Alon Ben-Meir
ARTICLES BY: Alon Ben-Meir
No Reconciliation With the Butcher Of Damascus
I cannot begin this article without first expressing my profound outrage about the behavior of the Western powers, Turkey, the Arab League, and Kofi Annan,...
Premature Elections Invite Political Instability
Although elections and political reforms are needed in the wake of the Arab Spring, premature elections could usher in a period of continued...
Iran: Staying In Power Trumps Nuclear Ambitions
The only way the clerical regime in Iran will meet the demands of the P5+1 to end its nuclear enrichment program and comply with...
Syria: The International Travesty
After fifteen months of relentless slaughter, the developments in Syria, with shockingly inordinate amounts of slain women and children, have demonstrated the international...
Putin’s Choice: Stay the Course or Enhance Russia’s World Standing
Since the end of the Cold War, the relationship between Russia and the West has revolved around a perpetual "reset" that never seems to...
Preventing Sunni-Shiite Schism From Hijacking The Arab Spring
In April of this year, I wrote that the upheaval in Syria (the Sunni majority revolt against the Alawite-dominated regime) has turned into a battleground between...
Turkey And Israel: Now Is The Time To Reconcile
I strongly believe that the time is right for Turkey and Israel to mend their critically important bilateral relationship which has suffered a...
Syria’s Unfolding Tragedy: What Can Be Done?
As the carnage in Syria continues, the powers that are capable of taking serious measures to stop it are busy finding excuses to explain their...
To Egypt’s Youth: The Revolution is Still Yours to Reclaim
In the past few weeks, the Egyptian revolutionary youth's worst nightmare has come to pass: they have been caught in a horrifying struggle...
Syria: The Battleground Between Sunnis and Shiites
In a late 2011 article, I argued that Syria's upheaval thrusts Turkey and Iran into a collision course because they have opposing geostrategic interests in an...
Syrian Kurds: Time To Assert Their Rights
Regardless of what may come out of Kofi Annan's peace plan to end the internal conflict in Syria, and whatever may emerge from the...
Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood: Facing the Bittersweet Reality
Since the fall of the Mubarak regime, the conventional wisdom in Israel has suggested that the emergence of an Islamist government in Egypt would necessarily...
Egypt at a Crossroads, Watch Closely
A few days after the Egyptian uprising, I argued that the Arab Spring could well turn into a long and cruel winter due to a...
A Win-Win: End the Slaughter in Syria While Isolating Iran
Seldom has the dividing line between the forces of moderation and the forces of extremism been so clear in the Middle East. The extremist...
