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Salon.com September 24, 2002 Ian Williams |
Bush to Arab world: Drop dead Driven by right-wing ideologues and his own zeal, President Bush has taken Ariel Sharon's side in the Middle East even while plotting a war with Iraq. Foreign policy experts say that's a dangerous combination. |
Salon.com June 18, 2002 Laura Miller |
Before Baghdad burns The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. |
Salon.com February 16, 2001 Ben Barber |
Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate. |
Salon.com February 28, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Washington sobers up on sanctions The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets... |
Salon.com March 9, 2001 Ben Barber |
Colin Powell veers right After conservative critics chastise him for softening sanctions against Iraq, the secretary of state hardens his line... |
Salon.com May 22, 2001 Ben Barber |
Is Powell's peace plan a pipe dream? With the abandonment of settlement construction and calls for a "total end of violence" at its core, the U.S. roadmap to Mideast peace may be doomed from Day 1... |
Parameters Summer 2007 Gawdat Bahgat |
Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East It is time that those responsible for crafting the policies and strategies for the region understand that US and Iranian interests are not by definition mutually exclusive. |
Salon.com March 20, 2002 Hadani Ditmars |
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe... |
Salon.com January 4, 2001 Flore de Preneuf & Daryl Lindsey |
"I hope he will be better than his father" Israelis worry, and Palestinians hope, that a new Bush administration will be tougher on them than Clinton was... |
Salon.com October 23, 2000 Flore de Preneuf |
Peace? Please hold As the bloodbath rages in the Middle East, Ehud Barak calls for a "timeout" in the peace process... |
BusinessWeek January 21, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose: A Q&A with Prince Alalweed bin Talal The Saudi prince speaks out on Citigroup, News Corp., Obama, taxes, and terrorism. |
Salon.com June 12, 2002 Suzy Hansen |
Six days that shook the world An Israeli historian talks about the weeklong war that shaped the modern Middle East and still fuels the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
Parameters Autumn 2005 Chris Zambelis |
The Strategic Implications of Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Middle East Promoting democracy in the Middle East will mark a positive shift in American foreign policy if and when Washington decides to back up its rhetoric with action. |
Salon.com August 28, 2002 Aluf Benn |
Israel's Iraq dilemma Israeli leaders are overjoyed at the prospect of a U.S. invasion -- but it isn't good politics to admit it. |
Salon.com December 8, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
Beyond tribalism Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone... |
Salon.com October 17, 2002 |
"I'm not sure which planet they live on" Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy. |
U.S. Banker February 2007 Lee Conrad |
And Now for the Big Political Headache: Iran Most of the Middle East is enjoying a booming economy, despite the three-year incursion in Iraq. But as President Bush fields increased criticism over the invasion, neighboring Iran remains in flux. |
Reason January 2003 Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
Salon.com October 8, 2001 Gary Kamiya |
War and peace Our fight against terrorism gives the U.S. a historic opportunity to become a kinder, gentler force in the world... |
Salon.com April 19, 2001 Ben Barber |
Dragged back into the fight As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, how long can the Bush administration stay out of the fray? |
BusinessWeek September 9, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Tony Blair The former British Prime Minister, whose memoir, A Journey, has drawn protests in Dublin and London, defends the invasion of Iraq |
Reason June 2006 |
Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region: Why I Supported the Iraq War... You Can't Bring Order to the Middle East... Six Facts About Iraq... |
Salon.com June 6, 2001 Flore de Preneuf |
Brinkmanship of blood Pushed to the edge by rage and revenge, Palestinians and Israelis stare into the abyss of war... |
Salon.com October 9, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Suspicious minds Many Arab rulers would like to support the Western war on Osama bin Laden. But their subjects disagree, and have a laundry list of reasons why... |
Salon.com December 20, 2001 Asla Aydintasbas |
The midnight ride of James Woolsey The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening? |
