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Middle East & North Africa
Proclaiming One’s Supremacy Doesn’t Become a Supreme Leader
What’s so Islamic about the leadership of the Islamic Republic?
The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency
There are moments that define a war. Just such a one occurred on June 21, when Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry helicoptered into Marjah for a photo op with the locals. It was to be a capstone event, the fruit of a four-month counterinsurgency offensive by Marines, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, and the newly minted Afghan National Army (ANA) to drive the Taliban out of the area and bring in good government.
Armed Sprawl
Clear away, for the moment, the repression, the bombings, the rocket attacks, the fence, the religions, the national aspirations and resentments — and just take a closer look at Israel and the West Bank. It’s not hard to do. Open Google Earth and cruise over this conflicted piece of territory, concentrating your attention on signs of human habitation.
Are Nuclear Weapons Really the Ultimate in More Bang for the Buck?
Is it true that a nuclear weapons program is the way for a small state to level the playing field with a larger state in one fell swoop?
Iran-Turkey-Syria: An Alliance of Convenience
The Israel-Palestine conflict has been at the heart of regional affairs since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. This is the context wherein the “de facto” Iran-Turkey-Syria axis should be understood, although substantive normalization of relations in the last decade between Turkey and its neighbors Iran and Syria served as a pre-requisite for the supposed alliance.
U.S.-Iran: Small Voice of Optimism, Deafening Chorus of Dread
An attack on Iran may be high on the wish list of U.S. and Israeli hawks, but a positive outcome is likely wishful thinking.
60 Second Expert: The Divergence of America and Israel
According to Meir Dagan, director of Mossad, “Israel is turning from an asset to the United States to a burden.” Though an alignment of interests between the United States and Israel existed from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War, the two countries’ strategic interests no longer coincide. This is clear from U.S. reactions to the Turkish flotilla incident, which indicate a major shift in American grand strategy in the region.
Israel: World’s Most Aggressive Ebay Bidders
Israel seems to think that when Palestinians are outbid by violence, they’ll fold their hand and meekly comply.
The Divergence of America and Israel
Nearly lost in the furor over the Israeli attack on the Turkish civilian aid flotilla is an incredible assessment delivered to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “Israel is turning from an asset to the United States to a burden,” testified Meir Dagan, the director of Mossad, on June 1.