U.S. politics and the Middle East: Polarization and regional stability (Shibley Telhami, Sarah Yerkes, Adrianna Pita, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/us-politics-and-the-middle-east/

Washington has just agreed to give Israel unprecedented aid. What do Americans think? (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/09/15/washington-has-just-agreed-to-give-israel-unprecedented-aid-what-do-americans-think/

Measuring the backlash against the Muslim backlash (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

Something remarkable has happened in the middle of an American presidential campaign noted for its inflammatory rhetoric about Islam and Muslims, and marred by horrific mass violence perpetrated on American soil in the name of Islam: American public attitudes toward the Muslim people and the Muslim religion have not worsened—in fact they have become progressively more favorable, even after the Orlando shooting. That’s what two new polls show, one taken two weeks before Orlando, the other two weeks after, to be released at the Brookings Institution on Monday.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/07/12-public-opinion-orlando-muslims-telhami

American attitudes toward Muslims and Islam (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

With the violence in the Middle East continuing, and further attacks on American soil in the name of Islam, the election campaigns have paid significant attention to policy issues related to the Middle East. But as both Republicans and Democrats prepare for their national conventions, how do Americans prioritize Middle East issues compared with other global priorities? Have public attitudes shifted in light of recent ISIS-inspired attacks overseas and at home and in response to heated campaign rhetoric? If so, in what direction? Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami conducted two public opinion surveys on American attitudes toward the Middle East—one two weeks before the shooting in Orlando and one two weeks after, providing an opportunity to evaluate any shift in public attitudes. Below are several key findings from the poll and a download link to the survey's full results.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2016/07/11-muslims-islam-american-attitudes-telhami

America’s puzzling moral ambivalence about Middle East refugees (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/06/28-american-attitudes-middle-east-refugees-telhami

Syria and the case for restraint (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg over his foreign policy doctrine was striking for many reasons, but none more so than his defense of his Syria policy—especially his decision not to act after the United States accused the Bashar Assad regime of using chemical weapons. Obama’s critics claim that the decision undermined American credibility, weakened international norms, and showed U.S. moral indifference, among other things. From the interview, it’s clear that Obama sees that decision as an essential piece of his foreign policy legacy.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/14-obama-syria-case-for-restraint-telhami

How Israel’s Jewishness is overtaking its democracy (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

When U.S. leaders and commentators warn that the absence of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will make it impossible for Israel to be both a Jewish and democratic state, they generally mean that a Jewish democracy requires a Jewish majority; if Israel encompasses the West Bank and Gaza, Arabs will become a majority. What they may not have realized is that, in the meantime, half of Israeli Jews have come to seek not only a Jewish majority but even Jewish exclusivity.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/11-israel-public-opinion-polling-telhami

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Netanyahu and the Iran nuclear deal: A historic mistake? (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/07/14-netanyahu-iran-deal-telhami