Archive for 'Diplomacy'
Giving ‘engagement’ a bad name: Obama’s Iran policy at one year
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
The first anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration as President of the United States came this week. The sharpest criticism of Obama’s first-year record on domestic and economic affairs came from the Nobel prize-winning economist, New York Times columnist, and Princeton professor Paul Krugman.
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Posted: January 26th, 2010 under ARTICLES, Diplomacy, Iran, Obama administration.
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The political implications of the Hamas electoral victory from Islamist, regional and Western perspectives
A Conflicts Forum conference sponsored by the European Commission, Beirut, March 2007
Conference Report, Part Two
In March of 2007, Conflicts Forum conducted a workshop on the political implications of the Hamas electoral victory from Islamist, regional and Western perspectives. The conference, held in Beirut, Lebanon, presented speakers from the region, including Islamist scholars and leaders, those […]
Posted: June 18th, 2007 under Bush Administration, CF CONFERENCE, Diplomacy, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Middle East, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia.
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Dancing with wolves: the importance of talking to your enemies
By the Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram, MP, Middle East Institute, April 19, 2007
“It is often a better use of time to talk to your enemies than your friends,” so said a wise, experienced and senior Israeli to me a few weeks ago. In a similar vein last summer following the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2007 under Ceasefires, Dialogue, Diplomacy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, War on terrorism.
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How the Saudis stole a march on the U.S.
By Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, March 5, 2007
Palestinian Authority advisers Saeb Erakat and Yasser Abed Rabbo arrived in Washington at the beginning of February confused and uncertain. Their mandate from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, was to talk to State Department officials about US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s upcoming […]
Posted: March 5th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Diplomacy, Fatah, Hamas, Mark Perry, Mecca Agreement, Middle East, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia.
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