Le Monde diplomatique
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Richard Bulliet
Nadia Hijab
Rami G. Khouri
Peter Kwong
R.K. Ramazani
Patrick Seale
Immanuel Wallerstein
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Blaming the Goldstone Report by Rami G. Khouri
The United States and Israel appear sick as they keep attacking the Goldstone Report as the purported reason for the breakdown of peace negotiations. The reality is that these negotiations have been going nowhere for decades.
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Obama as a Black President by Immanuel Wallerstein
Barack Obama cannot afford politically to be seen as a "Black president.” But this means that he is constrained from doing and saying things that a White president of the same political views might be willing to do.
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Can Pakistan’s Insurgents be Tamed? by Patrick Seale
There seems little doubt that American policy in both Pakistan and Afghanistan needs a radical rethink, before it is too late.
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Norway's Ethical Leadership by Rami G. Khouri
Steps taken by Britain, Sweden, and, especially, Norway are worth noting because they acknowledge the illegitimate nature of several Israeli policies against Palestinians -- and will likely pressure Israel to change those policies.
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Obama’s Afghan ‘Surge’ Needs Political Underpinning by Patrick Seale
Obama’s military gamble needs to be coupled with a political strategy. The Afghan problem is a political problem requiring a political solution.
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Addressing Refugeehood Is the Key to Peace by Rami G. Khouri
Every time I see a Jewish friend or a foreign peace mediator, I remind them that the Palestinian exile since 1947-48 is now five or six years longer than the Jewish exile in Babylon in the 6th Century BC -- where the Zionist hope and idea of return to an ancestral Jewish homeland was first born.
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Is Turkey the Only Real Country in the Middle East? by Rami G. Khouri
Why do I marvel at Turkey? Because it is the only country in the Middle East region that acts like a normal, mature country.
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