Posted in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Martin Kramer, Michael Young, Palestinians, Syria on Nov 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Martin Kramer How did the outcome of 1967 change the way Arabs think about themselves and the world? It was the late Malcolm Kerr, one of America’s leading Arabists at the time, who perfectly summarized the consensus. (Kerr was a UCLA professor, later president of the American University of Beirut, who was killed there […]
Posted in Democracy, Geopolitics, Martin Kramer, Philip Carl Salzman, Tamara Cofman Wittes on Oct 15th, 2008 5 Comments »
From Tamara Cofman Wittes There are two opposing coalitions in the Middle East today. On the one hand, there is a revisionist coalition comprised of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah—a coalition dissatisfied with the distribution of power in the region, and dissatisfied with the current agenda-setters and frameworks for state action. These revisionists include states […]
Posted in Geopolitics, Martin Kramer on Oct 2nd, 2008 Comments Off on America’s interests: a bedside briefing
From Martin Kramer I’ve already prepared my briefing for the next president. No point in waiting until he calls me at 3 a.m., which he certainly will. Of course, I could leak it then, but Bob Woodward is already working on his next book, so I might as well leak it now. Here we go. […]
Posted in Martin Kramer, Terminology on Sep 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
From MESH Admin This wire service article from the New York Times of April 27, 1952 is evidence of how the National Geographic Society once unsuccessfully tried to define the Near, Middle, and Far Easts “in terms of logical geographical divisions.” It is amusing now to read the rationale for the Society’s insistence on centering […]
Posted in Academe, Iran, Martin Kramer, Philip Carl Salzman on Aug 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Martin Kramer Ann (Nancy) K.S. Lambton, the distinguished British historian of medieval and modern Iran, died on July 19 at the age of 96. Her obituaries tell some of her remarkable story as a pioneering scholar and a formidable personality. They are also interesting for what they omit, regarding her role in the idea […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Books, Daniel Byman, J. Scott Carpenter, Josef Joffe, Mark T. Clark, Martin Kramer, Michael Horowitz, Michael Reynolds, Michael Young, Philip Carl Salzman, Robert Satloff, Steven A. Cook, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Walter Laqueur, Walter Reich on Jul 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
With August fast approaching, MESH has asked its members to recommend a book for summer reading. (For more information on a book, or to place an order with Amazon through the MESH bookstore, click on the book title or cover.)
Posted in Geopolitics, Harvey Sicherman, J. Scott Carpenter, Josef Joffe, Joshua Muravchik, Martin Kramer, Michael Mandelbaum, Robert Satloff, Walter Laqueur on Jul 3rd, 2008 Comments Off on Is it over for America in the Middle East?
MESH marks the Fourth of July by asking this question: Is the American era in the Middle East over? The argument was first made by Richard Haass in an article published in 2006: The American era in the Middle East… has ended…. It is one of history’s ironies that the first war in Iraq, a […]
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