Obama’s Latest Sacrificial Victim on Altar of Political Expediency Mideast Peace Politics & Society Obama’s Latest Sacrificial Victim on Altar of Political Expediency Richard Silverstein April 3, 2014 One of the things (one of the many things) I hate about Barack Obama’s presidency is the... Read More Read more about Obama’s Latest Sacrificial Victim on Altar of Political Expediency
Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby Mideast Peace Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby Richard Silverstein December 23, 2012 Jewish lobby–Israel lobby, what does it matter? No matter what you call it, this phantom that has... Read More Read more about Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby
Pew Poll: Obama World Support Drops, U.S. Only Nation Approving Drone Strikes Mideast Peace Pew Poll: Obama World Support Drops, U.S. Only Nation Approving Drone Strikes Richard Silverstein June 15, 2012 A new Pew poll of world opinion finds that approval of Pres. Obama outside the U.S. has... Read More Read more about Pew Poll: Obama World Support Drops, U.S. Only Nation Approving Drone Strikes
IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups Richard Silverstein August 27, 2010 A number of progressive Jewish bloggers have been shreying for years (it feels like) about both the... Read More Read more about IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups
Iran-Israel-U.S.: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse Mideast Peace Politics & Society Seattle Iran-Israel-U.S.: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse Richard Silverstein November 9, 2009 My readers will recall a series of posts going back to September criticizing a hawkish Seattle Jewish... Read More Read more about Iran-Israel-U.S.: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse
Israel 58th on Failed State Index Mideast Peace Israel 58th on Failed State Index Richard Silverstein June 29, 2009 Foreign Policy has just released its annual ranking of the world’s most failed states and there is... Read More Read more about Israel 58th on Failed State Index
Obama Prepared to Talk to Hamas Mideast Peace Politics & Society Obama Prepared to Talk to Hamas Richard Silverstein January 8, 2009 Wow. That’s all I can say. If this Guardian report is true, then in the coming weeks... Read More Read more about Obama Prepared to Talk to Hamas
Obama’s Cuba Policy, Triumph of Realism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Obama’s Cuba Policy, Triumph of Realism Richard Silverstein May 23, 2008 The Guardian reports a promising new development in Barack Obama’s policy toward Cuba: Barack Obama today urged... Read More Read more about Obama’s Cuba Policy, Triumph of Realism
U.S. Former-Ambassador to Syria, Israel Calls for Ending Syrian Freeze Mideast Peace Politics & Society U.S. Former-Ambassador to Syria, Israel Calls for Ending Syrian Freeze Richard Silverstein November 1, 2006 James Baker and Edward Djerejian (credit: Rice University) Edward Djerejian, director of the Baker Institute for Public... Read More Read more about U.S. Former-Ambassador to Syria, Israel Calls for Ending Syrian Freeze
Americans Give U.S. Mideast Policy Failing Grade Mideast Peace Politics & Society Americans Give U.S. Mideast Policy Failing Grade Richard Silverstein October 20, 2006 Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs Magazine have published the results of a survey of American opinion about... Read More Read more about Americans Give U.S. Mideast Policy Failing Grade
William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!” Mideast Peace Politics & Society William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!” Richard Silverstein May 5, 2006 William Odom joins chorus of military dissent against U.S. Iraq-Iran policy Lt. Gen. William Odom has added... Read More Read more about William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!”
As If Iraq War Wasn’t Bad Enough–Soon It May Be: “Bombs Away, Iran!” Mideast Peace Politics & Society As If Iraq War Wasn’t Bad Enough–Soon It May Be: “Bombs Away, Iran!” Richard Silverstein March 29, 2006 Joseph Cirincione has written a chilling Foreign Policy article, Fool Me Twice, in which he argues that... Read More Read more about As If Iraq War Wasn’t Bad Enough–Soon It May Be: “Bombs Away, Iran!”