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Obama Abroad |
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7/24/2008 |
| He's been called a naive idealist. But in terms of foreign policy, he's the true realist in the race.
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 Fareed Zakaria |
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Obama Visits Israel 'to Win Jewish Votes' |
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7/24/2008 |
| with a little time in the West Bank – appeared more of a campaign attempt to win over Jewish votes back in the United States. |
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SANA ABDALLAH |
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Why John Bolton is Right on Iran |
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7/24/2008 |
| As usual, John Bolton is absolutely right. His policy prescriptions may be reckless to the point of foolishness (”When in doubt, bomb!”), but his understanding of what is happening in Washington policy (as outlined in his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal) is unerringly accurate.
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Gary Sick |
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U.S. changes course on Iran |
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7/23/2008 |
| The decision to send the State Department's third-ranking official to Geneva Saturday to join talks between the other four permanent members of the U.N. Security and Germany, on the one hand, and Iran, one of the three charter members of Bush's 'Axis of Evil,' on the other, marks a significant relaxation of administration policy which, until now, had insisted it would not participate in direct talks until Tehran froze its uranium enrichment program.
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Jim Lobe |
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Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power |
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7/23/2008 |
| Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate. |
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Tim Shorrock |
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Obama is saying the wrong things about Afghanistan |
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7/23/2008 |
| He hit the right notes during his swing through Iraq, but his plans for that other war could mean trouble. |
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Juan Cole |
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George W. Bush: "Awesome!" |
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7/23/2008 |
| The president has used "awesome" to describe everything from dead soldiers to the pope. How did a slang word trickle up to the highest office in the land? |
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Andrea Higbie |
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A leap of faith for Saudi king |
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7/22/2008 |
| On July 16, a unique conclave of Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs was inaugurated in Madrid by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Its aim is to bridge widening religious chasms that breed violence. The agenda was relevant since religion has become one of the main sources of conflicts of late.
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Sreeram Chaulia |
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Turkey in the throes of Islamic revolution? |
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7/22/2008 |
| If political Islam prevails in Turkey, what will emerge is not the same country in different coloration, but a changeling, an entirely different nation. |
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By Spengler |
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King Abdullah urges global consensus from believers of all faiths |
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7/21/2008 |
| The King addressed the effort to bring together representatives of the world's religious communities at the conference as well as a wide ranging discussion of other issues including the crisis in world energy and food supplies, the Arab-Israeli conflict, regional security challenges, America's influence in the Middle East and the battle against terrorism. |
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BI-ME staff |
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Iran faces ultimatum on nukes |
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7/21/2008 |
| A two-week clock began ticking down the minutes Sunday after the Western powers' negotiating team, led by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, failed to reach an agreement with their Iranian counterparts over the nuclear issue. |
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CLAUDE SALHANI |
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Rice threatens Iran with more sanctions |
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7/21/2008 |
| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment program within 2 weeks or face punitive measures. |
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Press Tv |
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No Strongman |
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7/21/2008 |
| There's a rumor going around that Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is feeling his oats, flexing his muscle, and displaying a newfound confidence that has allowed him to challenge the American occupation of Iraq. |
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Robert Dreyfuss |
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Big turnaround for US and Iran |
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7/21/2008 |
| In two weeks, the period it has been granted, Iran might make known its intentions on its nuclear plans, and hence the future of its tenuous links with the US. The talks in Geneva did not result in Iran’s accepting the so-called “freeze for freeze” deal — a halt in its uranium enrichment in return for no strengthening of UN sanctions. |
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Arab News |
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