Posts Tagged: Arab democracy
The Arab Spring Created a Consensus Against Middle East Interventions
JNS.org - The tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings has given rise to a deluge of commentary noting the contrast between...
Democracy Isn’t Easy
What is currently happening in Egypt should not come as a surprise to anyone who has even cursory knowledge of the Arab world from historical,...
The Disunited Arab Republics
The Russian revolutionary leader, Vladimir Lenin, was fond of the phrase "one step forward, two steps back." In the current Middle East, we have taken...
Why I Don’t Want a Palestinian State
Every time hostilities erupt in the Levant, and quite a lot of the rest of the time too, I get the dubious pleasure of witnessing...
Romney’s Realism on the Palestinians
Governor Romney's Sept. 18, 2012 assessments of the Palestinian issue — opposing the "two state solution" — highlight the battle between data-driven realism and desire-driven wishful...
Islamists March on in Egypt, With Western Blessing
I know, I know. It is shocking. After numerous pledges not to seek Egyptian presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood has fielded a candidate and is geared...
