Posted on Tue, April 5, 2011 at 18:42 pm CEST
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U.S.-backed Egyptian “Moderate” leader Muhammad ElBaradei Threatens War On Israel

Everything has been so predictable. Designated “moderate” and U.S.-backed Egyptian leader Muhammad ElBaradei has made a… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 22:39 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Afghan and U.S. Contempt for British Military

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Helmand governor and US commander criticise UK failure to impose security and engage with Afghans… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Britain • Counter-terrorism • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 19:09 pm CEST
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Why Contemporary Media Is So Bad

A reader asks me: But why is media reporting so bad (obviously with many honorable exceptions). I first wrote on this topic… Continue reading

Topics: Media Bias • Miscellaneous • Multiculturalism • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 00:42 am CEST
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Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Sends an Email to President Obama

The following email was recently received by the White House… Continue reading

Topics: Satire • Syria • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, April 2, 2011 at 19:33 pm CEST
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Syrian Revolution Takes Off – Where is American Support?

As of today, one can say that the revolution in Syria must be taken seriously. Not only were the demonstrations large but also they… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 22:51 pm CEST
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Westophobia: Why Do “They” Hate America? Just Listen

Why do people in certain parts of the world hate America? Some think it’s because of U.S. support of Israel or other policies… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Global Islam • Pakistan • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 20:53 pm CEST
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Libya Is To Obama as Iraq Was to Bush

This is what happens when the United States gets involved in a war without knowing what’s going on beforehand… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 22:44 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Peace Negotiations Only Option for Afghanistan?

The remarkably moderate private views of a group of former Taliban regime officials are revealed in detail by the US embassy cables… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 21:03 pm CEST
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Mass Media Now Admits It Was Also Wrong About Post-Mubarak Egypt’s Foreign Policy

Now that the New York Times tells us that the Muslim Brotherhood is really strong, organized, widely supported by the army, and capable of taking… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 17:33 pm CEST
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Syriana

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in his Damascus speech on Wednesday that foreign conspirators are responsible for the ongoing… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 15:46 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Karzai Family Panic after Afghan Presidential Elections

Dispatches show anxiety of Hamid Karzai’s family and supporters, and US doubts about president’s volatility… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 01:13 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Germany Protests U.S. Military Docking Millions from Afghan Army Fund

The US military has been charging its allies a 15% handling fee on hundreds of millions of dollars being raised internationally to… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Germany • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 00:39 am CEST
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Syria: Bashar al-Assad to Demonstrators: Surrender or Die

Nowadays, Western officials and journalists seem to think nowadays that if you are a Middle East dictator and people start demonstrating… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST
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Egypt Leaves the Anti-Iran Bloc

The next step will no doubt be Egypt’s rapprochement with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 19:19 pm CEST
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They Have a Name for Bombing Libya

After the West shamefully ignored the brutal crushing of the democracy uprisings in Iran we now have the bizarre… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Europe • Libya War • NATO • Satire • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 29, 2011 at 18:01 pm CEST
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Obama’s Libyan Strategy: Recipe for a Deeper, Lengthier U.S. Military Role

In his Libya address to Americans early Tuesday, March 29, President Barack Obama failed to resolve the inner contradictions in… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Britain • France • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 29, 2011 at 00:21 am CEST
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The Intervention in Libya: A Feel-Good Mirage

The Western intervention in Libya is the kind of thing that makes governments feel good and look good… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, March 28, 2011 at 17:16 pm CEST
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The Obama Administration Will Do Zero to Criticize or Undermine the Syrian Dictatorship

It’s official. The Obama Administration won’t do anything at all to help the Syrian people against the Bashar al-Asad dictatorship… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 28, 2011 at 16:38 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: No Power-Sharing with the Taliban, Holbrooke pledges

In a January 18 meeting with Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • India • Pakistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 22:54 pm CEST
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UN Intervention into Libya an Ominous Precedent for Israel

There are many reasons to be worried about the bridge-leap the Obama Administration has just undertaken in its war with Muammar Gaddafi… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 13:45 pm CEST
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: “We Need to Hinder the Despotic Ambitions of AKP”

In this exclusive interview for Turkish Policy Quarterly, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu outlines his views and his Party’s position on the pressing foreign policy choices Turkey faces… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Cyprus • Islamism • NATO • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, March 26, 2011 at 20:37 pm CET
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Why Moderate Arabs Are Horrified at Obama Administration Policy

I’ve seen a lot in media expressing the views of the Gulf Arab states and officials’ statements… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, March 25, 2011 at 21:08 pm CET
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Urges Syria Regime Overthrow Against White House Policy

As I’ve reported, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is horrified by White House policies in the Middle East. Indeed, he has an extra reason for… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, March 25, 2011 at 00:33 am CET
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Israel-Hamas War is Inevitable

The Egyptian revolution and U.S. policy mistakes make a new Israel-Hamas war inevitable, and as a result it will be a lot more… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 23, 2011 at 20:42 pm CET
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Hillary’s Friends Echo Our Analysis: No Excuse for Not Knowing U.S. Foreign Policy Is At the Iceberg

Every analyst loves the day when policymakers and national leaders start echoing precisely what he’s been writing for… Continue reading

Topics: The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America