Posted in Iran, Mark N. Katz, Military, Russia on Sep 23rd, 2009 Comments Off
From Mark N. Katz
Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s most recent statement that the Holocaust is a myth and denouncing Israel is an indication that he does not see U.S. President Obama’s call for dialogue and improved relations with Iran as desirable from his perspective.
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Raymond Tanter, United Nations on Sep 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
From Raymond Tanter
The opening of the UN General Assembly in New York provides advocates of human rights an additional forum to embarrass President Ahmadinejad of Iran for his serial violations of the rights of Iranians at home and abroad. A hunger strike by 36 Iranian dissidents, taken hostage by Iraqi forces, continues into its second [...]
Posted in Books, Diplomacy, Iran, Israel, Palestinians on Aug 17th, 2009 Comments Off
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. David Makovsky is Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His new book, [...]
Posted in Iran, Josef Joffe, Joshua Muravchik, Michael Horowitz, Philip Carl Salzman, Raymond Tanter on Aug 13th, 2009 8 Comments »
From Philip Carl Salzman
How do we know whether our models, or, to be more modest, our characterizations of countries are correct? We try to show that the case studies and other information that we adduce support our vision. But our interpretations are seldom challenged by immediate events, and their validity is most easily assessed in [...]
Posted in European Union, Iran, Raymond Tanter, Sanctions on Jul 15th, 2009 Comments Off
From Raymond Tanter
President Obama continues to seek direct talks with Tehran in face of its suppression of Iranian oppositionists. But now is not the time to engage Tehran, given its violent suppression of the Iranian people and the American troop pullback from Iraqi cities.
If President Obama extends a warm hand toward the clerical-military rulers of [...]
Posted in Iran, Robert O. Freedman, Russia on Jul 9th, 2009 Comments Off
From Robert O. Freedman
On the two major Middle East issues that divide Russia and the United States and that could have been talked about at the U.S.-Russian summit—Moscow’s legitimization of Hamas by regularly inviting its delegations to Moscow, and Russia’s protection of Iran from serious UN Security Council sanctions—not much appears to have been accomplished. [...]
Posted in Books, Iran, Military on Jul 7th, 2009 Comments Off
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Steven R. Ward is a senior CIA intelligence analyst who specializes in Iran and the Middle East. He is also a graduate of West Point and a retired [...]
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