Posted in Books, Daniel Byman, Jon Alterman, Mark N. Katz, Mark T. Clark, Martin Kramer, Michael Mandelbaum, Michael Reynolds, Steven A. Cook, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Walter Laqueur on Dec 17th, 2008 Comments Off on Holiday reading 2008
With the holidays fast approaching, MESH has asked its members to recommend books you might give as a gift or read by the fire. (For more information on a book, or to place an order with Amazon through the MESH bookstore, click on the book title or cover.) .
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Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Alan Dowty, Diplomacy, Israel, Josef Joffe, Mark N. Katz, Palestinians, Raymond Tanter, Robert O. Freedman, Robert Satloff, Syria, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Walter Reich on Nov 20th, 2008 Comments Off on A Middle East envoy?
From MESH Admin Over the past week, MESHNet, the closed-forum companion to MESH, conducted a poll of MESHNet members, asking them who would make the best Middle East envoy of the Obama administration (if it is decided to appoint one). The structure of the poll emulated an earlier poll administered to a panel of Israeli […]
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Posted in Caucasus, Geopolitics, Iran, Mark N. Katz, Oil and Gas on Nov 3rd, 2008 Comments Off on Strategic case for U.S.-Iran rapprochement
From Mark N. Katz The recent Russian intervention in Georgia has made an American rapprochement with Iran highly desirable both for the United States and for the West as a whole. Israel has long opposed such a rapprochement, but this would also serve its interests too. Here’s why: Europe has become increasingly dependent on Russia […]
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Posted in Mark N. Katz, Michael Horowitz, Michael Mandelbaum on Oct 22nd, 2008 Comments Off on The Bush legacy (2)
As the presidency of George W. Bush draws to a close, MESH members have been asked to assess his legacy. What did the Bush administration do right and do wrong in the Middle East? What is the proper yardstick: Administration rhetoric or the range of the possible? Finally, as the pollsters put it, are we […]
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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 […]
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From Walter Laqueur Some have said that the Kremlin is unpredictable. I always found the Soviet (Russian) leadership more predictable than the White House. According to Vladimir Putin, the breakdown of the Soviet Union was the greatest disaster of the 20th century. If so, one ought to undo (or reduce) the damage, and Moscow is […]
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Posted in Chuck Freilich, Iran, Israel, Josef Joffe, Mark N. Katz, Mark T. Clark, Martin Kramer, Nuclear, Robert O. Freedman, Stephen Peter Rosen on Jun 26th, 2008 7 Comments »
Earlier this month, Israel sent more than 100 warplanes on military maneuvers across the Eastern Mediterranean. An unnamed U.S. official described the exercise as practice toward honing the skills for a long-range strike. The assumption is that the maneuvers signal an Israeli willingness and capability to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, if all other measures to […]
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