Egypt: Situation Deteriorating Rapidly

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2011/05/egypt-situation-deteriorating-badly . In the wake of bloody Muslim attacks on Egyptian Christians the New York Times informs us: "By lifting the heavy hand of the Mubarak police state, the revolution unleashed long-suppressed sectarian animosities that have...

Washington Post: Old Arab Order Pro-bin Laden! British Government: Hamas-Fatah Merger is Great

http://www.gloria-center.org/ gloria/2011/05/washington- post-old-arab-order-pro-bin- laden It is amazing what nonsense appears in the mass media. Consider the following paragraph from a Washington Post story: "A decade ago, the Middle East might have responded to the killing of...

Syria’s unrest led by Islamists?

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/04/21/146268.html Thursday, 21 April 2011 A Syrian protester shouts slogans calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down. (File photo) Contrary to the Syrian government’s claim, unrest in the country was...

Why Has the Domino Effect Been Halted?

Even American arms and training, European funds and global political support will not turn the Fatah regime in Judea and Samaria into something upon which Israel can depend. Only the establishment of eight homogeneous tribal states, based...

Dr. Kedar replies to question: Small Homogeneous States Only Solution for Middle East –...

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: An IMRA reader raised the following question regarding Dr. Mordechai Kedar's recent article (repeated below): Do you see the members of small homogenous states that have the misfortune that they are...

Egypt’s Classic Strategic Triangle

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives133.pdf BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 133, March 16, 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Three forces are now competing for control of Egypt: the army, the Muslim Brotherhood, and various other opposition organizations. The outcome depends on...

Richard Perle: Embarrassment White House Waffling on Aid to Libya Rebels

http://www.newsmax.com/KenTimmerman/RichardPerle-Libya-gadhafi-moammar/2011/03/07/id/388649 White House spokesman Jay Carney today brushed aside press reports that the United States had asked Saudi Arabia to arm rebels in Libya so they could battle special forces troops loyal to Col. Moammar...

An Analysis of the Current U.S. Policymaking Process

By Barry Rubin The Obama administration has a major internal split. The problem is that the people most qualified to be heard and who have the better understanding of the situation are being ignored. The reasons...

The New Middle East

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=210724 If the mullahs aren’t overthrown, the New Middle East will be a very dark and dangerous place. A new Middle East is upon us and its primary beneficiary couldn’t be happier. In a speech Monday in the...

My Optimism About the New Arab Revolt

Unprecedented convulsions across the Middle East, from Morocco to Iran, prompt three reflections: First, these rebellions fit into the context of a regional chessboard, what I call the Middle East cold war. On one side...