Middle East Scholar and Analyst

Martin Kramer

1 article 2013

Martin Kramer is a scholar of Middle Eastern studies and a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He is known for his critiques of Middle Eastern studies in American academia and his writings on Arab-Israeli affairs. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with analysis of U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East.

Chuck Hagel and Linkage

January 15, 2013 · Israel, Barack Obama, Defense

Former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel is President Obama’s nominee for secretary of defense. Much has already been said about the pros and cons of the nomination, and much more will be said during confirmation hearings in the Senate. Here is one possible line of questioning: given the centrality of…