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How The Bizarre World of Middle East Studies Messes Up U.S. Foreign Policy

April 3, 2011

Lawrence puts his hand in the flame of a match after lighting a cigarette. POTTER: Ow! It damn well hurts. LAWRENCE: Certainly, it hurts! POTTER: Well, what’s the trick then? LAWRENCE: The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts. –“Lawrence of Arabia,” the film. By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –Engaging in Middle East […]

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Syrian Revolution Takes Off. Where is American Support?

April 2, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –As of today, one can say that the revolution in Syria must be taken seriously. Not only were the demonstrations large but also they had spread to additional parts of the country and involved different religious and ethnic communities. Of course, there is a big difference between Egypt and Syria.

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U.S. media catching up on Egypt’s drift toward Islamism

April 1, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Now that the New York Times tells us that the Muslim Brotherhood is really strong, organized, widely supported by the army, and capable of taking over Egypt–all the things I wrote at the time and the mass media denied–the Washington Post confirms every point I made during the revolution

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Obama Doctrine: a prescription for intervention everywhere

March 30, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –American core principles as articulated by President Obama are indeed a prescription for intervention everywhere – despite his firm denial. “America cannot use our military wherever repression occurs…. we must always measure our interests against the need for action.” But, he said, “We had a unique ability to stop that

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U.S. should denounce Syria’s Asad

March 29, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — At the moment in history when people are not just rebelling in the Middle East but when the opposition movements in Iran and Syria are at a high point, the fact that the U.S. government is standing by and not only doing nothing but virtually saying nothing. No, it

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Obama’s reasons for Libyan action sound like Bush’s for Iraq

March 29, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — What is the American national interest in military intervention in Libya? What is our military objective and how do we plan to achieve it? If it wasn’t clear before yesterday, it was no clearer after the President spoke. After denouncing the Iraq war “bluntly,” as he said, President Obama

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U.S. miscalculations make another Israel-Gaza war inevitable

March 25, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–As I’ve reported, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is horrified by White House policies in the Middle East. Indeed, he has an extra reason for being upset since it is his military forces that have to manage the Libyan mess while simultaneously fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while, on top

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Palestinians rallying for ‘reconciliation’ mean with Hamas

March 23, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –The headline on the Associated Press story caught my eye immediately: “Thousands of Palestinians rally for reconciliation.” I always look for stories that contradict my assumptions so that I can examine or change them if necessary. According to the headline, this might be an important new–and positive–development. So, did thousands

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Western media’s bias shows in coverage of Fogel family murders

March 21, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles any more. Following the horrendous murder of the Fogel family, a number of Internet—but not print—writers have pointed out that various mass media institutions have either not

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U.S. Middle East policy undermines friends, strengthens enemies

March 19, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will

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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USA

TribeFest helped to build future San Diego Jewish community

March 18, 2011

By Miriam Maya and Doug White LAS VEGAS, Nevada–San Diego’s delegation of 49 young adults at the first annual TribeFest, hosted by The Jewish Federations of North America, was like no other. Our first indication of such was how we chose to identify ourselves. Imagine a large banquet hall in a cavernous hotel convention center with

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Why Hillary Clinton won’t serve a second term

March 18, 2011

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Uh-Oh! Egyptian revolutionaries ungrateful to Obama Administration

March 16, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Who’d possibly have thought it? Answer: Anybody who understands the Middle East. You see, the Obama Administration rushed to get rid of the Mubarak government in the belief that this action would make Egyptians see that they are simply wonderful people. This would assure that Egypt and America remained good

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Some Mideast tips for U.S. policymakers

March 15, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — People ask me what the United States should be doing toward the upheavals in the Middle East. Here’s a short, quick list of themes: 1. Understanding that there are some people who want real democracy and others who don’t, U.S. policy should be focused on battling the latter, especially

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How The Bizarre World of Middle East Studies Messes Up U.S. Foreign Policy

Syrian Revolution Takes Off. Where is American Support?

U.S. media catching up on Egypt’s drift toward Islamism

Obama Doctrine: a prescription for intervention everywhere

U.S. should denounce Syria’s Asad

Obama’s reasons for Libyan action sound like Bush’s for Iraq

U.S. miscalculations make another Israel-Gaza war inevitable

Palestinians rallying for ‘reconciliation’ mean with Hamas

Western media’s bias shows in coverage of Fogel family murders

U.S. Middle East policy undermines friends, strengthens enemies

TribeFest helped to build future San Diego Jewish community

Why Hillary Clinton won’t serve a second term

Uh-Oh! Egyptian revolutionaries ungrateful to Obama Administration

Some Mideast tips for U.S. policymakers

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