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Interview by Matan Chorev
Matan Chorev interviews Peter W. Galbraith, author of The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End,on Iraqi Kurdistan and the future of Iraq. Galbraith served as thefirst U.S. Ambassador to Croatia and has held senior positions in theU.S. Government and the United Nations.
Ethan Corbin
The role of Islam in Syria today is changing and a key instrument behind this change is the President Bashar Asad.
John Keefer Douglas, Matthew B. Nelson, Kevin L. Schwartz
Asa major oil consumer, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has turnedoutward, cultivating bilateral relationships with Middle Easternstates—specifically Iran and Saudi Arabia—that can literally fuelChina’s rapidly growing economy and achieve its grand energy strategy.
Jonathan Thomas
Theinternational community has worked to bring Iran back into favorablestatus under the NPT but has been hampered by a number of issuesincluding Iran’s perceived security threats, economic and energyconcerns, and, notably, its insistence that it has the right to enrichuranium for peaceful purposes under the NPT.
Shai Gruber
Hamas’Charter presents rigid ideological views incompatible with the actualsituation in Palestine. Hamas is pragmatic and flexible in theimplementation of its ideology, if for nothing else, than to retain itsbase of public support.
Chris Doten
Thechanges accompanying the earthquake relief operation in Pakistan, andthe influx of all forms of aid, have presented a window of opportunityfor both negative and positive cultural transformation.
Ali Akanda, Sarah Freeman, Maria Placht
Aspopulations, and therefore needs, grow in the Euphrates River Basin,Turkey, Syria, and Iraq must move forward to find a trilateral solutionto the region’s water needs.
Saminaz Zaman