Several factors, including the need to avoid being diverted from Gaza, suggest that Israel benefits little from widening the conflict northwards.
Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces, the impact of war on states and societies, the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
Previously, Sayigh held teaching and research positions at King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford. From 1998–2003, he also headed the Middle East program of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Sayigh was also an adviser and negotiator in the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks with Israel and headed the Palestinian delegation to the multilateral peace talks on Arms Control and Regional Security from 1991–1994. From 1999, he provided policy and technical consultancy on the permanent-status peace talks and on Palestinian reform.
Sayigh is the author of numerous publications, including most recently Throwing Down the Gauntlet: What the IMF Can Do About Egypt’s Military Companies (April 2022); Retain, Restructure, or Divest? Policy Options for Egypt’s Military Economy (2022), Praetorian spearhead: The role of the military in the evolution of Egypt’s state capitalism 3.0 (2021); Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy (2019); Dilemmas of Reform: Policing in Arab Transitions (March 2016); Crumbling States: Security Sector Reform in Libya and Yemen (June 2015); Missed Opportunity: The Politics of Police Reform in Egypt and Tunisia (March 2015); The Syrian Opposition’s Leadership Problem (April 2013); Above the State: The Officers’ Republic in Egypt (August 2012); “We serve the people”: Hamas policing in Gaza (2011); and Policing the People, Building the State: Authoritarian transformation in the West Bank and Gaza (2011). He is the author of the award-winning Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 (Oxford, 1997).
Several factors, including the need to avoid being diverted from Gaza, suggest that Israel benefits little from widening the conflict northwards.
To discuss the war's long-term political implications beyond the battlefield and its influence on politics in Palestine and the Middle East, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center has organized a panel discussion on December 14, at 3:00 PM Beirut Time, with leading experts, including Marwan Muasher and Maha Yahya.
Since Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi took power, Egypt has increasingly become a military-ruled country.
Yezid Sayigh, Joost Hiltermann, and Marwan Muasher discuss the implications of an Israeli expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.
Egypt finds itself at a critical environmental juncture, with climate change posing grave risks to its economy, sovereignty, and stability. A business-as-usual approach or maladaptation could have major adverse consequences.
The Israeli prime minister may take a page out of Yasser Arafat’s book in order to get out of his perilous political predicament.
A discussion on how the war on between Israel and Hamas might play out.
This one-hour primetime special covers the historic and devastating week of violence in Israel and Gaza and also take a look at the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, the intelligence failures of Israel and its allies, and the wider conflict in the region.
To delve deeper into these crucial issues, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center is organizing an event on October 4th, at 5:00 pm Beirut Time. This panel discussion will underscore the urgency of reevaluating debt frameworks to ensure social and environmental sustainability, navigating the intricate political economy of reforms to expand fiscal capacity and stimulate growth.
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.