Archive for March, 2008
The naive armchair warriors are fighting a delusional war
By Alastair Crooke, The Guardian, March 24, 2008
The French philosopher Michel Foucault notes that in all societies discourse is controlled - imperceptibly constrained, perhaps, but constrained nonetheless. We are not free to say exactly what we like. The norms set by institutions, convention and our need to keep within the boundaries of accepted behaviour and […]
Posted: March 24th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Islamists.
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The Middle East Peace Process: the case for jaw-jaw not war-war
By Michael Ancram, Accord (Issue 19), Conciliation Resources, 2008
When I opened talks with Sinn Féin/Irish Republican Army (IRA), such was the anger of the Ulster Unionists that they declared me ‘contaminated’ and withdrew from talks with me. Yet as a direct result of those initial communications in the early 1990s we now have the makings […]
Posted: March 13th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Dialogue, Hamas.
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Arrest of Khaled Hamza Salam
By Ibrahim El Houdaiby, Conflicts Forum, March 4, 2008
I woke up on Wednesday February 20th on the news of the arrest of Khaled Hamza Salam, IkhwanWeb.com co-editor in chief. I was on a short visit to Egypt and had met Hamza on Tuesday night, where we went over several contentious issues including the ongoing military […]
Posted: March 4th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Democracy, Egypt, Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Islam.
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[PAL - ah - STIN -ians]
By Mark Perry, Bitter Lemons, February 21, 2008
While it may be difficult to remember, George W. Bush was once considered a debater who could match wits with the likes of Al Gore and John Kerry. This judgment was the result, at least in part, of Bush’s uncanny ability to transform claims that he was stupid […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under ARTICLES, Bush Administration, Mark Perry, Middle East.
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