Tag Archives: linkage

Chuck Hagel and linkage

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Martin Kramer

Chuck Hagel says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the “core conflict” in the Middle East? How does he know? Middle Eastern leaders told him so. But did they? Continue reading →

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The NIC of time

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Martin Kramer

The National Intelligence Council looks in the crystal ball at the year 2030. But its vision of Israel and the Middle East is occluded. Continue reading →

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Obama embraces linkage

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Martin Kramer

In my earlier post on the myth of linkage, I brought a number of exemplary quotes from figures such as Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski to illustrate my point. Now another quote can be added to the collection—this one from … Continue reading →

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The myth of linkage

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Martin Kramer

Last September, when I arrived in Cambridge for my fall stay at Harvard, I opened the Boston Globe and saw this headline over an editorial: “The Other Middle East Conflict.” I immediately said to myself: well, I know what the … Continue reading →

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