Posted in Academe, Intelligence, Walter Laqueur on Dec 10th, 2009 Comments Off on From Sovietology to Jihadology?
From Walter Laqueur David Engerman is the author of a new study of American Sovietology during the Cold War and its impact on U.S. policy. In a recent article in Foreign Affairs he expresses his belief that the model of Sovietology should guide the study of today’s threats, specifically Jihadism. It is true that the […]
Posted in Academe, Bruce Jentleson, Josef Joffe, Mark N. Katz, Martin Kramer, Michael Horowitz, Michael Mandelbaum, Walter Laqueur on Apr 17th, 2009 6 Comments »
From Martin Kramer “Scholars on the Sidelines” is the headline of an op-ed by Harvard’s Joseph Nye in Monday’s Washington Post. There he notes that the Obama administration has appointed few political scientists to top positions, and predicts a widening of the divide between policymaking and academic theorizing. His Harvard colleague Stephen Walt has echoed […]
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 Academe, Culture, Philip Carl Salzman on Apr 21st, 2008 Comments Off on Uncle Sam wants you!
From Philip Carl Salzman “He must be a spy,” said the visiting Baluch, bearded, turbaned, and baggy in long shirt and trousers. My fellow camp mates of the Dadolzai shrugged. They had accepted me and were past wondering exactly how I got there. “Sure,” I replied; “the government”—whether Iranian or American was left unspecified, “they […]
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