Posted in Caucasus, Geopolitics, Iran, Mark N. Katz, Oil and Gas on Nov 3rd, 2008 Comments Off on Strategic case for U.S.-Iran rapprochement
From Mark N. Katz The recent Russian intervention in Georgia has made an American rapprochement with Iran highly desirable both for the United States and for the West as a whole. Israel has long opposed such a rapprochement, but this would also serve its interests too. Here’s why: Europe has become increasingly dependent on Russia […]
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Posted in Arab Gulf, Gal Luft, Iran, Oil and Gas, Saudi Arabia on Oct 11th, 2008 Comments Off on Financial crisis: OPEC to blame?
From Gal Luft There is so much blame to go around in the wake of the financial crisis that there is no wonder OPEC’s name shows up high in the list of culprits. After all, soaring oil prices and loss of wealth in 2008 to the tune of $1.2-$1.9 billion each and every working day, […]
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Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Iran, Israel, Oil and Gas on Oct 9th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Redefining U.S. Interests in the Middle East’
From MESH Admin The latest contribution to Middle East Papers is by Adam Garfinkle, editor of the journal The American Interest. Garfinkle (a particularly prolific contributor to MESH) argues that the conventional understanding of U.S. interests no longer accords with post-Cold War realities. The protection of oil, support for Israel, and preservation of U.S. hegemony […]
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From Robert O. Freedman In recent months, a growing gap has become evident between the United States and Israel on policy toward Iran. While the Bush Administration seems increasingly reluctant to use force to stop the rapidly expanding Iranian nuclear program, the vast majority of Israelis, who see the Iranian nuclear program as a mortal […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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