Posts Tagged: middle east
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, a Hundred Years Later
The rationale behind the 1916 plan produced by British diplomat Mark Sykes and his French counterpart, Francois George-Picot -- and the international agreements that followed it about...
We Can’t Leave Iran to Its Own Devices
The Westphalian System is a doctrine in international law that has been the generally accepted norm for hundreds of years. The basis of this doctrine...
A Very Simple Conflict
Until 1967, Israel did not hold an inch of the Sinai Peninsula and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip or the Golan Heights. Israel held...
Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam (REVIEW)
Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam, by Daniel Pipes. Transaction Publishers, 2015. More doggedly than any other expert on Middle East affairs Daniel...
Tribalism and the Wisdom of Sykes-Picot, in Hindsight
The division of the former Ottoman Empire by the British and French following World War I appeared corrupt and driven by self-interest, and contributed to the ongoing...
Iranian Commander: US No Longer Capable of Confronting Muslim Countries
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that the United States was no longer in a position to confront Muslim countries,...
Report: Hacker Thwarted Trying to Send Millions of ‘Death to America, Death to Jews’ Text Messages
A hacker tried to send four million text messages saying "Death to America, Death to the Jews," using a hacked SMSGlobal network, the Guardian reported on Monday. The foiled send was...
Major American Jewish Groups ‘Dismayed’ by ‘Misguided’ EU Labeling of Israeli Settlement Products
American Jewish groups across the board echoed Israel's harsh condemnation of new European Union guidelines for labeling products made in territory captured by Israel during the 1967...
American Defense Official: Relationship With Israel Makes US Safer
The US-Israel defense relationship makes America safer, a US defense official wrote in Defense One on Monday. This, wrote Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy Matt Spence,...
Israel Has the Answer, Says Author of New Book on Global Water Crisis (INTERVIEW)
Israel is the "answer to the world's water problems," says businessman and author Seth Siegel, who wants to share that insight with the world through his new...
Iranian Commander Says Iran Thwarting US Policy Worldwide
A senior Iranian commander claimed that the country's efforts to thwart U.S. policies and interests in the Gulf region and globally are succeeding, Iran's semi-official...
Mideast Expert: After Iran Deal, Netanyahu Should be Considered for Nobel Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "unwittingly enabled" the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Vice President at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Aaron David Miller argued...
Iran Deal Seen as Obama’s Play to ‘Fundamentally Reconfigure the Middle East’
JNS.org - As President Barack Obama attempts to convince a skeptical American public and Congress on the Iran nuclear deal, Obama has presented the agreement...
Washington Institute: Send Israel Massive Ordnance Penetrators to Deter Iran
Nothing short of providing Israel with the Massive Ordnance Penetrator -- the world's most powerful "bunker buster" bomb -- and the aircraft to deliver it will...
