CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
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STRATEGIC EMBRACE – By David So
The U.S.-Israeli alliance is one of the strongest in the world today. It has survived wars, the oil embargo, spy scandals, two intifadas, and Arab anger. But the[singlepic id=519 w=320 h=240 float=right] Middle East generally is far from the U.S. Israel still stands on the front line, and it must convince the U.S. to share the burder of maintaining peace. This is particularly true of the confrontation with Iran. Its nuclear weapons program is meant for Israel more than the U.S.
Although the U.S. was the first nation to recognize Israel in 1948, Israel was not a close ally in the Cold War for several decades. Israel had to be integrated
The Bipartisanship Boogey
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One of the latest rages in certain elements of the Loyalist wing of the American Jewish community, after their requisite attack on Obama’s supposed Arab favoritism, and what they are certain is Palestinian duplicity masquerading as reasonableness, is to raise the “loss of political bipartisanship” bogeyman. Bipartisanship erodes, in this view, when American Jews confuse our senators and representatives by either publicly criticizing Israel, or by refraining from criticizing Palestinians or Arab countries. That confusion about who or what to support then undermines one of the very few issues that now enjoys widespread bipartisanship support — Israel.
The Art of Diplomacy
In politics one should be smart enough in order to survive the rules of the game. As you are used to hear politicians are supposed to be dirty players that are ready to use anything in their hands to achieve their goals and maintain their security. However from the other side this could be art and the ability to run this role could be called Art. A true leader whether he or she were running a political role, a community leadership, or even
International Relations, America, and the Rest of the World
Examining the political situation in the world, one should ask whether international relations are useful or not. In order to understand how far International Relations could be useful, we should know what its purpose is and from this idea did come.
International Relations are relations that were launched between countries and great powers in order to give diplomacy a chance in solving conflicts and crisis before the choice of force. Another aim for the International Relations is to build economical and cultural relations through it.
The New Realism Idea and the Truth of the Two Pole Strategy
The basic idea of the New Realism theory talks about the world situation regarding relations between countries and the fact that always there is more than one great power or state in the world. This means that there is nothing called a one pole world that is controlled by one great power.
