Posted in Geopolitics, Michael Young, Philip Carl Salzman on Sep 19th, 2008 Comments Off on The first 100 days (5)
The MESH roundtable on the theme of “The First 100 Days” concludes today. MESH members have been asked these questions: What priorities should the next administration set for immediate attention in the Middle East? What should it put (or leave) on the back burner? Is there anything a new president should do or say right […]
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 Hezbollah, Lebanon, Michael Young, Syria on Jul 19th, 2008 Comments Off on Behind Druze kisses for Quntar
From Michael Young This report of the return of Samir Quntar to his home village of Abay on Thursday is how you would expect a news story like this one to play in a foreign media outlet.
Posted in Geopolitics, Martin Kramer, Michael Young, Terminology, Walter Reich on Jun 12th, 2008 8 Comments »
From Martin Kramer Last September, when I arrived in Cambridge for my fall stay at Harvard, I opened the Boston Globe and saw this headline over an editorial: “The Other Middle East Conflict.” I immediately said to myself: well, I know what the Middle East conflict is—that’s the Israelis and the Palestinians. So what is […]
Posted in Iran, Israel, Jon Alterman, Lebanon, Michael Young, Syria on Apr 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Peter W. Rodman The idea of splitting Syria from Iran seems like a no-brainer. This is the most important strategic argument that is often made for trying to improve the U.S. relationship with Syria. The idea has been around for a long time, however—25 years or so, in fact, since the Syrian-Iranian alliance took […]
Posted in Hillel Fradkin, Islamism, Martin Kramer, Media, Michael Young, Terminology on Mar 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Hillel Fradkin According to Philip Bennett, managing editor of the Washington Post, Americans lack a proper understanding of Islam. Contemporary media practice is to blame, and it is the job of the same media to fix it. His immediate proposals: hiring more Muslim journalists, better translations of Arabic words or terms and greater descriptive […]
Posted in Andrew Exum, Chuck Freilich, David Schenker, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Michael Young on Feb 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Michael Young Another round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is certainly likely, but I don’t consider it inevitable, particularly in the short term. There are several reasons for this.
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