by Paul Mutter | Oct 2, 2011 | Human Rights
Cross-posted from Mondoweiss and the Arabist. That’s right: a Republican is giving Obama more credit than even his own party will for influencing –no, inducing — the “Arab Spring.” MSNBC broke the story, capturing footage of Michele...
by Stephen Zunes | Sep 30, 2011 | Democracy & Governance
During the Bush administration, I wrote more than a dozen annotated critiques of presidential speeches. I have refrained from doing so under President Barack Obama, however, because – despite a number of disappointments with his administration’s policies...
by Sandy Tolan | Sep 23, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
It’s the show that time and the world forgot. It’s called the Occupation and it’s now in its 45th year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines from elsewhere seize the...
by Richard Javad Heydarian | Sep 22, 2011 | War & Peace
After consolidating its domestic political position with an impressive third straight victory in the 2011 parliamentary elections, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is poised to cement Turkey’s status as the prime indigenous power in the Middle East. As...
by Paul Mutter | Sep 16, 2011 | War & Peace
Cross-posted from Mondoweiss. Prominent Saudi officials have been wagging their fingers at the U.S. since 9/11, trying to convince Washington that Riyadh is as indispensable to the U.S.’s Middle East status quo as Tel Aviv is. One such prominent Saudi official,...
