A Short-Sighted US Policy In Egypt
This article originally appeared at LobeLog. It’s time to ask some tough questions about US policy regarding Egypt. The most pressing being what that policy is, exactly? John Kerry in a pre-June...
View ArticleUS Comedy of Errors Continues in Egypt
This piece originally appeared at LobeLog The comedy of errors that is US involvement in Egypt is reaching new heights. The Obama administration continues to be torn by Obama seems utterly incapable of...
View ArticleSouciant’s New Blog
Many of you who follow me here know that I have been working for several years as writer, Associate Editor and, most recently, Publisher of Souciant, an innovative and groundbreaking online magazine....
View ArticleA Holocaust Double Standard
This piece originally appeared at Souciant’s new blog. Check it out for a great deal of brilliant and different progressive thought. I wrote recently about the apoplectic reaction of some members of...
View ArticleObama of Arabia
The talks between the P5+1 and Iran are stirring up an already bubbling cauldron in the Middle East. The US’ position in the region is going to change in the next few years, though how that change...
View ArticleHamas’ Options: Bad and Worse
An edited version of this piece originally appeared at LobeLog. The fighting in Gaza will continue for some time, as a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt fell apart. Despite the bellicose The...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Ceasefires
A slightly edited version of this article first appeared at LobeLog. It’s the best resource on the web for analysis of US foreign policy. Please check it out. The two ceasefire proposals aimed at...
View ArticleCeasefire in Gaza: Where Things Stand
This article originally appeared at LobeLog. With a 72-hour truce apparently holding and Israel also apparently having ended its ground operation in Gaza, it seems a fair time to assess where things...
View ArticleNo, Hamas Did Not Take Responsibility For Three Israeli Youths’ Kidnapping...
In another piece I’ll be publishing later today, I take some time to discuss how the Israeli daily Ha’aretz has been marginalized in Salech al-Aruri Israel and no longer represents a “vibrant debate”...
View ArticleMore On What Hamas Did And Didn’t Say
I explained yesterday how the media was running with a non-story which was being twisted to create the illusion that Israel’s sweep An IDF photo of the three Israelis murdered in June through the West...
View ArticleTensions Rise Ahead of Trump-Erdogan Meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will shortly meet US President Donald Trump in Washington. The meeting was already going to be an interesting one. The US-Turkey relationship is complicated,...
View ArticleRadio Interview on Trump’s Mideast Trip
I spoke with Eugene Puryear on his show “By Any means Necessary” for about 20 minutes on Trump’s trip, as well as a bit on Turkey. Check it out at this link My segment starts at about 17:00 in.
View ArticleWhy Trump Can Do No Wrong In Netanyahu’s Eyes
“This is bonkers. Israel’s government says don’t overreact to neo-Nazis in the US because it could hurt relations with Trump. Totally insane.” So said Dr. Brian Klaas, a Fellow in Comparative Politics...
View ArticleWhat To Do In Syria
There are no good options left in Syria. The recent chemical attack in Douma and the response by the United States, United Kingdom, and France to that attack highlighted this point. The attack by the...
View ArticleTrump’s Bumbling Middle East Dance
Both Barack Obama and Donald Trump wanted to change US policy toward both Israel-Palestine and Iran. When Obama arrived in the Oval Office, he brought an ambitious foreign policy plan with him. He...
View ArticleThe Danger Of Trump’s Hasty Exit From Syria
When Donald Trump announced that he was immediately removing all U.S. troops from Eastern Syria, I was surprised by the reaction. There was near glee in anti-war corridors. The initial response is...
View ArticleProgressive Foreign Policy In A Post-Trump World
With impeachment filling the air and the 2020 election season starting to rev up, it’s a natural time to start thinking of a post-Donald Trump world. While defeating Trump is no sure thing despite his...
View ArticleIsrael, the UAE, & Bahrain didn’t sign peace deals, they’re military...
Israel did not sign “peace deals” with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain today. You can’t make peace between countries who have never been at war. And the notion that they are only now establishing...
View ArticleUAE, Bahrain and Israel Sign Empty Deals, Trump’s October Surprise, and...
In the latest episode of the ReThinking Foreign Policy podcast, I argue that the deals struck between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain this week in Washington not only are mislabeled as “peace...
View ArticleIsrael wants more advanced US weapons to counter new sales to UAE
Benny Gantz was in Washington this week. His mission was to get as much as he could form the Trump administration to compensate for the sale of advanced military equipment to the United Arab Emirates...
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