Posted in Egypt, Geopolitics, Israel, Maps, Martin Kramer, Palestinians, Steven A. Cook on Jan 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Martin Kramer “This may be a blessing in disguise.” This is how an unnamed Israeli official greeted the destruction by Hamas of a chunk of the border barrier separating Gaza from Egypt, followed by an unregulated flood of hundreds of thousands of Gazan Palestinians across the border into Egypt. “Some people in the Defense […]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Iran, Israel, Martin Kramer, Palestinians on Jan 22nd, 2008 Comments Off on Memo from Gulfistan
From Martin Kramer Martin Kramer made these remarks at the 8th Herzliya Conference on January 21. Lately it has been said that the Arabs are in a panic over the growing power of Iran. We are told that Arab rulers so fear the rise of Iran that this fear has eclipsed all others—it’s the sum […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Martin Kramer, Pakistan, Qaeda, Terrorism on Dec 30th, 2007 Comments Off on Bhutto’s murder: prelude to…
From Martin Kramer An editorial in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, entitled “Target: Pakistan,” mourned Benazir Bhutto, whom it described as “the highest profile scalp the jihadists can claim since their assassination of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat in 1981.” The editorial then offered this analysis: With the jihadists losing in Iraq and having a hard […]
Posted in Administration, Announcements, Martin Kramer, Stephen Peter Rosen on Dec 4th, 2007 Comments Off on MESH is launched
From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) is open for business. Why do we think there’s a need for another weblog, and why at Harvard? The Middle East today receives saturation coverage in the mainstream and alternative media, journals, and books. But we feel there’s no such thing as […]
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