Kingdom In Retreat
April 21, 2016
Quicksand Kingdom: A Shaky Saudi Home Front
April 20, 2016
The Truth About Israel’s National Security
February 13, 2016
Middle East Peace: God Has Already Spoken
September 2, 2010
Palestine and the Fayyad Difference
August 3, 2010
Supporting Fayyad’s Vision
September 1, 2009
Wake Up, Israel (Part II)
June 3, 2009
Wake Up, Israel (Part I)
June 2, 2009
Netanyahu’s Second Act
April 21, 2009
Coalition Politics and Peace in Israel
February 17, 2009
One Last Shot in the Middle East
January 24, 2007
Energy Independence as a Bipartisan Agenda
November 28, 2006
The Saudi-Israeli Axis
November 10, 2006