In the News: Osamah F. Khalil
Khalil discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in USA Today
"The most the Israelis are willing to offer does not meet the minimum demands of the Palestinians. This includes a viable, independent state with sovereignty over its borders and resources," says Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.
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Al-Hayat reviews Khalil's book America's Dream Palace
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Khalil's America's Dream Palace among Foreign Affairs' Best of 2017
Khalil op-ed on Trump's decision on Jerusalem published in Al-Jazeera
"President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is the culmination of U.S. foreign policy over seven decades in which the goal of the peace process has been to impose a solution on the Palestinians," writes Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.
Khalil quoted in Pacific Standard article on Middle East peace process
"Although the U.S. and Israel claim they favor a peaceful settlement and the eventual creation of a Palestinian state through negotiations, their actions ensure that it will not be achieved," says Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.
Khalil writes about his book America's Dream Palace in Al-Akhbar
"Washington’s perception of American educational institutions in the region changed during World War II. In early 1942, German forces pressed an offensive in North Africa. Their initial goal was the Suez Canal and eliminating Britain’s position in Egypt and the broader Middle East," writes Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.
Khalil's America's Dream Palace reviewed in Commonweal
Khalil's book, America's Dream Palace, reviewed in Publishers Weekly
"In this timely study, Khalil...provides a thorough analysis of how U.S. foreign policy interests have driven the development of American specialist knowledge about the Middle East from WWI to today," reads a review of a book by Osama F. Khalil, associate professor of history.
Khalil's book, America's Dream Palace, reviewed in Al-Ahram newspaper
Khalil op-ed on academia, US foreign policy published in The National
London Review of Books reviews Khalil's book America's Dream Palace
Khalil discusses US foreign policy in the Middle East on WNUR radio
Khalil book, America’s Dream Palace, reviewed in Foreign Affairs
"This is the work of a young but mature historian: thoroughly documented, carefully argued, and well crafted. In a detailed look at the nexus of American academic expertise on the Middle East and Washington’s diplomatic and intelligence power centers, from the Wilson era through the Obama presidency, Khalil keeps his prose crisp and his judgments sober," reads a review of "America's Dream Palace," a book by Osamah Khalil, assistant professor of history.
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Khalil discusses new book on Australian radio program
Osamah Khalil, assistant professor of history, says that "President Obama rhetorically argues that he is in favor of democracy in the region...and yet, the actual reality on the ground is that the United States is siding with very conservative forces in the region, particularly those in the Persian Gulf."