Martin Kramer (b. 1954, Washington, DC) is an American scholar of the Middle East at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His focus is on Islam and Arab politics. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x921, 425 KB) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x921, 425 KB) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) was founded in 1985 by Martin Indyk, previously research director of the leading pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac). ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...

Education

Kramer began his undergraduate degree under Itamar Rabinovich in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University and completed his B.A. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He earned his Ph.D. in Princeton as well, under Fouad Ajami, L. Carl Brown, the late Charles Issawi, and Bernard Lewis, who directed his thesis. He also received a History M.A. from Columbia University.^[1] Middle Eastern Studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the culture, politics, economy, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations extending from North Africa in the west to the Chinese... Central Library from a lawn Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... Princeton University, incorporated as The Trustees of Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution to conduct higher education in the United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Prof. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ...

• Tel Aviv University, 1971-73 - Middle Eastern Studies
• B.A. Princeton University, 1975 (summa cum laude) - Near Eastern Studies
• M.A. Columbia University, 1976 - History
• M.A. Princeton University, 1978 - Near Eastern Studies
• Ph.D. Princeton University, 1982 - Near Eastern Studies ^[2]

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Career

During a 25-year career at Tel Aviv University, Martin Kramer directed the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies; taught as a visiting professor at Brandeis University, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Georgetown University; and served twice as a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. He currently holds the Wexler-Fromer Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Central Library from a lawn Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of the modern history and contemporary affairs of the Middle East. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and/or researcher usually employed by a college or university. ... It has been suggested that VoiceMale be merged into this article or section. ... The University of Chicago is a private university principally located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890 and opened in 1892. ... Cornell University is a private research university located on the East Hill of Ithaca, New York. ... Not to be confused with the University of Georgetown in Georgetown, Guyana or Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Georgetown University is a private university in the United States. ... The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by act of Congress in 1968. ...

He is a senior and past editor of the Middle East Forum's Middle East Quarterly.^[3] Kramer has also published columns in the National Review magazine^[4][5] and on the websites of the History News Network^[6], martinkramer.org^[7] and bitterlemons.org.^[8] (Front Page Magazine publishes selected pieces of Kramer's on its website^[9]) The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote the interests of the United States in the Middle East. ... The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote the interests of the United States in the Middle East. ... National Review (NR) is a conservative political magazine founded by author William F. Buckley Jr. ... FrontPageMag. ...

Political activities

Kramer supported Columbia University students who, in 2005, alleged that they had been intimidated by anti-Israel faculty in the Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures department.^[10] Kramer has also been supportive of Daniel Pipes' controversial Campus Watch (another initiative of the Middle East Forum).^[11][12] Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ... Daniel Pipes Daniel Pipes (born September 9, 1949) is an American neoconservative[1] columnist, author, counter-terrorism analyst, and scholar of Middle Eastern history. ... Campus Watch is a controversial project of the Middle East Forum. ... The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote the interests of the United States in the Middle East. ...

Kramer is a member of two think tanks: the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Middle East Forum, both have been linked to the neoconservative movement. His advocacy of Campus Watch and his promotion of bill HR 3077 in the United States have been viewed as major neoconservative-backed initiatives.^[13][14] Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) was founded in 1985 by Martin Indyk, previously research director of the leading pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac). ... The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote the interests of the United States in the Middle East. ... Neoconservatism (or neocon) refers to the political movement, ideology, and public policy goals of new conservatives in the United States, that are relatively opposed to small government principles and restrictions on social spending, when compared with other American conservatives such as traditional or paleoconservatives. ... Campus Watch is a controversial project of the Middle East Forum. ...

Martin Kramer was an early advocate of attacking Saddam Hussein in the wake of 9/11, arguing in December 2001 that regardless of a possible involvement, he posed a threat to the entire Middle East.^[15] However, he was critical of the shifting rationale for the war in October 2002, questioning the United States' "tools of social engineering" needed to promote an eventual democracy process in the Arab world.^[16] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, (Arabic ), born April 28, 1937 , was the President of Iraq from 1979 until he was captured by the military of the United States on December 13th, 2003, following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... A huge plume of smoke and fire can be seen emerging from the North Tower. ...

In early 2006, Kramer was mentioned as part of the Israel lobby in a working paper entitled The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. Kramer has since responded numerous times. ^[17][18] The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is a working paper published by John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Academic Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in March, 2006 claiming that U.S. Middle East policy is not... Professor John J. Mearsheimer John J. Mearsheimer (born December 1947) is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. ... // Selected awards 1988 -- Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award for The Origins of Alliances Academic career January 2000 -- Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies, Institute for Defense and Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 1996 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, deputy dean of social sciences 1995 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, professor...

