In Syria — with nearly 40,000 casualties since the start of the conflict — the Middle East’s most pressing humanitarian crisis has yet to be addressed. More…
Category Archives: Opinion
Another Clinton at State? 1
For the Middle East, no Secretary of State would be better than Bill. More…
Gulf Hegemony Reply
Stephen Walt says the smaller Gulf states aren’t colonies — J. Dana Stuster politely disagrees. More…
Run, Peres, Run! 2
The one man in Israel most qualified to respond to the security dilemma and unify the fragmented Israeli public? Shimon Peres. More…
The Leadership Dilemma Reply
Military intervention seems like the inevitable conclusion for the war in Syria — but is it the right conclusion?
By and large, the recent Syrian ceasefire existed in name only, with low expectations for success from the onset… More…
Ayoub and the Drone Revolution Reply
Last month a Hezbollah reconnaissance drone penetrated Israeli airspace before being shot down. As Israel addresses its security concerns, Carlos Rafael Colon of UMassDrone.org wonders how Hezbollah’s drone flight over Israel fits in the proliferation of unmanned aerial technology. More…
Obama’s Middle Eastern Policy and the 2012 Election Reply
Obama proposed a bold, fresh take on Middle East relations back in 2009 — has he delivered?
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Too Little, Too Late Reply
Why the failure of the Syrian ceasefire proves the need for military intervention.
The small flicker of hope that emerged from the rubble of Syria last Thursday was extinguished almost as soon as it appeared… More…
A Late Call For ‘Justice’ Reply
Turkey wants to join the rising powers in re-organizing the international system.
In the past ten years Turkish officials have adopted a rhetoric that calls for an equal and just world order. In the recent meeting of Istanbul World Forum (IWF), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that; “Nobody can claim that the U.N. Security Council is built upon a fair structure… More…
Turkey’s Long Path to Democracy Reply
Despite 56 years of multiparty politics, it appears that democracy remains misunderstood in Turkey. From the very beginning, Turkish parliamentary democracy has had to grapple with the transcendental state tradition which, unfortunately, has made parliamentary democracy a framework without its essence — namely its fundamental principle of inclusive debate… More…
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