Sam Bollier

Podcast 

Podcast: Israel/Palestine’s one-state solution

February 28, 2017 0 Comments Hodeidah, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Israel, Joseph Ataman, Middle East Weekly, Mohamad Saleh, Mosul, Nadim Houssain, Palestine, Sam Bollier, Yemen

In our seventh episode, Middle East Weekly looks at the prospects of a one-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, the

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Analysis 

To Assad and his admirers, Trump offers ‘hope and change’

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 0 Comments Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Donald Trump, Russia, Sam Bollier, Syria

Donald Trump has vowed to end US support for Syrian rebel groups, delighting backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Interviews 

Israel’s controversial ‘settlement bill’: A conversation with Richard Falk

December 1, 2016 0 Comments Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Israel, Knesset, Naftali Bennett, Oslo accords, Palestine, Richard Falk, Sam Bollier, settlements, West Bank

Embed from Getty Images  Israeli riot police clashed with settlers living in the Amona “outpost” settlement in 2006   A

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Analysis 

Middle East leaders mourn Fidel Castro

November 29, 2016 0 Comments Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ammar al-Mousawi, Bashar al-Assad, Brahim Ghali, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Hassan Rouhani, Hezbollah, Mahmoud Abbas, Michel Aoun, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Palestinian Authority, PFLP, Polisario, Sam Bollier, Syria

Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century, died on November 25 at the age

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Interviews 

Watching the watchmen: A long way to go for security-sector reform in the Arab world

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 0 Comments Egypt, Lebanon, Muslim Brotherhood, Sam Bollier, security sector reform, Sisi, Tunisia, Yezid Sayigh

Embed from Getty Images Police brutality and the impunity of the security forces, though far from the only cause, were

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Interviews 

Syria: Why the shooting never stops

September 27, 2016November 21, 2017 0 Comments Assad, ceasefire, Iran, ISIS, peacekeeping, Russia, Sam Bollier, Saudi Arabia, Syria

In Syria, a ceasefire negotiated by Russia and the United States quickly broke down last week. Although unstable from the

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Event Review 

Cyberspace: ‘Everyone can attack everyone else’

September 9, 2016October 18, 2016 0 Comments cybersecurity, Iran, Israel, Sam Bollier

Eviatar Matania, the head of Israel’s National Cyber Bureau, spoke at Harvard’s Belfer Center on the unique properties of the

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