Added on 26/05/2012
Mondoweiss
Aaron David Miller , America , Camp David , CNN , Dennis Ross , Ehud Barak , Hamas , Hizballah , India , Iran , Iranian government , Iraq , Israel , North Korea , Obama , Obama administration , Pakistan , President , Rabin , Tehran , U.N. Security Council , U.S. America , United States , Washington
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: War, according to Aaron Miller, is inevitable unless something extraordinary happens in the next year.
Added on 04/05/2012
Mondoweiss
Afghanistan , Arab American Institute , Barack Obama , Bush , Bush Administration , Democratic Party , Department of Justice , Eric Holder , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Florida , John Brennan , Michigan , Middle East , Muslim Public Affairs Council , Muslims , New York , Obama , Obama administration , Pentagon , President , Ray LaHood , Republican Party , The American Muslim , United States , White House
ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: A multitude of events have piled up and support for Obama is running at an all time low.
Added on 16/04/2012
Mondoweiss
Baghdad , Benjamin Netanyahu , Catherine Ashton , China , Christian Science Monitor , CNN , European Union , France , Germany , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Nuclear energy , Nuclear programme , Obama administration , pence , Prime Minister , Russia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
ANNIE ROBBINS, MONDOWEISS: The meeting between the P5+1 countries to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme has gone surprisingly well.
Added on 13/04/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Khamenei , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Asia , Binyamin Netanyahu , BP , British government , China , Congress , Electricity , European Union , Food and Drink , France , Germany , Greece , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iranian government , Iranian parliament , Iran’s central bank , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Latin America , Leon Panetta , Manmohan Singh , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , oil fields , oil imports , oil prices , Oil production , oil profits , Persian Gulf , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , South Korea , South Sudan , Soviet Union , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. intelligence , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , Winston Churchill
JUAN COLE: It’s well worth looking at previous situations where major powers tried to use economics to bring Iran to heel.
Added on 01/04/2012
Common Ground News Service
Afghan government , Afghanistan , Civil society , European Union , Hillary Clinton , Kabul , Obama administration , Secretary of State , Taliban , United Nations , United States , United States Agency for International Development , Women , Women's issues , World Bank
DAVID CORTRIGHT, CGNEWS: We asked Afghan women how they believed their hard won rights could be secured.
Added on 30/03/2012
Mondoweiss
Azerbaijan , Department of State , deputy chief , Ehud Barak , Haaretz , Iran , Israel , Middle East , Netanyahu , Noam Sheizaf , Obama administration , President , simulation , U.S. government , United States
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Israel’s bought a country to attack Iran and it’s called Azerbaijan.
Added on 25/02/2012
Mondoweiss
Barak , Bibi , Iran , Israel , Jeffrey Goldberg , Joel Greenberg , Larry Derfner , Meir Dagan , Mossad , Netanyahu , Obama administration , Paranoia , Ron Paul , US Federal Reserve , Washington Post
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: When the former Mossad chief stands alone in opposition to war the position looks inevitable.
Added on 25/02/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Gingrich , Hamid Karzai , Obama , Obama administration , President , Taliban , United States , US Elections
JUAN COLE: Obama’s apology was intended to prevent more US troops from being killed. Gingrich is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Added on 14/01/2012
Mondoweiss
America , Benny Gantz , CNN , Eli Lake , Germany , inspector , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Iranian parliament , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Knesset , Mossad , Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , Obama , Obama administration , Tehran , Tel Aviv , Turkey , U.N. Security Council , U.S. intelligence , United Nations , United States , Washington
ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: The Israelis are doing all in their power to scuttle ‘back channel’ discussions to ease tension between the U.S and Iran.
Added on 05/01/2012
David Roberts
Afghanistan , America , Christmas , Emir , Europe , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , New Year's Day , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Strait of Hormuz , Tehran , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: It appears that both the United States and Iran’s domestic political requirements have spun the region into a dangerous spiral.
