Barry Rubin

About Barry Rubin

Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader (seventh edition, Viking-Penguin), the paperback edition of The Truth about Syria (Palgrave-Macmillan), and The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East (Wiley). The website of the GLORIA Center is at http://www.gloria-center.org and of his blog, Rubin Reports, at http://www.rubinreports.blogspot.com.

Articles by Barry Rubin

Why Lennon and Dylan Know All About Islamist Hegemony
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Why Lennon and Dylan Know All About Islamist Hegemony

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Why the Arab/Muslim World Is Trapped
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Why the Arab/Muslim World Is Trapped

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Imagine All the People Living in Islamist Hegemony: Why Lennon and Dylan Know All About Islamist Hegemony
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Imagine All the People Living in Islamist Hegemony: Why Lennon and Dylan Know All About Islamist Hegemony

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The Case That Told Everything About Western-American Society: The American Dream (of Suicide)
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The Case That Told Everything About Western-American Society: The American Dream (of Suicide)

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The Hopelessness of Victory
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The Hopelessness of Victory

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The Gates of Hell: Obama and Clinton Are Cooked
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The Gates of Hell: Obama and Clinton Are Cooked

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The Lamps Are Going Out All Over Europe
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The Lamps Are Going Out All Over Europe

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You Still Don’t Understand Islamism, Do You?
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You Still Don’t Understand Islamism, Do You?

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Ideology: A Specter Haunting the World
Culture

Ideology: A Specter Haunting the World

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The Middle East, at the Beginning of 2014
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The Middle East, at the Beginning of 2014

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Ideology: A Specter Haunting the World
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Ideology: A Specter Haunting the World

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Why Is There Really No Palestinian State: The 1-State Solution
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Why Is There Really No Palestinian State: The 1-State Solution

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Who's to Blame? In Media, Palestinians Avoid Responsibility
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Who's to Blame? In Media, Palestinians Avoid Responsibility

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Why the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement Is Absurd
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Why the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement Is Absurd

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Syria’s Dictatorship Anniversary: Sympathy (?) for the Two Devils
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Syria’s Dictatorship Anniversary: Sympathy (?) for the Two Devils

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Obama Administration Iran Deal Cannot Work
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Obama Administration Iran Deal Cannot Work

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When the Immovable Force Meets Jello: The Syrian Civil War
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When the Immovable Force Meets Jello: The Syrian Civil War

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The War Among the Jews
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The War Among the Jews

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Lying About Israel
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Lying About Israel

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How to Read a Newspaper (or Watch Television) About the Real Middle East
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How to Read a Newspaper (or Watch Television) About the Real Middle East

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Israeli Soldier Murdered on Lebanese Border. Will U.S. Act?
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Israeli Soldier Murdered on Lebanese Border. Will U.S. Act?

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The Reasons Behind the South African Translator Gate Scandal
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The Reasons Behind the South African Translator Gate Scandal

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Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Neo-Mandate Solution
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Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Neo-Mandate Solution

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Why Modern Society Is No Longer Better than Traditional Society
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Why Modern Society Is No Longer Better than Traditional Society

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Why al-Qa'ida Is Attractive (for U.S. Support of Other Islamists)
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Why al-Qa'ida Is Attractive (for U.S. Support of Other Islamists)

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Diplomacy and International Relations Are Mostly About “Harb” (War) and “Salaam” (Peace)
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Diplomacy and International Relations Are Mostly About “Harb” (War) and “Salaam” (Peace)

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Are Sunni Arabs More Afraid of Israel than Iran?
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Are Sunni Arabs More Afraid of Israel than Iran?

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Why the Culture War is Ruining Journalism, Academia, and Charity
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Why the Culture War is Ruining Journalism, Academia, and Charity

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Why Israel Will Be More Secure in 2014 than in 2013
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Why Israel Will Be More Secure in 2014 than in 2013

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How The Simpsons Campaign for Obama
Culture

How The Simpsons Campaign for Obama

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Why the Culture War is Ruining Journalism, Academia, and Charity
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Why the Culture War is Ruining Journalism, Academia, and Charity

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The Simpson’s Campaign for Obama
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The Simpson’s Campaign for Obama

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Tonight I’m Gonna Party Like It’s 19[3]9
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Tonight I’m Gonna Party Like It’s 19[3]9

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Blumenthal: Slanderer of Israel, Son of Hillary Clinton's Former Aide
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Blumenthal: Slanderer of Israel, Son of Hillary Clinton's Former Aide

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Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage

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Why Iran's Nuclear Program is a Massive Misdirection from the Real Threat to Israel
Culture

Why Iran's Nuclear Program is a Massive Misdirection from the Real Threat to Israel

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How U.S Policy Is Betraying Not Only Israel, but also Sunni Arabs
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How U.S Policy Is Betraying Not Only Israel, but also Sunni Arabs

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The Point of No Return: Clearly the Obama Administration Won't Ever Do Anything Serious Against Iran's Nuclear Program
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The Point of No Return: Clearly the Obama Administration Won't Ever Do Anything Serious Against Iran's Nuclear Program

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Obama vs. Lincoln at Gettysburg
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Obama vs. Lincoln at Gettysburg

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Israel: The Impudence Accompanying Betrayal
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Israel: The Impudence Accompanying Betrayal

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Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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A Letter from the Students for Justice in Palestine (among others)
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A Letter from the Students for Justice in Palestine (among others)

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Why Most of the Mass Media Can’t Report Honestly on Israel—or Other Middle East Issues
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Why Most of the Mass Media Can’t Report Honestly on Israel—or Other Middle East Issues

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The Latest Partisan Educational Scandal: What Kids Are Learning in School Right Now
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The Latest Partisan Educational Scandal: What Kids Are Learning in School Right Now

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Explaining Everything in Washington in 600 Words (Really)
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Explaining Everything in Washington in 600 Words (Really)

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If Libya's U.S.-Client Prime Minister Can be Kidnapped by al-Qaeda, Why Should Anyone Trust America?
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If Libya's U.S.-Client Prime Minister Can be Kidnapped by al-Qaeda, Why Should Anyone Trust America?

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'The Evil that Men Do Is Remembered After Their Deaths, But the Good Is Often Buried with Them.' - Shakespeare
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'The Evil that Men Do Is Remembered After Their Deaths, But the Good Is Often Buried with Them.' - Shakespeare

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Ready for Compromise Peace But Concluded Correctly It Wasn't Possible (Ovadia Yosef)
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Ready for Compromise Peace But Concluded Correctly It Wasn't Possible (Ovadia Yosef)

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Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? Neither: it is a Rational Aggressor.
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Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? Neither: it is a Rational Aggressor.

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What Will Happen Now with U.S. Middle East Policy?
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What Will Happen Now with U.S. Middle East Policy?

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