Posted in Robert O. Freedman, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Palestinians, Israel on Jul 24th, 2008 No Comments »
From Robert O. Freedman
The recent exchange of five Arab terrorists for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers abducted by Hezbollah at the start of the 2006 war was a major defeat for Israel, one that must not be repeated. While one can understand the anguish felt by the families of the captured Israeli soldiers, Ehud […]
Posted in Palestinians, Israel, Maps, Geopolitics on Jul 10th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
This map, by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, provides an update on the status of Israel’s West Bank barrier, showing segments completed, under construction, and planned, as of July 2008. The barrier’s total length is now projected to be 723 kilometers, more than twice the length of the 1949 […]
Posted in Jordan, Palestinians, Israel, Diplomacy, Books on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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. Marwan Muasher has held many high-level positions within the government of Jordan, including deputy prime minister, foreign minister, ambassador to the United States, and first Jordanian ambassador to […]
Posted in Joshua Muravchik, Harvey Sicherman, Robert Satloff, Michael Mandelbaum, Adam Garfinkle, Hezbollah, Terrorism, Matthew Levitt, Palestinians, Democracy on Jun 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
In the current issue of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has offered a parting statement under the title “Rethinking the National Interest: American Realism for a New World.” The section on the Middle East includes an elusive passage that would seem to acquiesce in the political inclusion of violent groups. The Rice quote […]
Posted in Lebanon, Syria, Malik Mufti, Steven A. Cook, Hezbollah, Jon Alterman, Geopolitics, Turkey, Israel, Palestinians, Iran on Jun 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Jon Alterman
A funny thing has happened in the Middle East: virtually all of the government opposition to the United States has gone away. After almost a half-century of Cold War battles to protect oil fields, deny Soviet access to warm-water ports, and commit hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the number of Middle […]
Posted in Barry Rubin, Walter Reich, Harvey Sicherman, Jordan, David Schenker, Palestinians, Adam Garfinkle, Israel on Jun 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
In late April, MESH hosted a discussion of the “Jordanian option.” In today’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman, writing from Ramallah, offers his own version of it (see below, left). MESH member Adam Garfinkle reviews the earlier MESH thread, and adds his own insights. Comments are offered by MESH members Barry Rubin, Walter Reich, David […]
Posted in Philip Carl Salzman, Palestinians, Israel, Books on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
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. Philip Carl Salzman is professor of anthropology at McGill University and a member of MESH. His new book (with Donna Robinson Divine) is Postcolonial Theory and the Arab-Israel […]
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