Middle East Views

A review of Iraq Study Group

2006-12-12T06:59:00.000-08:00

By Tod LindbergTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished December 12, 2006A literary agent once told me that when you are trying to sell a book to a publisher, you should always keep in mind that it's not really the book you're selling; it's the idea of the book. Your objective is to get people excited about what's to come. The finished book, even if it's a very good book, ought to be almost anti-climactic.

IS AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY A THREAT TO AMERICAN SECURITY?

2006-11-29T04:27:00.000-08:00

By Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D. This article was published as a Global affairs Commentary by Foreign Policy in Focus (June 17, 2003), Al Jazeerah (June 15, 2003), Al Ahram Weekly (Egypt, June 19-26, 2003), The Detroit News (June 29, 2003), East African Standard (July 08, 2003) FNTG: Peace and Human Security (June 17, 2003) and The

The "Gaza Solution" and the ongoing war on Islam

2006-11-29T03:05:00.000-08:00

The "Gaza Solution" and the ongoing war on Islam By Mike WhitneyOnline Journal Contributing Writer Nov 29, 2006, 00:56 “People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don’t forget; they

The age of PR imperialism

2006-11-22T04:27:00.000-08:00

From Afghanistan to Darfur, all the world's a stage for image-conscious statesmen.By Mick Hume The 2012 Olympics have apparently been ‘in crisis’ before a high-security brick has even been laid; the London stock exchange – heart of the UK economy – has come under threat of foreign takeover; the health service has been in turmoil (again). So the publicity-hungry leaders of Britain’s political

Arab Winter

2006-11-21T03:59:00.000-08:00

The failure of last year's so-called Arab Spring underscores the broader failure of U.S. policy in the Mid-East. By Matthew Yglesias Remember the Arab Spring? "Just recently we have had the Lebanese revolution, the Egyptian announcement about electoral changes, the Iraqi elections, the Afghan elections," wrote Charles Krauthammer in the spring

The Rise and Decline of the Neoconservatives

2006-11-17T05:58:00.000-08:00

A Right Web Special Report: Jim Lobe & Michael Flynn Summary: Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, an influential, neoconservative-led pressure group called the Project for the New American Century issued a letter to the president calling for a dramatic reshaping of the Middle East as part of the war on terror. Although many of the items on the neoconservatives'

How to Escape the Oil Trap

2006-09-05T05:38:00.000-07:00

Both Iran and Saudi Arabia are now awash in oil money, and no matter what the controls, some is surely getting to unsavory groups.By Fareed ZakariaAug. 29 - Sept. 5, 2005 issue - If I could change one thing about American foreign policy, what would it be? The answer is easy, but it's not something most of us think of as foreign policy. I would adopt a serious national program geared toward energy

Israel's Lost Moment

2006-08-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

By Charles KrauthammerIsrael's war with Hezbollah is a war to secure its northern border, to defeat a terrorist militia bent on Israel's destruction, to restore Israeli deterrence in the age of the missile. But even more is at stake. Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous a military failure in Lebanon would be to its relationship with America, Israel's most vital lifeline.For

Our Orphaned Middle East Policy

2006-04-28T06:51:00.000-07:00

Things are looking up as everyone starts jumping ship.--- It is common now to hear of an American Middle East policy in shambles. And why not, given the daily mayhem that is televised from the West Bank, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and the overt threats of Iranian President Ahmadinej(ih)ad? Somewhere in the Sunni Triangle,

Our Orphaned Middle East Policy

2006-04-28T03:14:00.000-07:00

Our Orphaned Middle East Policy Things are looking up as everyone starts jumping ship.By Victor Davis Hanson It is common now to hear of an American Middle East policy in shambles. And why not, given the daily mayhem that is televised from the West Bank, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and the overt threats of Iranian President Ahmadinej(ih)ad?