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Fouad Ajami’s discovery of Israel

Fouad Ajami’s discovery of Israel had a witness. Martin Kramer remembers. Continue reading

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Cole cult ignores Ajami

While on the road, I was amazed to read this quote in The Nation, served up by Joshua Landis after Yale’s thumbs-down to Juan Cole: “Juan Cole has done something that no other Middle East academic has done since Bernard … Continue reading

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Professorial Pundits Place Iraq Bets

The war is underway, and most of the rationales for and against it are based on predictions. No one reasonably expects professors of Middle Eastern studies to predict military outcomes. But political outcomes, especially in the long term, are supposed … Continue reading

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