Posts Tagged: middle east
The Arab Spring: Could Turn Into a Long and Cruel Winter
Due to a host of common denominators in the Arab world including the lack of traditional liberalism, the tribes' power, the elites' control of business,...
Keystone Influence: Syria’s Arab Spring and the Race for Regional Hegemony
The Arab Spring is changing the political and strategic map of the Middle East as we know it in ways that will persist for...
Friendless In The Middle East
The Arab upheavals of 2011 have inspired wildly inconsistent Western responses. How, for example, can one justify abiding the suppression of dissidents in Bahrain while...
Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism
Confidently commenting on the execution of Libya's long-time dictator, Barack Obama stated that "the death of Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in...
Obama’s Frightening Success
Turkish and Iranian flags. So this is how American foreign policy "success" looks nowadays. (WARNING: Graphic Images.) Without getting all misty-eyed about...
The Most Endangered Species
It's a sad reality of the Middle East that moderates have short life spans. In the summer of 1951, rumors began circulating that Lebanon and...
Congress Takes the Lead On Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed United States' Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to Jerusalem with some words of warning: "You're coming to the Middle East...
Accept No Substitutes
Days after the "groundbreaking" and "uncompromisingly pro-Israel" speech in the United Nations, the new White House tactic for dealing with the Israeli problem is rapidly...
Cold War or Employment and Peace?
On a recent trip to Israel, where I visit frequently, I was struck anew by the incredibly vibrant domestic economy that is flourishing there. This...
CFR President: Radical Palestinian State Possible
The Jewish community in New York and the world Jewish community awaits the Holiday season with happy anticipation - and a heightened awareness of the...
Iran and All, It’s Got to be Ron Paul
In 1836 the great 19th century Libertarian Richard Cobden, most famous for his campaign against the protectionist 'Corn Laws,' penned a pamphlet entitled Russia, in...
Jewish Art Alive and Well “Out East”
The Vered Gallery in East Hampton was the setting for a "SRO" gathering when Michele Kidwell, Chairperson of the Archaeology Committee of the National Arts...
How Israel is Blowing the Arab Spring
I am currently in Israel leading a Birthright trip where the consumption of alcohol by the participants is largely discouraged. It's a policy that Israel...
Why is Obama Giving Libya to the Russians?
With President Obama's Libya policy staggering from one embarrassment to another, last week he and Secretary of State Clinton outdid themselves. They publicly...
