Posted in Books, Counterinsurgency, Iraq on Dec 1st, 2009 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. Mark Moyar is professor of national security affairs at the Marine Corps University, where he holds the Kim T. Adamson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism. His new book [...]
Posted in Iran, Oil and Gas, Raymond Tanter, Sanctions on Nov 29th, 2009 No Comments »
From Raymond Tanter
On November 27, 2009, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted a strong resolution that expressed “serious concern that Iran has constructed an enrichment facility at Qom [Iran] in breach of its obligation to suspend all enrichment related activities.” This censure of Tehran was preceded by a November 16 report that the IAEA [...]
Posted in David Schenker, Lebanon, United Nations on Nov 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
From David Schenker
In October, Lebanon was elected to one of ten non-permanent member seats on the United Nations Security Council. Come January 2010, Lebanon will assume Asia’s “Arab League” seat, replacing Libya for a two-year term on the critical international body.
The UNSC seat was the brainchild of Lebanon’s president Michel Suleiman, who used his 2008 [...]
Posted in Gal Luft, Islam in West, Saudi Arabia on Nov 10th, 2009 Comments Off
From Gal Luft
The tragic killing of the 13 U.S. soldiers in Fort Hood by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is one is a string of events involving Muslim soldiers and veterans who have gone astray, raising delicate questions about the role and trustworthiness of the 3,000 Muslim soldiers in the U.S. military. The major incidents [...]
Posted in Culture, Diplomacy, Iran, Philip Carl Salzman, Raymond Tanter on Nov 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Philip Carl Salzman
“It is time for the Iranian government to decide whether it wants to focus on the past, or whether it will make the choices that will open the door to greater opportunity, prosperity, and justice for its people.”
—President Barack Obama, statement on the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy [...]
Posted in Alan Dowty, Israel, Palestinians, United Nations, Walter Reich on Nov 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
From Alan Dowty
As the Goldstone report on the Gaza war wends it way up the UN food chain, casting further opprobrium on Israel at each level, it is legitimate to question Israel’s handling of this challenge. Did the Israeli response lessen or aggravate the damage?
There are serious critiques that could have been levied against Goldstone’s [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Raymond Tanter, Taliban on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off
From Raymond Tanter
The role of Iran in fueling insurgency in Iraq, particularly attacks against U.S. forces, has been well-documented and forms one front in Iran’s proxy war against the United States. Receiving much less attention than Iraq, is the role Iran has played in supporting anti-NATO insurgents in Afghanistan as a second front against U.S. [...]
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