Jim Lobe’s blog on U.S. foreign policy can be read at http://www.lobelog.com. IPS — November 11, 2011 WASHINGTON, Nov 10, 2011 (IPS) – Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama’s topMiddle Eastaide who has attracted criticism for his allegedly strong pro-Israel sympathies, will leave his post at the end of this month, the White House [...]
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A U.S.-Made Catastrophe: Most of the Blame for the Crisis in Somalia Goes to the U.S.
by Asad Ismi Asad Ismi is the CCPA Monitor’s international affairs correspondent. He is author of the radio documentary “The Ravaging of Africa,” which has been aired on 28 radio stations, reaching a global audience of about 30 million people. For his publications, visit www.asadismi.ws. Black Agenda November 8, 2011 Somalia faces the [...]
Stephen M. Walt: Romney flunks foreign policy … again
FOREIGN POLICY Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – 11:54 AM In a remarkable statement of foreign policy myopia and domestic political pandering, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced last week that the United Statesshould largely subordinate its Middle East policy-making to Israel. In response to a reporter’s question about moving the U.S.embassy to Jerusalem, Romney said [...]
Prof. Joseph Massad: Truths, facts and facts on the ground
Joseph Massad is Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University. His most recent books are The Persistence of the Palestinian Question and Desiring Arabs. Much of the international support that Israel receives is based on several lies it tells and re-tells as “facts”. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 27 [...]
Exclusive interview with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk
Dr. Hanan Chehata The Middle East Monitor October 29, 2011 In an exclusive and extensive interview with the Middle East Monitor Prof. Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in theOccupiedPalestinianTerritories, talks about the on-going intransigence ofIsraeland its continued failure to abide by international law. In his frank interview Prof. Falk [...]
Pentagon game to divide Iranians and Arabs
A military planning exercise illuminates the story driving Washington’s response to the Arab Spring By Sharmine Narwani Salon Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011 3:59 PM UTC Analysts and pundits have spent the past two weeks puzzling over the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a Saudi diplomat inWashington, in part because of a complete lack [...]
Herman Cain’s Go-To Historian on the Muslim World: Destroy Islam
By Tim Murphy Tim Murphy is a reporter at Mother Jones. Email him with tips and insights at tmurphy [at] motherjones [dot] com. MotherJones.com Fri Oct. 21, 2011 3:00 AM PDT Now that Herman Cain is officially a front-runner for the Republican nomination, the vetting process has picked up in a hurry. The [...]
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