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Chasing illusions in the Middle East

Posted in Charles Hill, Bruce Jentleson, Barry Rubin, Israel, Diplomacy, Culture on Feb 7th, 2008 2 Comments »

Elie Kedourie (1926-1992) was a rigorous interpreter of Middle Eastern history and contemporary affairs, famous for his penetrating style and principled conservatism. In 1970 he published an essay on “The Middle East and the Powers,” as the opening piece in a collected volume named after its most renowned article, The Chatham House Version. Below, we […]

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The fate of fanaticism

Posted in Walter Reich, Barry Rubin, Walter Laqueur, Islamism, Culture on Jan 14th, 2008 2 Comments »

From Walter Laqueur

Detail from Eugène Delacroix, The Fanatics of Tangier, 1837-38.

It is not “the West against the rest.” Throughout human history, civilizations have coexisted and competed, and there is no good reason to assume that this will change in the foreseeable future. True, there is still considerable resistance to accepting such obvious facts as, for […]

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