Strategic Challenges After The 9/11 Wars
by Amb. Thomas E. McNamara (ret.)Introduction It does not take a “foreign policy wonk” to notice that U.S. global influence today is weaker than at any time since the end of World War II. There are many reasons for this, … Read more
The Islamic World Faces Its Future
by Benjamin L. Landis It is apparent without further explanation that the world of Islam from the shores of the Atlantic to the extremities of the Indian Ocean is today in tumult. The causes for these chaotic conditions are rooted … Read more
The Mideast Peace Process Peters Out
Reviewed by Norvell DeAtkine
Tour d’Horizon on Syria, Iran, Ukraine and Russia
By Ambassador (Ret) Thomas Pickering Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05E2_Vkt5KI&list=UUPssYbwV8FFSw_ZbhBV5X3Q Review by Michael W. Cotter The Richard N. Krasno Distinguished Professorship in History & International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, now held by Professor Klaus Larres, hosts a … Read more
The Battle for Control of the Middle East
by Curt Jones As a geopolitical region, the Middle East generates a never-ending power struggle for overall hegemony. That objective has never been achieved by a single contender. The Caliphate came closest. From the death of Muhammad in 632, the … Read more
“So Mr. President, You Want a New Syria Policy”
By Marc Ginsberg, former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and Ambassador to Morocco http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg/so-mr-president-you-want_b_4811380.html Reviewed by Norvell DeAtkine This article is particularly timely, not so much because it is about the still festering Syrian tragedy, but because in the light of … Read more
Mid-East Peace
by Sol Schindler Because of Secretary Kerry’s perseverance and industry we shall soon see three international conferences underway, all attempting to pacify different corners of the Middle East. Those of us who have run laps around those corners these last … Read more
The Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shi‘a Divide in the Middle East
By Samuel Helfont, Associate Scholar in FPRI’s Program on the Middle East Text: https://www.fpri.org/articles/2013/12/geopolitics-sunni-shii-divide-middle-east SYMPOSIUM Review by Michael W. Cotter This lecture from an FPRI conference for teachers is well worth reading for two reasons. First, it provides an excellent, … Read more
Partitioning Syria
Review by Norvell DeAtkine
Islamist or Nationalist: Who is Egypt’s Mysterious New Pharaoh?
Review by James L. Abrahamson
The Case for the Palestinians and a Way Forward
by Ruth Ben-Or
The Current Middle-East
by Sol Schindler
Syria’s Turmoil: What’s Next for the U.S.?
by Aaron Brown
US Policy for Egypt
by Sam Holliday
The Syrian Dilemma
by Sol Schindler
Islam and Islamism
Review by Norvell DeAtkine
Syria is Iran’s Stalingrad
Reviewed by Norvell DeAtkine
The Irony of American Strategy: Putting the Middle East in Proper Perspective
Review by Michael W. Cotter
The Contemporary Middle East
Review by Curt Jones
The Contemporary Middle East, Third Edition, Edited by Karl Yambert with a contribution by Shibley Telhami, Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-0813348391, pp. 448