Ten Years of AKP Leadership in Turkey
Turkey viewed from outside by most informed observers, especially in the region, remains a shining success story, both economically and politically.
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Toward a New Geopolitics?
A number of developments on the global stage are suggesting that a New Geopolitics is indeed struggling to be born, although unable at this stage to challenge seriously the reign of the Old Geopolitics.
Read MoreWhat Dani Dayan Says and Why It Is Interesting
An obvious response to such a settler screed might be to dismiss it out of hand as an extremist expression of Israeli views, which it certainly is, but it would seem a mistake to do this before taking some account of its content and timing.
Read MoreToward a Gandhian Geopolitics: A Feasible Utopia?
There has been serious confusion associated with the widespread embrace of ‘soft power’ as a preferred form of diplomacy for the 21st century.
Read MorePros and Cons of Solidarity with the Palestinian Struggle
The posture of solidarity with the struggle of ‘the other’ is more complex than it might appear at first glance.
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Kenneth Waltz is Not Crazy, But He Is Dangerous: Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East
It is not only that deterrence depends on perfect rationality over time and across space, it is also that the doctrine and practices of deterrence amounts to a continuing crime against humanity of unprecedented magnitude and clarity!
Read MoreU.S. Military Suicides and Palestinian Hunger Strikers
In America, we are mostly kept in the dark with respect to Palestinian suffering, and as for our Americans victims of war, we are informed, but not enlightened.
Read MoreWhat Can Be Done About Syria? Tragedy and Impotence
All in all, the military option would likely make matters worse for the Syrian people, increasing the magnitude of internal violence without having the effect of bringing the conflict to an end.
Read MoreBeyond the Politics of Invisibility: Remembering Not to Forget Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Whether Israel abides by its assurances remains to be seen, and although these strikes were courageous acts of nonviolent resistance, it is not clear at this point whether they will have any longer term effects on the Israel’s occupation, arrest, and prison policy, or on the wider Palestinian struggle.
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