Fighting ISIS and the Morning After
by Emile Nakhleh As the wobbly anti-ISIS coalition is being formed with American prodding, the Obama administration should take a strategic look at the future of the Arab world beyond the threat posed...
View ArticleWhy Obama Couldn’t Do Anything on Iran While Ross Was There
via LobeLog by Jim Lobe Following up on Paul Pillar’s excellent takedown of Dennis Ross’s remarkably crude display of Islamophobia (whereby Saudi Arabia is considered a “non-Islamist state,” while...
View ArticleSquaring the Circle of ISIS
via LobeLog by Bernard Chazelle In matters of battle, there are certain things we’ve come to expect. The pairwise nature of combat, for example. From the playing fields of Eton to the morne plaine of...
View ArticleWhat Next?
via LobeLog by Robert E. Hunter Since the United States invaded Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, and began an era of major military operations in Southwest Asia and the Middle East, “what next”...
View ArticleFighting for Democracy While Supporting Autocracy
via Lobelog ISIS and Bahrain’s F-16 by Matar E. Matar For the second time in recent history, the United States is trading away support for democracy and fundamental human rights protections in Bahrain...
View ArticleUS Policy Towards Iran Played Big Role in Rise of Sunni Extremism
via Lobelog by Shireen T. Hunter Throughout the recent handwringing about how the US and other Western countries failed to foresee the emergence of ISIS, one factor has been totally ignored, either...
View ArticleBookends of America’s Broken Regional Policy
via Lobelog by James A. Russell It’s hard not to cringe watching the United States careen around the Middle East these days, dispensing bombs, money and political fealty in various doses depending on...
View ArticleFear and Loathing in America
by James A. Russell A variety of recent opinion polls indicate that a significant portion of the American public remains deeply fearful of international terrorism. Many Americans even feel less safe...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Realignment
by Charles Naas Within a few days we will know whether President Obama’s efforts to negotiate an agreement with Iran over the latter’s nuclear power ambitions have proven successful or not and, if...
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Ex-IAEA Chief Warns on Using Unverified Intel to Pressure Iran
via Lobelog by Gareth Porter In a critique of the handling of the Iran file by the International Atomic Energy Agency, former IAEA Director General Han Blix has called for greater skepticism about the...
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