Jon B Alterman

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ID5768418
NAMEJon B Alterman
GIVEN NAMESJon B
FAMILY NAMEAlterman
SIGNATUREALTERMAN J B
AFFILIATIONSCenter for Strategic and International Studies
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS21
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT21
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • China’s US-Driven Middle East Strategy

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2024Cited by: 2

  • The ‘China Model’ in the Middle East

    Jon B AltermanARTICLESurvival2024

    Over the last six months, China has no longer seemed ascendant in the Middle East. As the United States has assumed a leading role in both regional and global diplomacy over the conflict in Gaza, China has drifted increasingly to the margins. It is becoming clear not only that China does not aspire to replace the United States in the Middle East, but also that China and most Arab states alike want the United States to maintain committed to Middle…

  • The Rise of China in the Middle East

    Open AccessCamille Lons, Jon B Alterman et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2022

  • The Trump Administration's Middle East Policy: A Mid‐Term Assessment

    Open AccessPhilip H Gordon, Michael Doran et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2019Cited by: 3

  • Chinese and Russian Influence in the Middle East

    Open AccessJon B AltermanARTICLEMiddle East Policy2019Cited by: 2

  • Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Geometry

    Jon B Alterman, Haim MalkaARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2012Cited by: 1

  • The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2011Cited by: 5

  • S ymposium: T he U nited S tates in M iddle E astern E yes : A R eliable S ecurity P artner or a “P roblem to be M anaged ”

    Open AccessAmin Tarzi, James Zogby et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2010

  • Middle Eastern Views of the United States: What do the Trends Indicate

    Open AccessShibley Telhami, Brian Katulis et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2006

    The following is an edited transcript of the forty-fifth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on July 20, 2006, in the U.S. Capitol Building, with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., presiding

  • Dynamics Without Drama: New Options and Old Compromises in Egypt's Foreign Policy

    Jon B AltermanARTICLECambridge Review of International…2005Cited by: 2References: 7

    Western policymakers have come to take Egypt's foreign policy orientation for granted in recent decades. After President Anwar Sadat's dramatic split from the Soviet bloc and embrace of peace with Israel in the 1970s, Egypt became a reliable but rarely exciting diplomatic partner. Little appreciated has been the centrality of foreign policy to Egypt's internal interests as well as its external ones, and the extent to which changes in either the d…

  • Arab–Israeli Peace Runs Aground

    Open AccessJon B AltermanARTICLEInternational Politics2003

  • Not in my backyard: Iraq's neighbors' interests

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2003

    Iraq's neighbors find the declared U.S. vision for the future of Iraq and the region deeply threatening, and they have the means to keep that vision from coming to pass. Moreover, the United States undermines its own goals by talking about them so much

  • Egypt and American Foreign Assistance, 1952-1958

    L Carl Brown, Jon B AltermanARTICLEForeign Affairs2003

  • Iran: Came the Revolution

    Jon B AltermanARTICLECurrent History2001

    Long-time watchers of Iranian politics [believe] Iran is moving away from the politics of Islamic revolution and toward the traditional politics of Iran. ... [But] authoritarianism is a recurring theme in Iranian history, and some Iranian scholars openly wonder whether the reformists will be any less authoritarian than the conservative clerics

  • The Middle East's Information Revolution

    Jon B AltermanARTICLECurrent History2000

    It may be some time before the Internet becomes firmly entrenched in much of the Middle East. The obstacles to adoption, especially with the current technology, appear significant. But the information revolution has already arrived in the Middle East, and it poses significant challenges for the status quo

  • Letter

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEJournal of Palestine Studies2000

  • Letter

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEJournal of Palestine Studies2000

  • The Information Revolution and the Arab World

    Open AccessJon B AltermanARTICLEMiddle East Studies Association…2000

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  • Egypt: Stable, but for how long

    Jon B AltermanARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2000Cited by: 6References: 3

    Hosni Mubarak appears poised to rule for another decade. The present, narrow base of support, however, is unlikely to be viable in the long term. The challenge is whether the system has the durability to survive an economic downturn, social unrest, or both

  • Power of a Third Kind: The Western Attempt to Colonize the Global Village

    Open AccessJon B AltermanARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly2000

    Journal Article Power of a Third Kind: The Western Attempt to Colonize the Global Village Get access Power of a Third Kind: The Western Attempt to Colonize the Global Village by Hisham M. Nazer. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, 1999. 200 pp. $23.95. Jon B. Alterman Jon B. Alterman U.S. Institute of Peace Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 115, Issue 2, Summer 2000, Pages 3…

  • C. Reviews: General

    Mahmood Ibrahim, Viv Martins et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Middle Eastern…1993References: 1

    THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. III: THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Translated by WILLIAM M. BRINNER. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xii, 194 pp. $44.00 (hb), $14.95 (pb). THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. XXXIII: STORM AND STRESS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRONTIERS OF THE ‘ABBASID CALIPHATE. Translated by C.E. BOSWORTH. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xix, 239 pp. $57.50 (hb), $18.95 (pb). THE AWAKENING OF PERSIA: THE REIGN OF NASR AL‐DIN SHAH 1848–1896. By A.J.…