Bibliography

Books

• Political Islam (1980) ISBN 0803914350
• Islam Assembled (1985) ISBN 0231059949
• Shi'ism, Resistance, and Revolution (1987) ISBN 0813304539
• Hezbollah's Vision of the West (1989) ISBN 0944029019
• Middle Eastern Lives: The Practice of Biography and Self-Narrative (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) (1991) ISBN 0815625480
• Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival: The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East (1996) ISBN 1560002727
• The Islamism Debate (1997) ISBN 9652240249
• The Jewish Discovery of Islam (1999) ISBN 9652240400
• Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America (2001) ISBN 0944029493

Journal Papers

• Nation and Assassination in the Middle East, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2004.
• Coming to Terms: Fundamentalists or Islamists?, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2003.
• Policy and the Academy: An Illicit Relationship?, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2003.

Martin Kramer on American scholars of the Middle East

• Pape-Kramer debate - a debate involving Robert Pape and Martin Kramer
• Islam Obscured, Martin Kramer on John Esposito
• Stephen Walt's World, a critique of Stephen Walt
• The Arab Nation of Shakib Arslan by Martin Kramer, a critique of Shakib Arslan
• Albert Pasha: an critical of Albert Hourani by Martin Kramer
• Islamist Bubbles, an assessment of Gilles Kepel by Martin Kramer.
• Arab Pen, English Purse: John Sabunji and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, a critique of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt by Martin Kramer
• Ignatieff's Empire, an attack on Michael Ignatieff for being insufficiently pro-Israel by Martin Kramer
• The Day the Rabbi Rescued Rashid, a critique of Arthur Hertzberg

Professor Robert Pape Robert A. Pape (born 1959 in Erie, Pennsylvania), is an American author and academic known for his work on international security affairs. ... John L. Esposito (born 19 May 1940) is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. ... // Selected awards 1988 -- Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award for The Origins of Alliances Academic career January 2000 -- Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies, Institute for Defense and Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 1996 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, deputy dean of social sciences 1995 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, professor... Shakib Arslan (1869-1946) was a druze prince (amir) from Lebanon who was known as Amir al-Bayān (Arabic for Prince of Eloquence) because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential writer, poet and historian, among other things. ... Albert Habib Hourani (March 31, 1915 – January 17, 1993) was a prominent scholar of Middle Eastern history through much of the 20th century. ... Gilles Kepel on a Frontline documentary Gilles Kepel is a prominent French scholar of Islam and the Arab world. ... Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) was a British poet and writer. ... Michael Ignatieff Michael Grant Ignatieff, MP, Ph. ... Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg was born in Poland in 1921. ...

External links

• M. Kramer's website
• M. Kramer's blog
• M. Kramer's entry with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

References

1. ↑ Martin Kramer/Juan Cole: Oppo Research
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ MESA Culpa, by M. Kramer, Fall 2002
4. ↑ Hijacking Islam, by M. Kramer, National Review, September 19, 2001
5. ↑ From Afghanistan to Araby, by M. Kramer, National Review, December 10, 2001
6. ↑ Is Sharansky Right? Does Everyone Want to Be Free?, by M. Kramer, History News Network, June 22, 2005
7. ↑ Ignatieff's Empire, by M.Kramer, martinkramer.org, January 5, 2003
8. ↑ Power will not moderate Hamas, by M. Kramer, bitterlemons.org, March 27 2006
9. ↑ Martin Kramer's Columns
10. ↑ Columbia University: The Future of Middle Eastern Studies at Stake, address delivered on March 6, 2005
11. ↑ Thought Control for Middle East Studies, by Joel Beinin, Right Web, March 31, 2004]
12. ↑ The War on Academic Freedom, by Kristine McNeil, The Nation, November 11, 2002
13. ↑ Neocons Lay Siege to the Ivory Towers, by Saree Makdisi, reprint from The Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2005
14. ↑ Osama University?, by Michelle Goldberg, reprint from Salon.com, 2005
15. ↑ From Afghanistan to Araby by M. Kramer, National Review, December 10, 2001
16. ↑ When I Hear "Arab Democracy," I Reach for My Seat Belt by M. Kramer, October 11, 2002
17. ↑ Stephen Walt's World, Martin Kramer, March 17 2006.
18. ↑ A Powerful Lobby, Martin Kramer, April 3 2006.