Posted in Culture, Israel, Walter Reich on Aug 15th, 2008 Comments Off on The 2,000-year shakedown
From Walter Reich That Israel’s leadership can’t figure out what to do when faced with the challenge of ransoming kidnapped Jews is excusable. That much of that leadership seems to be ignorant of the fact that Jews have given two thousand years of thought to exactly that problem, however, isn’t. A few weeks ago, in […]
Posted in Books, Egypt on Aug 13th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Inside Egypt’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. John R. Bradley has written for The Economist, The Washington Quarterly, The Financial Times, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, Newsweek, and Salon. His new book is […]
Posted in Caucasus, Michael Reynolds, Russia on Aug 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Malik Mufti Georgia’s attempt to gain control of South Ossetia by force on August 8 was ill-considered for several reasons. First, it led to a punishing Russian counter-attack that has crippled Georgia’s military capability. Second, it reduced to virtually nil Georgia’s chances of restoring its sovereignty over South Ossetia and the other breakaway region […]
Posted in Andrew Exum, Hezbollah, Michael Horowitz, Terrorism on Aug 11th, 2008 5 Comments »
From Michael Horowitz Lindsey O’Rourke’s recent op-ed in the New York Times, “Behind the Woman Behind the Bomb,” is an interesting attempt to describe some of the issues surrounding the use of female suicide bombers in Iraq and elsewhere. As she points out, many of the groups that have utilized suicide terrorism have employed female […]
Posted in Culture, Egypt, Israel, Josef Joffe, Walter Reich on Aug 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Josef Joffe Of course, antisemitism cannot be amusing. How could it be? This darkest of creeds has spawned million-fold death, not to speak of its less murderous forms like discrimination, persecution and expulsion. But here is a rare instance that might bring at least a bittersweet smile to your face. Then, further below, we’ll […]
Posted in China, Jon Alterman on Aug 7th, 2008 Comments Off on China in the Middle East
From Jon Alterman As someone who normally focuses on the Middle East, why would I spend time thinking about China? The reason is simple: It is hard to imagine a future in the Middle East in which China does not play a more substantial role. The Middle East emerged as a U.S. bailiwick in the […]
Posted in Islamism, Robert Satloff on Aug 5th, 2008 Comments Off on Peter Rodman on Islamism
From Robert Satloff The late Peter Rodman said and wrote many wise things on a wide array of topics. One set of remarks that stands the test of time is the following presentation he delivered at a Washington Institute conference in 1992. The triggering event was Algeria and the debate over whether the United States […]
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