Archive for 'ARTICLES'
A mistaken case for Syrian regime change
Aisling Byrne
Article posted on Asia Times Online on 05 January 2012 and republished by Counterpunch in the USA.
“War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.
Although not mentioned, the “strategic prize” of the first stage of this war on […]
Posted: January 9th, 2012 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Democracy, Iran, Syria.
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The ‘great game’ in Syria
Alastair Crooke
Article posted on Asia Times Online, 22 October 2011
This summer, a senior Saudi official told John Hannah [1], former United States vice president Dick Cheney’s former chief-of-staff, that from the outset of the Syrian upheaval in March, the king has believed that regime change in Syria would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: […]
Posted: October 26th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Obama administration, Syria.
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Ayatollah Khamenei and a Principled Foreign Policy
Seyed Mohammad Marandi
University of Tehran
Paper presented at the International Conference: RENOVATION & INTELLECTUAL IJTIHAD IN IMAM KHAMENEI, Beirut, 6 & 7 June 2011.
One of the most important points to keep in mind when discussing the leadership of Ayatollah al-Udhma Imam Khamenei is the very fact that he was chosen to succeed the towering figure of […]
Posted: June 28th, 2011 under ARTICLES, Bush Administration, Iran, Iraq, Islam and globalization.
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Permanent Temporariness
Alistair Crooke
Article posted on London Review of Books
It was in 2003 that I realised something fundamental had changed. The door to the room in which I was sitting flew open. In stalked a figure still dressed in a dark overcoat and scarf. He evidently could contain himself no longer. I was in Downing Street with […]
Posted: March 8th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Diplomacy, Hamas, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Palestinians, War on terrorism.
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Misunderstanding Israeli motives
Alistair Crooke
Article posted on english.aljazeera.net
Al Jazeera’s release of The Palestine Papers helps to make clear why there is no Palestinian state. It illuminates a key flaw in Palestinian and western understanding of Israeli thinking. It is this flaw which helps explain why a state has failed to emerge – despite the many, many opportunities in […]
Posted: January 25th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Democracy, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Media, Palestinians.
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Building a police state in Palestine
Aisling Byrne
Article posted on www.foreignpolicy.com
“If we are building a police state — what are we actually doing here?” So asked a European diplomat responding to allegations of torture by the Palestinian security forces. The diplomat might well ask. A police state is not a state. It is a form of larceny: of people’s rights, aspirations […]
Posted: January 19th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Palestinians.
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