Added on 29/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Maryland , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Morocco , New Jersey , Obama administration , Palestinian Territories , United Arab Emirates , United States , University of Maryland
SALIBA SARSAR: Surveying 3000 people in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and the UAE, the poll assessed attitudes toward US- MidEast relations.
Added on 04/12/2011
Mondoweiss
David Ignatius , David Remnick , Department of Defense , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Leon Panetta , Obama administration , Palestine , The Washington Post , United States , Washington
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: In an exasperated tone the US Defence Secretary laid down the law to the Israeli government, but is anyone listening?
Added on 16/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Adel Al-Jubeir , Africa , Atlantic coast , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Gilad Shalit , Hamas , Hizballah , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Iraq , Islamist government , Israel , Libya , Mahmoud Abbas , Manama , Massachusetts , Mexico , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Quds Force , Salesman , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Texas , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: The people power movement has the most to lose and could find itself in the grinder as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran jockey for power.
Added on 26/09/2011
Juan Cole
Bahrain , Bahrain government , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Egypt , France , Gaza , Harry Truman , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli government , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama , Obama administration , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Tel Aviv , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Obama has squandered the positives by pandering to the right wing forces in Manama and Tel Aviv. This is change the Arab youth won’t be able to believe in.
Added on 27/08/2011
The Moor Next Door
America , Barack Obama , George Bush , Iraq , Libya , Libyan government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , President , Steve Clemons , Susan Rice , The National Interest , U.S. military , United States
THE MOORE NEXT DOOR: The incentive to exaggerate America’s role is high on one side; the opposite push to down play its overall relevance will grow.
Added on 22/08/2011
Juan Cole
Africa , Al Qaeda , Arab League , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , BP , chess , Egypt , Europe , France , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , John McCain , Lebanon , Libya , McClatchy , Netherlands , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , oil markets , oil prices , Oil wealth , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Robert Gates , Saif al-Islam Qaddafi , Secretary of Defense , Silvio Berlusconi , Spain , Tobruk , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Western Europe , Western Mountain region , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JUAN COLE: It is worthwhile reviewing the myths about the Libyan Revolution that led so many observers to make so many fantastic or just mistaken assertions about it.
Added on 24/07/2011
Mondoweiss
Anders Behring Breivik , Bush Administration , Daniel Pipes , Dennis Ross , Department of State , English Defense League , Europe , Gaza , Geert Wilders , Ground Zero mosque , Hamas , Harvard , hysteria , Israel , Japan , Middle East , Norway , Obama administration , Oslo , Palestinian Territories , Pamela Geller , Progress Party , Robert Spencer , South Korea , the National Review , U.S. Institute of Peace , United States , Western European
ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: Many of the ideas that apparently inspired the deranged, mass killer Anders Breivik are, unfortunately, held by people who appear regularly on mainstream media.
Added on 16/07/2011
James M. Dorsey
Arab League , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Hafez Al Assad , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Hizballah , Impotence , Iran , Lebanon , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rafik Hariri , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Syria , Tunisia , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: The AL’s newly appointed secretary general, denounced the Obama administration for declaring the Syrian leader had lost legitimacy.
Added on 11/07/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Barack Obama , Cairo , Casablanca , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , France , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , John Brennan , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Obama administration , Oil states , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Rabat , Riyadh , Silvio Berlusconi , Syria , Tahrir Square , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United States , White House , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Protestors are out on Tahrir Square again, there is a television ‘debate’ in Syria about democracy, the Americans are working on Saleh while vacillating on Libya and protestors are out on the street in Morocco. A busy week in the region then.
Added on 19/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
Ben Gurion , Bill Clinton , Bush Administration , Europe , General Assembly , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Maryland , Middle East , Netanyahu government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Security Council , UN General Assembly , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States , University of Maryland
JEROME M. SEGAL, CGNEWS: The ‘internationalising’ of the Palestinian issue has potentially profound consequences for Israel.
