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John Bell

John Bell is Director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Program at the Toledo Centre.
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  • A Middle Eastern Union?

    and Series: War and Peace
    2008-11-03
    Perhaps the best, if not the only, way to secure peace in the Middle East is to begin managing scarce resources on a regional basis. Despite today’s chronic pessimism, the pursuit of a Middle East Water and Energy Union, coupled with adoption of the Arab Peace Initiative that was reconfirmed in 2007, could very well change mindsets that have been hardened by decades of conflict.... read
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