Israel Unlikely to Stay on Syrian Sidelines for Much Longer
May 1st, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick All eyes are on US President Barack Obama as he contemplates how to deal with the fact
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Israel’s New Cabinet
March 27th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick The new Israeli government features a security braintrust that might be a bit more reasonable on Iran,
Obama’s Subtle Message To Israel: You’re Not My Top Priority Anymore
March 22nd, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick All was not as it seemed during President Barack Obama’s appearances in Jerusalem and Ramallah, where he
Hugo Chavez: The Last Anti-Imperialist?
March 6th, 2013 | by Daniel Luban
by Daniel Luban The death of Hugo Chavez has triggered a predictably dizzying amount of commentary, and I’ll leave it
Israel and Palestine: Obama Commits the US
February 11th, 2013 | by Robert E. Hunter
by Robert E. Hunter To say that President Barack Obama’s visit this spring to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan
The Current State of Affairs in Bahrain
January 22nd, 2013 | by Jasmin Ramsey
Lobe Log contributor Emile Nakhleh, an expert on political Islam and Middle Eastern society, recently provided a fascinating primer on
Lessons from the Arab Spring
January 5th, 2013 | by Emile Nakhleh
via IPS News As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies and the international community should reflect
Iran in 2012: A Year in Review
December 30th, 2012 | by Farideh Farhi
For Iran, 2012 will go down as the year of economic woes. The mantra of the “enemy’s psychological war against
Hagel and the Hawks
December 14th, 2012 | by Marsha B. Cohen
Chuck Hagel hasn’t even been nominated for Secretary of Defense and yet rumors abound that he is a frontrunner for the
US-Iran Settlement Requires Looking Beyond Netanyahu’s Goals
December 11th, 2012 | by Guest
By Michael Brenner Graham Allison and Shai Feldman, the two distinguished authors of the “Coming Clash over Iran“, have reduced the
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