http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2009/08/naive-pan-arabism-in-washington/ Until the end of July, the Obama administration had been signaling that the mid-August visit of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, would be the occasion for the roll-out of a major U.S. initiative for brokering a comprehensive settlement of…
read moreTwenty seven years ago in 1982 at the time of the first Lebanon war the Trade Unions Council (TUC) Congress adopted its first ever resolution criticising the policies of the State of Israel. Despite opposition from the TUC General Council…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=3074&TTL=New_Developments_in_Iran’s_Missile_Capabilities:_Implications_Beyond_the_Middle_East Iran is vigorously pursuing several missile and space programs at an almost feverish pace with impressive achievements. The Iranians have upgraded their ballistic missiles to become satellite launchers. To orbit a satellite is a very complicated project. There are…
read morehttp://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives90.html EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: After a 20-year hiatus, the Fatah conference was held in August 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas finally appears to have gained some power in his party, Fatah. Due to persisting Palestinian internal divisions, he will still need…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204884404574364573231887260.html # Beirut Shortly after the rigged election and popular uprising in Iran, a seductive conventional wisdom emerged in Western policy-making circles: The Iranian regime, if it survived, would be significantly weakened by internal problems and would abandon its regional…
read morehttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/17/egypts_next_strongman?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Washington today, bringing with him a large retinue of advisors, ministers, and assorted hangers-on. But only two of them really count, at least for those trying to figure out who will succeed one…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204683204574354420180149080.html As a candidate, Barack Obama pledged not to support dictators friendly to the United States. Yet despite this promise, President Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the White House this week. This unusual goodwill-the president also visited Mr.…
read moreAsaf Romirowsky: Norton Mezvinsky’s Lamentable Legacy – and His FutureAmerican ThinkerAugust 15, 2009 A newly formed “educational think tank,” the International Council for Middle East Studies (ICMES), is poised to influence U.S. policy toward the Middle East in ways that…
read moreWhen asked about whether US President Barack Obama was rethinking his decision to give Mary Robinson his nation’s highest civilian award, a spokesman for the White House was quoted as saying that the president “had no second thoughts” about giving…
read morehttp://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=3c67cacb-d273-4ff8-a5ef-98f57b5a831c&k=6315 To confront Iran, the United States must first confront Europe–and more specifically, the continent’s powerful business lobby. This confrontation will come into focus in the next months. As Iran refuses Barack Obama’s open-handed offer of engagement, the administration will…
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