Posted in Geopolitics, Hamas, Israel, Michael Reynolds, Turkey on Feb 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
From Michael Reynolds Origins of cooperation. For the past two decades, cooperative relations between Turkey and Israel had been one of the constants of international relations in the Middle East. While it would be incorrect to describe those ties as equivalent to an alliance, they were close and multi-faceted. Turkey recognized Israel in 1949, the […]
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.) .
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 […]
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 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 Michael Reynolds, Military, Steven A. Cook, Turkey on Mar 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Malik Mufti Turkey’s democracy has long rested on a delicate equilibrium between the guardians of the unitary secular-nationalist paradigm who dominate the civilian and military state bureaucracies on the one hand, and the populist politicians who appeal to the particularistic sub-identities of Turkey’s diverse civil society on the other. The proper functioning of this […]
Posted in Culture, Demography, Islam in West, Michael Reynolds, Turkey, Walter Laqueur on Feb 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Michael Reynolds Despite all that is going on in the Middle East, what caught my eye recently are three items concerning western Europe. Each is very different, but all indicate that the question of the integration of Muslims into European societies will remain contentious for some time to come.
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