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Reid Smith has worked as a research associate specializing on U.S. policy in the Middle East and as a political speechwriter. A doctoral student and graduate associate with the University of Delaware's Department of Political Science and International Relations, he currently writes the Foreign Policy Association. At present, he lives and works in Bethlehem, Palestinian National Authority, as a Lucius Battle Peace Fellow with the Middle East Fellowship.

Behind the Iran Curtain

A great deal of attention has recently been lavished on Iran’s nuclear ambition. Framed in terms familiar to those hardened hawks of a bygone Cold War, the drums of war…

Ramifications of the September General Assembly Vote on Palestinian Statehood

Ramifications of the September General Assembly Vote on Palestinian Statehood

It is a near certainty that the United Nations General Assembly will consider a resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood in September 2011. The vote would be largely symbolic – the General…

The End of an Era: The Twilight of Cold War Politics in Egypt and the Middle East

Sometime over the past thirty years, the United States’ relationship with Egypt went toxic. Committed? Absolutely. But a healthy fear of the unknown kept our government from leaving a long-troubled…