Diana Buttu
Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Contact:
Email: dbuttu@hks.harvard.edu
Experience
Diana Buttu is a Dubai Initiative Research Fellow and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization. From 2000 to 2005, she served as a legal advisor to the PLO in its negotiations with Israel; the only female advisor on the two delegations. In 2005, she was appointed as a legal and communications advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.� She holds a BA in Middle East and Islamic Studies and an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, a JD from Queen's University, a JSM from Stanford University, and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Her research project this year will be titled "Negotiating in the Absence of the Law: Palestine's Refugees and the Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations, 1993-2007" and will explore the dynamics of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations during that period.
Spring 2011
"DIANA BUTTU Explores the Dynamics of Palestinian Life Under Occupation"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Brittany Card and Diana Buttu, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
�Nothing in my Canadian upbringing had prepared me for a life under occupation.� As much as I had read about it, I still did not know what it was like not to be free�, said Diana Buttu, research fellow with the Belfer Center Dubai Initiative, of her experience living the West Bank.
Spring 2011
A Conversation with Diana Buttu
Transcript
By Brittany Card and Diana Buttu, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Diana Buttu speaks about her research and her work as legal advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. She was interviewed by Belfer Center Communications Intern Brittany Card on January 7, 2011.
March 5, 2011
Pushing for a Palestinian Tahrir
In the News
By Diana Buttu, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Diana Buttu, Dubai Initiative Research Fellow, is quoted in an AlJazeera article on the shifting political climate in Palestine.
January 15, 2011
Impact of a U.S. Veto of Settlement Resolution at UN
Conference Proceedings
By Diana Buttu, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Diana Buttu joins a panel of experts to discuss the impact of the US veto of the UN settlement resolution.
The expected U.S. veto of the resolution on settlements currently being discussed in the UN Security Council will likely bring U.S. foreign policy in the region under further scrutiny. The Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU) offers an in-depth on-the-record conversation with the following experts to help make sense of the U.S. role in the region's rapidly shifting landscape.
January 15, 2011
Impact of a U.S. Veto of Settlement Resolution at UN
Policy Brief
By Diana Buttu, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Diana Buttu joins a panel of experts to discuss the impact of the US veto of the UN settlement resolution.
The expected U.S. veto of the resolution on settlements currently being discussed in the UN Security Council will likely bring U.S. foreign policy in the region under further scrutiny. The Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU) offers an in-depth on-the-record conversation with the following experts to help make sense of the U.S. role in the region's rapidly shifting landscape.
