After the Egyptian Revolution, this is what the Copts in Egypt get… Continue reading
Prediction: In September, President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy blows up in his (and our) face(s)… Continue reading
A lot of people may think that I’m too tough on President Barack Obama and the New York Times. Yet every day they do something that… Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s big Middle East speech is extraordinarily important. I think that it has been largely misinterpreted… Continue reading
Before we get into what the speech means for Israel, it is important to consider what it means for America… Continue reading
President Obama’s latest paean to what he calls “the Muslim world,” delivered at the State Department today, was an exercise in whistling past the… Continue reading
On Thursday, President Obama will “reach out” yet again to what he insists on calling “the Muslim world.” Think of it as… Continue reading
In 1947 the UN voted to partition the British mandate of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. The Jews accepted partition… Continue reading
There’s an interesting point about pre-World War One Europe that applies very well to today’s international situation as well… Continue reading
Save this note. Last year I predicted that Egypt’s instability might well be the big story of 2011. Why wait until December… Continue reading
I’m not saying this lightly. For the first time, there is serious evidence not only for an Islamist-controlled parliament but even… Continue reading
There’s something particularly poignant about news that at least 80 people were killed in Charsadda, Pakistan, by a Taliban attack on a… Continue reading
Why is U.S. and European policy toward the Middle East so off-base, and why do policymakers believe the strange things they think and… Continue reading
On May 3 a reconciliation agreement was signed in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas. The signing was attended by… Continue reading
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest pronouncements are just plain horrifying. Consider what she said… Continue reading
Amr Moussa, probably Egypt’s next president, has given a comprehensive picture of his views, a foretaste of the likely policies… Continue reading
The Fatah-Hamas decision to reconcile, form a joint Palestinian Authority (PA) government and hold elections seems to be a… Continue reading
Barack Obama, President of Israel’s best friend and ally, has picked the Muslim Brotherhood movement of the Middle East as his chosen partner… Continue reading
Amr Moussa, the outgoing Arab League chief and leading candidate for Egypt’s presidency, said Friday that if elected he would break with… Continue reading
In the wake of bloody Muslim attacks on Egyptian Christians the New York Times informs us… Continue reading
In the wake of former VP Khaddam’s flirtation with the Muslim Brotherhood’s exiled leadership in January, and Hamas’s recent electoral victory… Continue reading
Against the background of the fall of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, the massive demonstrations in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain… Continue reading
As so often happens, a peripheral issue has taken over the Western debate regarding the killing of Usama bin Laden… Continue reading
This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what’s going on in the Middle East… Continue reading
It is amazing what nonsense appears in the mass media. Consider the following paragraph from a Washington Post story… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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