22/01/2007 Article

Talking to Tehran

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Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Iran, Neocons

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For several months now, the United States and Israel have promoted what could be described as a two-tiered narrative in confronting Iran. That coming from

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07/12/2006 Article

If the US Should Talk to Iran, Why Shouldn’t it Talk to Hamas?

/ Paul Woodward

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Palestinians

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James Baker threw down the gauntlet to President Bush yesterday when he commended the Iraq Study Group report as “probably the only bipartisan report he’s

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17/11/2006 Interview

Talking to Terrorists

Tags: Dialogue

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ABC Radio National (Australia) interview with Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, November 16, 2006 Alastair Crooke — The paradox is that most people ask us

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03/06/2006 Article

How to Lose the War on Terrorism:
III. An Exchange of Narratives

/ Mark Perry & Alastair Crooke

Tags: Dialogue, Hezbollah, Political Islam, War on terrorism

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Asia Times, June 3, 2006 There was a time in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, when Western intellectuals debated the meaning of the

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01/04/2006 Article

How to Lose the War on Terrorism:
II. Handing Victory to the Extremists

/ Mark Perry & Alastair Crooke

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Political Islam, War on terrorism

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Asia Times, April 1, 2006 After the writers of this article and our colleagues visited the Middle East for talks with some of the leaders

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31/03/2006 Article

How to Lose the War on Terrorism:
I. Talking With the ‘Terrorists’

/ Mark Perry & Alastair Crooke

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Middle East, Political Islam, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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Part one: Asia Times, March 31, 2006 Seventy-two hours before the Iraqi people voted on a new parliament, on December 12, 2005, we were told

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24/02/2006 Article

Painting Ourselves Into the Corner of PLO Non-recognition

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Dialogue, Hamas, Palestinians

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The Muslim News, February 24, 2006 Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, spoke of the recent Hamas electoral victory to a huge gathering in

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08/08/2005 Interview

Fostering Muslim-West Dialogue

Tags: Al Qaeda, Dialogue, Middle East, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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Alastair Crooke interviewed by Humayun Chaudhry, Al Jazeera, August 8, 2005 Alastair Crooke is a former official with Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency who has worked

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02/06/2005 Article

Listening and Talking

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Occupied Territories, Political Islam

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Bitterlemons, June 2, 2005 It is said that, soon after the signing of the Oslo Accord, Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi traveled to Tunis to

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