Posted on Mon, March 6, 2017 at 12:23 pm CET
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Iranian Conduct in the Early Days of the Trump Administration

Tension between the new administration and Tehran increased within a short while… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, September 20, 2016 at 22:00 pm CEST
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President Obama Defends His Foreign Policy in Final Speech to the UN General Assembly

President Obama’s final speech to the UN General Assembly… Read more

Topics: Diplomacy • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 2, 2016 at 18:38 pm CET
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Libya’s Descent into Chaos

After the overthrow of Libya’s dictator Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi in 2011, the country rapidly slid into widespread anarchy and violence… Read more

Topics: Arab Spring • Global Islam • Jihadism • Libya • Libya War • Maghreb • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, October 3, 2015 at 15:29 pm CEST
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US Middle East Policy and The Old Potomac Two Step

US policy towards the Middle East and how do we move forward?… Read more

Topics: Iran • Obamaism • Security and Defense • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sun, January 12, 2014 at 19:59 pm CET
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The Hopelessness of Victory

Middle Eastern policy is deemed to flourish on victory… Read more

Topics: Egypt • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, December 16, 2013 at 19:14 pm CET
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Meanwhile on Israel’s Lebanese Border

Do you want this conflict?… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Lebanon • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, November 26, 2013 at 22:25 pm CET
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How U.S. Policy Is Betraying Not Only Israel, but also Sunni Arabs

It seems the Obama administration wants to sabotage U.S. Middle-East policy… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 16, 2013 at 19:25 pm CET
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Ambassador Alan Baker’s Letter to Secretary John Kerry

Alan Baker’s letter to John Kerry… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, October 31, 2013 at 20:25 pm CET
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A Pax Sinica in the Middle East?

Whatever China wishes to do in the Middle East, Washington will learn after the fact, if ever… Continue reading

Topics: China • Economy • Energy • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, October 14, 2013 at 19:53 pm CEST
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Explaining Everything in Washington in 600 Words

Official Washington gets the Islamist ideology wrong… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, October 7, 2013 at 22:52 pm CEST
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Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? Neither: It is a Rational Aggressor

Iran wants nuclear weapons as a defensive shield to carry out conventional aggression… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, October 3, 2013 at 19:39 pm CEST
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What Will Happen Now with U.S. Middle East Policy?

A tale about an idiot… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, September 24, 2013 at 21:38 pm CEST
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Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Addresses General Assembly, 68th session, 2013

Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, September 22, 2013 at 14:05 pm CEST
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The “Iran is Now Moderate” Joke

Hassan Rouhani does not have a moderate record… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, September 20, 2013 at 01:11 am CEST
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US Plays Monopoly, Russia Plays Chess

Whatever Putin thinks, he will keep to himself… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Energy • Politics • Russia's Middle East Policy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, September 10, 2013 at 20:15 pm CEST
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Obama Administration: The New Seven Pillars of “Wisdom” on the Middle East, Part Two

The White House seven pillars of idiocy in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, September 9, 2013 at 18:42 pm CEST
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Obama Administration: The New Seven Pillars of “Wisdom” on the Middle East, Part One

The White House seven pillars of idiocy in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, September 3, 2013 at 18:23 pm CEST
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Turning Point: Obama and Israel, The Next Three Years

The indifference of Barack Obama to Israel’s interests is extremely high… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Peace Process • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sun, August 25, 2013 at 21:06 pm CEST
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Who Understands the Middle East?

Certainly, Obama doesn’t… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Diplomacy • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, June 22, 2013 at 13:31 pm CEST
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Obama Doctrine: Backing Middle East Radicals After 10 Previous Western Failures

History has shown that backing radical Arabic-speaking states or movements to redo the regional order have all ended badly… Continue reading

Topics: History • Islamofascism • Jew-Hatred • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Nazi Germany • Obamaism • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Fri, June 21, 2013 at 17:03 pm CEST
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New Moderates! Syrian Rebels, Iranian President, and the Taliban!

To get a picture of current U.S. Middle East policy just imagine a “Cold War” in which the United States would side with the Communists… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:01 pm CET
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Obama Visit to Israel: A Love Fest with Lots of Policy Complications

The Obama visit to Israel has become an unlimited love fest with expressions of mutual admiration and total agreement… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Mon, February 18, 2013 at 20:03 pm CET
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My Life’s Work: U.S. Foreign Policy Analysis

Part two of Barry Rubin’s life work…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Diplomacy • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 11, 2013 at 15:09 pm CET
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A Look Back at Forty Years of Middle East Analysis

My main goal of forty years of Middle East analysis has been trying to explain the Middle East as it actually exists, how its politics work, and how its history can be understood… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Islamic Countries • Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 16:55 pm CET
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Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ike

The real lessons of 1956… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Diplomacy • Egypt • France • History • Iraq • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations