Added on 21/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Binyamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Fatah , George Mitchell , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Khaled Meshaal , Middle East , Minister of Justice , Netanyahu’s government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , The Guardian , Tzipi Livni , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: The newly unified Palestinian leadership faces a very rough few months in the lead-up to the key United Nations vote in September.
Added on 21/05/2011
Hisham Wyne
America , Barack Obama , Cairo , Golan Heights , Israel , James Zogby , Middle East , Mubarak , Obama , Obama administration , Palestinian Territories , President , Syria , The Guardian , Tunisia , United Nations , United States
HISHAM WYNE: President Obama delivered a fluent summing up of recent developments. For those closer to the action, however, there was little new or substantive.
Added on 05/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ahmet Davutoglu , Ali Akbar Salehi , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Camp David , Congress , Damascus , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jennifer Rubin , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Media coverage , Middle East , Nabil al-Arabi , Obama administration , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , unnamed official , Washington , Washington Post , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: With Egypt reaching out to Israeli foes and the Palestinian agreement to work together Israel’s policy of division is in tatters.
Added on 28/04/2011
Ramzy Baroud
America , American Enterprise Institute , Baghdad , Benghazi , CNN , Hillary Clinton , Iraq , Joe Biden , John McCain , Libya , Mike Mullen , Moammar Ghaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Obama administration , President , Reuters , Saddam Hussein , Secretary of State , Syria , Transitional National Council , United States , Washington , Washington Post
RAMZY BAROUD: There is a lot of discussion and political calculation bouncing around the corridors of power in Washington about Libya.
Added on 27/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Central Intelligence Agency , Damascus , Department of State , Europe , European Union , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hamas , Leon Panetta , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rami Makhlouf , Security Council , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , travel bans , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US Treasury
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Obama administration has been working hard behind the scenes to enlist the EU and Turkey in efforts to isolate Syria.
Added on 10/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Egypt , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama administration , Oil , oil prices , Oil production , Persian Gulf , President , Riyadh , Robert Gates , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , Secretary of State , the Associated Press , United States , Venezuela
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Whenever the words ‘United States’ and ‘Saudi Arabia’ occur in the same sentence it seems inevitable that the phrase ‘dependence on oil’ will appear too.
Added on 31/03/2011
Syria News Wire
Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Colonel , Damascus , David Lesch , Democracy , Hafez Al Assad , Iraq , Israel , Josh Landis , Libya , Muammar el-Qaddafi , Mubarak , Obama administration , Patrick Seale , President , Security services , Syria
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Expectation was high in advance of the speech delivered by President Assad yesterday. By the time he had finished speaking I was left with a sense of confusion, anger, depression but most of all disappointment.
Added on 23/03/2011
Mondoweiss
Afghanistan , Africa , Al Qaeda , Amr Moussa , Arab League , Bahrain , Central Asia , Europe , Food and Drink , Gaza , humanitarian law , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Libyan government , Middle East , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Persian Gulf , Tripoli , United States , Washington , Yemen
ISSA KHALAF, MONDOWEISS: The price of military intervention always comes at a higher price than initially anticipated. Can the United States afford to intervene in Libya?
Added on 16/03/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Benghazi , David Cameron , Egypt , France , G-8 , Germany , Italy , Japan , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Milan , Muammar Qaddafi , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil wealth , Osama Bin Laden , President , Prime Minister , Qaddafi’s air force , Russia , Saddam Hussein , Silvio Berlusconi , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , Washington , Western European
JUAN COLE: As the unfolding disaster in Japan distracts the world’s attention Qaddafi’s re-conquest of Libya rolls on. There will be scores to settle…
Added on 13/03/2011
Mondoweiss
Bahrain , Bush , Clinton , Democracy , Egypt , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Obama administration , Saudi Arabia , Tel Aviv , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , United States , Washington
MONDOWEISS: ‘Regime alteration’ is the new buzz phrase in the Washington corridors of power. The Obama administration is advocating a ‘tortoise’ rather than a ‘hare’ strategy to those seeking change in the region. Will it resonate?
Added on 23/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Avigdor Lieberman , Bahrain , Benjamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Ehud Barak , Ethan Bronner , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli Defense Ministry , Jerusalem , Jordan , New York Times , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Prime Minister , Senate , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States , United States Navy , Washington
ALI GHARIB, MONDOWEISS: Two Iranian warships pass through the Suez Canal and the Israelis howl in protest. The U.S administration quickly falls into line…
Added on 20/02/2011
Mondoweiss
America , Barack Obama , Cairo , Civil society , Elliott Abrams , Hillary Clinton , Human Rights Watch , Israel , Jennifer Rubin , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Peace , President , Sarah Leah Whitson , Secretary of State , Security Council , Susan Rice , Tahrir Square , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Fine words in Cairo almost two years ago are forgotten when the Israeli lobby makes a call for a vote on illegal West Bank settlements…
Added on 02/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Al Qaeda , Egypt , Elections , Fatah , Hamas , Hezbollah , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Pew Research Center , President , Sharia , Taliban , U.S. government , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: Both the United States and Israel are nervously anticipating what role the Muslim Brotherhood will play in the future of Egypt. But Western leaders can rest easy…
Added on 15/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ben Ali , Darfur , East Africa , Egypt , European Union , G-8 , Hillary Clinton , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Political systems , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Samir Rifai , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Somalia , Southern Sudan , southern Yemen , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Turkey , United Nations , United States , University of Jordan , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: A wave of protests across the Arab world sets the stage for the redrawing of the political map of the Mideast and North Africa.
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
Added on 23/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
Asharq Al-Awsat , Darfur , Europe , Hizbollah , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Sudan , UN Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: 2010 has established that the region has failed to learn from its past. Failing to resolve conflicts does not mean that they simply go away.
Added on 26/11/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Aaron David Miller , Arab League , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , China , Congress , Europe , Gaza , George W. Bush , Hilary Clinton , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Latin America , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Netanyahu’s government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Secretary of State , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , U.S. Congress , UN Security Council , United States , West Bank , White House
RAMZY BAROUD: It looks like President Obama will finish his term having secured no advance in Arab-Israeli negotiations. The Israelis do the talking, Washington does the listening. And the giving…
Added on 22/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Cairo , Democracy , Department of State , Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian military , Elections , Gamal Mubarak , George W. Bush , guard , head of state , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , National Democratic Party , Nile , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Secretary of State , U.S. Congress , United States , United States Agency for International Development , Washington
JAMES M. DORSEY: Repression of the opposition, intimidation of the media and electoral restrictions may guarantee Mubarak’s win. But for the U.S., the perception it is perpetuating authoritarian rule may outweigh any benefits.
