This past weekend was a painful reminder that blood still runs think in humanity’s borderlands.
Category Archives: the middle east
calculated terror
The same statistical biases that contributed to the recent financial chaos may cause more harm in the real world than they ever did on Wall Street.
demise of the dollar
This type of geopolitical conspiracy would be easy to dismiss from any other source,...
underground economies
The existence of black markets in virtually every economy on the planet is a...
the forever war
If there’s any doubt remaining among global power-brokers that short-term foreign policy objectives are...
the enemy of my enemy
After an inhospitable welcome at Columbia University and a defense of Iranian intentions in...
creature comforts
This piece in the OpEd section of the Wall Street Journal could be written...
if looks could kill
“It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with...
the first stone
Another topical analysis from the team over at Stratfor. This time, they tackle a...
the madman
(Few have understood the Middle East and it’s people like Lebanese-born poet and scholar,...
1701
With ink still drying on the UN Security Council’s draft resolution, Nusrullah has finally...
breakpoint
Often referred to as a ‘private CIA,’ Stratfor just released an update on their...
charlie rose
Below is a transcript of the Charlie Rose interview with Rami Khoury, Editor-at-Large of...
the lexus and the olive tree
An engaging fictional dialogue between former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and former Syrian...
shock and awe
(No history of any region is impartial and no telling of events ever objective,...
a golden summer
An article on Slate.com from another American journalist with no desire to leave the...
the syrian bride
Thoughts from the frontlines of the war in Lebanon. What I know I’ve included,...
orientalism redux
Few scholars have had such a profound impact on their field of study as...
war and peace
A trans-Pacific dialogue on the current state of Palestine, in reverse chronological order… On...