Posted in Caucasus, Geopolitics, Michael Reynolds, Russia, Turkey on Aug 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Michael Reynolds The outbreak of the Russian-Georgian War earlier this month apparently caught Ankara as poorly prepared as it caught Washington. The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s section dealing with the Caucasus reportedly was virtually unstaffed. The head of the section was in Mosul on temporary assignment, the section’s number-two spot is empty and has been […]
Posted in Iran, Israel, Robert O. Freedman, Russia, Syria, Turkey on Aug 27th, 2008 Comments Off on Putin’s war and the Middle East
From Robert O. Freedman At the time of the Russian invasion of Georgia, Russia was following a policy of encouraging the main anti-American forces in the Middle East—Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran—while at the same time trying to cultivate the major Sunni Arab states of the Middle East, especially Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the […]
Posted in Books, Iraq, Military on Aug 24th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Baghdad at Sunrise’
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. Peter R. Mansoor is the General Raymond Mason Chair of Military History, Ohio State University, and a recently retired U.S. Army colonel. His new book is Baghdad at […]
Posted in Announcements on Aug 23rd, 2008 Comments Off on MESH on Facebook
From MESH Admin Read this post if you’re on Facebook. Ignore it if you aren’t. We don’t want to be responsible for getting you started.
Posted in Academe, Iran, Martin Kramer, Philip Carl Salzman on Aug 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Martin Kramer Ann (Nancy) K.S. Lambton, the distinguished British historian of medieval and modern Iran, died on July 19 at the age of 96. Her obituaries tell some of her remarkable story as a pioneering scholar and a formidable personality. They are also interesting for what they omit, regarding her role in the idea […]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Books, Iran, United Kingdom on Aug 19th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘American Ascendance and British Retreat’
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. W. Taylor Fain is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. His new book is American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian […]
Posted in Geopolitics, Mark N. Katz, Russia, Walter Laqueur on Aug 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Walter Laqueur Some have said that the Kremlin is unpredictable. I always found the Soviet (Russian) leadership more predictable than the White House. According to Vladimir Putin, the breakdown of the Soviet Union was the greatest disaster of the 20th century. If so, one ought to undo (or reduce) the damage, and Moscow is […]
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