Last updated on:
9/23/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Avi Shlaim, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Fellow of St Antony's College and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford University
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“I’ve always been a supporter of the two-state solution, but we’ve reached a point where it is no longer a viable solution… Now I’m a supporter of a one-state solution, not as my first choice, but as a default solution in the light of Israeli actions.”
Yolande Knell, “Reconsidering the Two-State Solution,” BBC, Mar. 21, 2013
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Fellow at the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 1987-present
- British Academy Research Professorship, 2003-2006
- Education:
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- PhD, University of Reading, U.K.
- MSc, International Relations, London School of Economics, 1970
- BA, Cambridge
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