Ayman al-Zawahiri, nephew of a Nazi collaborator and grandson of the man who helped produce the… Continue reading
President Karzai told Holbrooke January 16 [2010] that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before… Continue reading
In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about… Continue reading
Qatar is using the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in foreign policy negotiations by adapting its coverage to suit other foreign… Continue reading
Iranian analysts in Iran and the UK see no clear trends or emerging patterns in the campaigns of candidates for President in the run… Continue reading
In a move that simultaneously caught the world by surprise and yet indicated the regime’s strategy, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak announced his resignation only… continue reading
The schizophrenic nature of Syrian foreign policy once again reared its ugly face… Continue reading
Even as the U.S. take specific steps the U.S. will continue to have ongoing concerns about Syrian behavior that have not gone away because of a change in administrations… Continue reading
Well, that shows just how bad the media coverage has been! Mubarak is not resigning. He’s managing the “reform” process. He is appointing a committee to… Continue reading
Ayman Nour, one of the senior leaders of the Egyptian opposition who is currently organizing a coalition to create an interim government, wrote an eloquent letter from prison… Continue reading
Michael Posner (Assistant Secretary of State) told activists and opposition politicians that the U.S. is seeking ways to advance human rights and political participation in Egypt… Continue reading
After the U.S. president [Obama] repeatedly called for Mubarak’s instant departure someone in Washington actually read Egypt’s constitution and discovered that… Continue reading
Rarely has a mass media article shaken me up as this one does. It is a rare, intense, view of what the Middle East is really like nowadays, though it is about Pakistan, on the eastern end of the region… Continue reading
Iranian media blamed the West for the failure of the nuclear talks between Iran and G5+1 in Istanbul last weekend. Tehran Emrooz, a daily affiliated with the pragmatic conservative… Continue reading
Military deploys in Cairo after mass demonstrations against President Mubarak claim lives of man and woman, al-Jazeera reports. Former IAEA chief ElBaradei placed under house arrest… Continue reading
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag signaleert dat Nederlandse diplomaten unaniem melden dat het lastig is om de verlenging van de Nederlandse missie… Lees verder
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag over de reacties op Obama’s Afghanistan-speech waarin fractievoorzitter Pieter van Geel (CDA) de Amerikanen vertelt… Lees verder
Members of the powerful Hezbollah movement and its allies brought down Lebanon’s unity government Wednesday after resigning from Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Cabinet. Minister of State… Continue reading
The US energy firm Chevron negotiated with Tehran about developing an Iraq-Iran cross-border oilfield in spite of tight US sanctions, according to the Iraqi prime minister in… Continue reading
Almost a decade after the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government seem unable to tell the differences between moderate and radical Muslims, much less understand that it should support the former against the latter group. So when the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom visits a mosque… Continue reading
This week, Iranian top officials and media extensively reported on the Democratic Party’s defeat in the U.S. midterm elections, taking it as a reflection of President Obama’s weakness and the failure of his [Middle East] policy… Continue reading
Actually, a “Lame-Duck President” is a President who either has just lost a bid for re-election or is ineligible for re-election. But Obama’s recent congressional election losses, coupled with political failures abroad have… Continue reading
The statement was a response to President Barack Obama’s remarks in Indonesia when he was asked whether “Israel’s advanced planning for more than a thousand new homes in Jerusalem” undermines… Continue reading
Early Friday, Oct. 8, senior US diplomat Frederic Hof landed in Damascus with a strong ultimatum from US President Barack Obama warning Syrian President Bashar Assad that he would be held personally responsible for military action Hizballah may pursue in Beirut or any other part of Lebanon… Continue reading
Tehran is bent on military action to settle scores with Israel and the United States whom it suspects of planting the malignant Stuxnet cyber worm in the computer systems of its nuclear, military and strategic infrastructure. Iran secretly appealed to a number of computer security experts in West and East Europe with… 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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