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Middle East - Reports and Papers

Chatham House Reports are based on in-depth research conducted by experts based at or attached to Chatham House and include policy recommendations. Briefing Papers are shorter, policy relevant papers written by experts in their field.

Other Resources include other special reports, working papers, conference reports and proceedings, summary reports of meetings and seminars, transcripts and other relevant material.

Briefing Papers

The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Briefing Paper
Rex Brynen, June 2008

Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Briefing Paper
Orit Gal, June 2008

The Kurdish Policy Imperative
Briefing Paper
Gareth Stansfield, Robert Lowe and Hashem Ahmadzadeh, December 2007

Open for Business: Syria’s Quest for a Political Deal
Briefing Paper
Rime Allaf, July 2007

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The UN on Trial?
Briefing Paper
Nadim Shehadi and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, July 2007

Accepting Realities in Iraq
Briefing Paper
Gareth Stansfield, May 2007

Israel and Iran: From war of words to words of war?
Briefing Paper
Yossi Mekelberg, March 2007

Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges
Briefing Paper
Maha Azzam, September 2006

The Syrian Kurds: A People Discovered
Briefing Paper
Robert Lowe, January 2006

Iraq in Transition: Vortex or Catalyst?
Briefing Paper
Middle East Programme, September 2004

Water of Strife - The Geopolitics of Water in the Euphrates-Tigris and Jordan River Basins
Briefing Paper
Suki Jobson, December 2003

Doves Vote Hawk: The January 2003 Elections in Israel
Briefing Paper
Yossi Mekelberg, March 2003

Iraq: The Regional Fallout
Briefing Paper
Rosemary Hollis et al, March 2003

Al-Qaeda: the Misunderstood Wahhabi Connection and the Ideology of Violence
Briefing Paper
Dr Maha Azzam, February 2003