The United States integrated counterterrorism mandates into its aid flows in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the early years of the global war on terror. Some two decades later, this securitized model of aid has become normalized across donor intervention in Palestine. Elastic Empire traces...

The site -- Developers -- Image and precedent -- Public urban planning -- Housing shortage and national priority -- Public/private partnership -- Buyers and villagers -- Capital and the shared ideological landscape -- Settlers and the land -- The state, mirroring, and shared legal frameworks.

Understanding culture from within : culture and context do matter -- Environmental pressures, challenges, and opportunities -- Roles of the Palestinian executive -- Leadership styles of Palestinian leaders -- On performance and motivation -- Ingredients for successful leadership -- Advice to...

Aid because of politics : the analytical, legal and institutional frameworks -- Israeli policies : the territorial, demographic and socio-economic fragmentation of the occupied Palestinian territory -- Palestinian adjustment : the rise and fall of Arafat's regime -- Aid instead of politics :...