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Monthly Archives: July, 2012
Syria: Guests of the Worlord
Abu Ibrahim is a big bear of a man in his early forties. He wears…
Tawakkol Karman: Iran wants to militarily overthrow Yemen
The Nobel Prize for Peace Laureate Ms. Tawakkol Karman calls upon the Yemeni President Abdu…
The Prince and the Revolution
Saudi Arabia is bringing back its most talented operator to manage the Arab Spring. But…
Libya’s Uncertain Post-electoral Direction
The impressive electoral performance of nominally liberal parties in Libya is being widely portrayed as…
Should Turkey be Afraid of the Syrian Kurds?
Given the situation along the border and the risk of a Kurdish insurgency, a unilateral…
Maher Assad Disappears after the Damascus blast
An explosion occurred last Wednesday in the National Security Headquarters in Damascus, killing some pillars…
Aoun, or when tragedy becomes farce
We can take it as a given that for as long as Michel Aoun can…
Did Hezbollah Do It?
Earlier today, on the 18th anniversary of the Hezbollah bombing of the AMIA Jewish community…
Assad’s Final Warning
Since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, Washington has repeatedly demanded that President Bashar al-Assad…
In Bekaa Valley: Hizbullah flight-testing attack drones
Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Lebanese Intelligence sources said that the (presumably Israeli) surveillance drone which had…
A pinprick in the “equal burden” balloon
Sometimes the use of the oriental imagination is needed like air to breathe. I have…
The Other Threat to Oil Supplies: Shiite Tensions in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
Violence in eastern Saudi Arabia and continuing tension in Bahrain are reminders that Gulf oil…
The influential Syrian general who could bear Assad no more
The Tlass family were once acolytes of the Assad dynasty, but as the regime crackdown…
Can it Get Worse in Syria? It Just Did
Syria’s descent into ever-greater violence steepened yesterday. Driven by the regime’s desperate attempt to stay…
Why do they hate the Ecumenical Patriarchate?
The other night, I hosted Emre Öktem, an associate professor of international law, on my…
What’s going on in Egyptian Politics? Don’t Ask Egyptians
New Republic One of the more charming aspects of post-Mubarak Egypt is the frequency with…
Election Results in Libya Break an Islamist Wave
TRIPOLI, Libya — A coalition led by a Western-educated political scientist appeared on Sunday to…
What The Tlass Defection Means to Assad
Thursday came news that General Manaf Tlass, a senior commander of Syria’s elite Republican Guard…
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Long Game: Egypt’s Ruling Party Plots Its Path to Power
Foreign Affairs In the 18 months since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood…
“The Tuareg Revolt and the Mali Coup”
Prepared Statement of LtCol (ret) Rudolph Atallah Senior Fellow, Michael S. Ansari Africa Center Atlantic…
Banks Get Pressed on Beirut
WASHINGTON—Major Wall Street and European financial firms are coming under pressure to dump their holdings…
Mounting Pressure on the Syrian Army
The Syrian army is Bashar al-Assad’s main prop — without it, his regime would soon…
Is the Quran a ‘constitution’?
When Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, was declared the new president of…
President Morsi, a rigged ballot and a fox’s tale that has all of Cairo abuzz
There is a fox in Tahrir Square. Bushy tailed and thickly furred, he claims to…
The right to resist is universal: A farewell to Al Akhbar and Assad’s apologists
“Syrian weapons are being used – most unfortunately – against our camp, while the rulers…