Alon Ben-Meir

Alon Ben-Meir

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU. He teaches courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies. alon@alonben-meir.com

Published books available on Amazon include:

Why U.S. should re-certify the Iran nuclear pact

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The concern that Iran will pursue the development of nuclear weapons once the current Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal expires in ten years is legitimate. But addressing these concerns cannot be achieved by nullifying the current agreement, which would only strengthen Iran’s resolve to acquire nuclear weapons. Instead,

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA

Scholar protests in open letter to Turkey’s Erdogan

By Alon Ben-Meir Dear Mr. President, I have been in your country scores of times and developed close and friendly relations with many Turks from all walks of life, who all took pride in the incredible progress Turkey made under your leadership. During your first ten years as prime minister, you transformed Turkey economically, socially,

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East

OpEd: Time for U.S. to make peace with the Taliban

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –President Trump’s new strategy that would presumably win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is doomed to fail, just like Bush’s and Obama’s before him. At best, the reported dispatch of an additional 4,000 American troops as recommended by his security chiefs will prevent the total collapse of Afghanistan

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA

Syria: A testament to intern’l moral bankruptcy

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –Much has been written about Syria’s civil war which has engulfed the country for the past six years, but sadly the mounting death and destruction in Syria has long since become mere statistics. The international community grew comfortably numb to the horror, the likes of which we haven’t seen since

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East

Iraq should be divided into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that has been inflicted on the Iraqi people by foreign powers and

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA

Erdogan’s brutal treatment of the Kurds

  By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Tens of thousands have been killed over 40 years of bloodletting between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and tragically there seems to be no end in sight. In May 2016, President Erdogan stated that military operations against the PKK will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.”

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East