Posted in Geopolitics, Hillel Fradkin on Sep 29th, 2008 Comments Off on America’s challenges in the Middle East
From Hillel Fradkin One may say that American interests in the Middle East remain the same, only more so. For some time we have had a primary interest—and primary responsibility—for the security and stability of the region of the Persian Gulf. A more recent primary interest is protecting ourselves from terrorism rooted in this region. […]
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 Gal Luft, Geopolitics, Jacqueline Newmyer, Maps, Stephen Peter Rosen on Sep 18th, 2008 Comments Off on The first 100 days (4)
The MESH roundtable on the theme of “The First 100 Days” continues. 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 out […]
Posted in Geopolitics, Josef Joffe, Mark N. Katz, Walter Laqueur on Sep 17th, 2008 Comments Off on The first 100 days (3)
The MESH roundtable on the theme of “The First 100 Days” continues. 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 out […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Chuck Freilich, Geopolitics, Robert O. Freedman on Sep 16th, 2008 Comments Off on The first 100 days (2)
The MESH roundtable on the theme of “The First 100 Days” continues. 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 out […]
Posted in Daniel Byman, Geopolitics, Hillel Fradkin, Mark T. Clark on Sep 15th, 2008 Comments Off on The first 100 days (1)
At this very moment, the foreign policy teams of Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are planning their Middle East strategy. At this stage, it isn’t presumptuous to do so—to the contrary, it would be negligent not to. Papers are being refined, on Iraq, Iran, terrorism, Israel-Palestinians, Israel-Syria, energy, and more. With that in […]
Posted in Caucasus, Geopolitics, Michael Reynolds, Russia, Turkey on Aug 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Michael Reynolds The outbreak of the Russian-Georgian War earlier this month apparently caught Ankara as poorly prepared as it caught Washington. The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s section dealing with the Caucasus reportedly was virtually unstaffed. The head of the section was in Mosul on temporary assignment, the section’s number-two spot is empty and has been […]
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