Salon.com November 6, 2001 Gary Kamiya |
It's time for U.S. to broker Mideast peace, says Palestinian leader Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi tells Osama bin Laden he does "not have the right to use" the Palestinian plight "for your ends"... |
Salon.com February 9, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Can Sharon make peace? Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved... |
Salon.com September 12, 2002 Suzy Hansen |
Why terrorism works Alan Dershowitz says the world community opened the door to al-Qaida by rewarding Palestinian terrorists -- and makes the case for national I.D. cards and torture. |
TIME Asia October 4, 2010 |
Inbox Readers comment on stories dealing with Israel and Tony Blair. |
Salon.com December 12, 2001 Norah Vincent |
It's not just Hamas It's time for America to stop coddling the Palestinians -- they're bloodthirsty bigots who would have exterminated the Jews if they were in charge... |
Salon.com January 4, 2001 Michael Adams |
The fraud of American "peacemaking" Clinton is just the latest U.S. leader whose one-sided support for Israel has doomed the region to bloodshed... |
Salon.com October 2, 2002 Robert Scheer |
The truth about American foreign policy Let's call the Bush Doctrine what it really is: Imperialism. |
Salon.com October 16, 2002 Robert Scheer |
War and peace President Bush could learn a thing or two from Jimmy Carter. |
Salon.com October 11, 2002 William M. Arkin |
Sept. 11 and wars of the world Osama and Saddam pose real threats, but the Bush administration may be too incompetent -- and too arrogant -- to stop them. |
Salon.com September 19, 2002 Robert Scheer |
Iraq: The phantom menace George W. Bush's war plans in the Middle East have more to do with elections than global security. |
Salon.com October 10, 2000 Flore de Preneuf |
Appetite for destruction Ehud Barak's ultimatum passes and violence continues to mount between Israelis and Palestinians... |
Salon.com October 30, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
A Jew in the mosque A self-described "average Israeli" talks about his daring journey to pray with the Holy Land's Muslims and Christians -- and why Arafat cannot head a Palestinian state... |
Salon.com September 11, 2001 Flore de Preneuf |
Rejoicing in the streets of Jenin While many Palestinians celebrate the attack on the U.S., Yasser Arafat denounces it as "unacceptable" and Israelis mourn... |
Salon.com September 28, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Friends like these Why did so many of the Sept. 11 hijackers have ties to Saudi Arabia? Why can't the U.S. use Saudi bases to fight the war on terrorism? What Americans don't know about their best Muslim ally... |
Salon.com October 15, 2002 Aluf Benn |
When friends collide With Israeli and American interests diverging, stakes will be high and negotiations tricky when President Bush and Ariel Sharon meet this week. |
Salon.com September 22, 2001 Anthony York |
How big a war? Hawk Paul Wolfowitz wants the U.S. to attack Iraq. Colin Powell doesn't -- and nobody knows who has Bush's ear... |
Salon.com October 14, 2002 Jason George |
"When is this going to end?" With its own newspaper and hot line, a group run by Palestinian kids attempts to create hope from despair. |
Salon.com January 3, 2001 Flore de Preneuf |
Clock running out on Clinton's Mideast legacy Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel... |
Salon.com July 18, 2000 Douglas Brinkley |
Clinton's lust for legacy Jimmy Carter's biographer says that Camp David II could give the president an accomplishment that history will notice before the sexual peccadilloes. |
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Flore de Preneuf |
Peace without compromise? The failure of the Camp David summit could spell war, and soon -- or it could be the best thing for the Middle East peace process. |
Salon.com September 6, 2002 Asla Aydintasbas |
The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed. |
BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to George Mitchell Obama's newly retired special envoy to the Middle East explains the President's push for Israeli-Palestinian progress and the region's biggest risks. |
Smithsonian April 2006 Afshin Molavi |
Young and Restless Saudi Arabia's baby boomers, born after the 1973 oil embargo, are redefining the kingdom's relationship with the modern world. |
Salon.com January 18, 2001 Vivienne Walt |
Saddam won't die Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever... |
Salon.com October 3, 2002 Bill Clinton |
What should the world do about Saddam? The author electrifies a British Labor Party conference with a more sweeping vision for global peace and progress than the current president has been able to muster. |