Opinions
No help on Syria will come from RussiaTuesday 21 May 2013
David J. Kramer is president of Freedom House.
Can everyone please stop pretending that Russia can be a partner with the United States and (...)
Getting rid of the nationalism diseaseMonday 6 May 2013
Nothing stands still. History and demography will propel us forward, whether we like it or not. Therefore, one doesn’t have to be a prophet to (...)
;) Mourning Martin RichardThursday 25 April 2013
I was deeply struck by the photo of the eight-year-old American child, Martin Richard, who was the third casualty of the Boston bombings. It was (...)
;) The invisible minorityFriday 12 April 2013
About two decades ago, at Ben-Gurion International Airport I happened to meet a Palestinian acquaintance who was serving as a minister in Yasser (...)
Syria’s Meltdown Requires a U.S.-Led ResponseSaturday 23 March 2013
As Syria heads toward a meltdown spilling over its borders — with loss of control over strategic weapons, accelerated refugee flows, spreading (...)
;) American Withdrawal and Global DisorderWednesday 20 March 2013
As Obama ends U.S. security guarantees, nuclear weapons and violence will spread.
Since the days of the Monroe Doctrine, American foreign policy has rested on a global system of explicit or implicit commitments to use military (...)
;) Does Obama have a plan for Syria?Tuesday 19 March 2013
The Obama administration’s fear of blowback in Syria — weapons falling into the hands of jihadists and other bad guys — can be avoided in only one (...)
Watching the slaughter in SyriaThursday 14 March 2013
A sign carried by residents of a town in northern Syria during a demonstration against the Assad regime read: “The continued killing of thousands (...)
;) Turkey’s Foray into the Fertile CrescentFriday 1 March 2013
Turkey has answered Iran’s challenge by building influence in northern Iraq and Syria.
New York Times
The biggest open secret in Ankara is that Turkey detests Iran, which it sees as undermining its interests in Syria and Iraq. (...)
;) A Vatican Spring?Thursday 28 February 2013
THE Arab Spring has shaken a whole series of autocratic regimes. With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, might not something like that be (...)
;) One morning at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International AirportThursday 28 February 2013
Last week, as I walked into the security gates at Beirut Rafic Hariri’s International airport while waving farewell to my dad, I had a flashback (...)
On the path to blood, sweat and tearsTuesday 26 February 2013
Why the renewed conflagration in the firing zones was only a matter of time.
The two so-called "nationalist" movements that have been fighting over this country for decades have reached a critical stage in their struggle. (...)
Is Lebanon on the brink of civil war?Thursday 21 February 2013
Khatoun Haidar
The fate of Lebanon is uncertain. I can feel a cold wind that reminds me of 1975, the official start of the Lebanese Civil War. (...)
A Honeymoon between a Fortress and a ShelterFriday 15 February 2013
It was to be expected that Kholoud and Nidal’s civil marriage adventure in Lebanon, with the aid of a former leftist, would be accompanied by a (...)
;) Lebanon cannot be ruled by “fatwa”Tuesday 29 January 2013
I could not believe the words blasted on the radio. Mufti Kabbani was literary excommunicating any Lebanese Sunni politician who approves (...)
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