Annual Assessments

This year’s assessment — the fifth annual assessment — follows in the footsteps of its
predecessors. Its overview of the preceding year in terms of geo-political, economic, social,
and political developments internationally and in the Diaspora and in Israel is well done
and insightful. Not surprisingly, it addresses the growth of Iranian leverage in the Middle
East, the divisions among Palestinians, the prospective American drawdown in Iraq, the
uncertainties among Arab regimes — and larger