JUNE 13, 2011 The mask of the Assad regime finally falls, and the world is forced to confront its illusions about Iran’s ally and Hezbollah’s patron. By FOUAD AJAMI Pity the Syrians as they face the Assad regime’s tanks and artillery and snipers. Unlike in Libya, there is no Arab or international “mandate” to protect […]
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MAY 13, 2011 Screams in Homs but forbearance around the world. Hearty salutations and reassurances from Damascus. After killing more than 600 (and counting) and arresting and injuring thousands more in a seven week crackdown, the Syrian regime wants you to know that it thinks it has the upper hand over protestors. And Bashar Assad
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner The Libyan Boomerang By Victor Davis Hanson Posted on April 27, 2011 5:13 PM In theory, Libya was supposed to save lives, use the military for humanitarianism rather than mere national interests, showcase a new multilateral internationalism, enhance the reputations of organizations like the U.N. and the Arab League,
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APRIL 26, 2011 Arab peoples aren’t obsessed with anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism. It’s their rulers who are. By JOSEF JOFFE Mr. Joffe is senior fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and a fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford. In politics, shoddy theories never die. In the Middle East, one of the oldest
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APRIL 26, 2011 Notable & Quotable Writer Farid Ghadry on Assad’s brutality in Syria. Syrian writer Farid Ghadry on his blog, April 24: It is unconscionable to think that people are dropping like flies on Syrian streets, the injured are hiding in private homes to avoid capture or cold-blooded murder, the funeral procession are being
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APRIL 25, 2011 It is unlikely that the Gadhafis and Mubaraks could have entertained thoughts of succession for their sons had they not seen the ease with which Syria became an odd creature—a republican monarchy. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a senior
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MIDDLE EAST NEWS APRIL 23, 2011 By MATT BRADLEY, MARC CHAMPION, MARGARET COKER, SAM DAGHER, JOE PARKINSON, BILL SPINDLE and ERIK STIER Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesAn Egyptian protester waved his national flag as tens of thousands gathered for a demonstration at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on April 8, 2011. SIDI BOU ZID, Tunisia—Ali Bouazizi, who owns a
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APRIL 15, 2011 From nukes to terrorist proxies, Tehran’s power grows—and Washington dithers. By JOHN BOLTON Since the “Arab Spring” began four months ago in Tunisia, U.S. media have focused constantly and generally optimistically on the turmoil in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the rising threat of an Iranian Winter—nuclear or otherwise—is likely to outlast and
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APRIL 9, 2011 The contradictory faces of political Islam in post-Mubarak Egypt. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI Cairo Two months after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egyptian politics are a dervish of confused agitation. Each day, it seems, a new party forms to fill liberal, Nasserist, Marxist, Islamist and other niches. A joke has it that 10% of Egyptians
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner By Victor Davis Hanson Posted on April 08, 2011 1:10 PM At some point, the Obama administration is going to recognize a simple paradox that has been apparent to almost everyone but them: In theory, those pro-American autocratic regimes that are tottering or gone (the Gulf States, Jordan, Egypt,
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