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‘Obama’s Approach to Russia and Iran’
From MESH Admin A journalist has described President Obama’s approach to foreign policy as “applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago’s South Side.” In a new number of Middle East Papers, Mark N. Katz e...
December 14 at 5:25am
Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

From Sovietology to Jihadology?
From Walter Laqueur David Engerman is the author of a new study of American Sovietology during the Cold War and its impact on U.S. policy. In a recent article in Foreign Affairs he expresses his belief that the model of Sovietology should guide the study of today’s threats, specifically Jihadism. ...
December 10 at 6:47am
Peter W Arnold
Peter W Arnold
I think your concern about "a mere construct by Islamophobes" is appropriate. It's equally appropriate to acknowledge that the study of Sovietology was heavily informed by a disposition to reinforce that which we "wanted" to see. Perhaps it's time to not only acknowledge but accept the inevitabilty of cultural intergration and get focused on ... See Moremethodological approaches which simultaneously own up to and identify the respective phobias and prejudiisms involved. My query seeks a synthesis of the tension between the West and Islam to stop wasting precious resources and human lifes while going nowhere. How can we find such a synthesis should be the operational focus.
December 15 at 12:40pm
Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

‘How Not to Fix the Middle East’
From MESH Admin The Middle East policies of the Obama administration in its first year are the subject of a new number of Middle East Papers by Martin Kramer...
December 7 at 6:08am
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

‘A Question of Command’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Mark Moyar is professor of national security affairs at the Marine Corps University, where he holds the Kim T. ...
December 1 at 12:31pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Will more sanctions against Iran work?
From Raymond Tanter On November 27, 2009, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted a strong resolution that expressed “serious concern that Iran has constructed an enrichment facility at Qom [Iran] in breach of its obligation to suspend all enrichment related activities.” This cen...
November 28 at 10:51pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Lebanon on UN Security Council
From David Schenker In October, Lebanon was elected to one of ten non-permanent member seats on the United Nations Security Council. Come January 2010, Lebanon will assume Asia’s “Arab League” seat, replacing Libya for a two-year term on the critical international body. The ...
November 23 at 10:42am
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Whither Yemen?
From Mark N. Katz There has been much press coverage about how the Saleh regime in Yemen is facing important security challenges. There is the Houthi rebellion in the north of the country which has been going on since 2004 (see a brief, excellent analysis by Gregory Johnsen)...
November 17 at 10:53pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Saudis into Yemen
From Daniel Byman Saudi Arabia is once again sailing in dangerous waters as it increases its military involvement in Yemen. The recent New York Times article on the subject is welcome, because the growing violence in Yemen is perhaps the most neglected news story in the Middle East...
November 14 at 12:59pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

MESH seeks support
From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer As MESH approaches its second anniversary, we seek foundation support to allow us to continue our work and expand in new directions. Interested? Please contact us. And if you have ties to a foundation, please recommend MESH.
November 13 at 5:42am
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Comment on Bungled again: Israel and Goldstone by Walter Reich
In focusing on the changed nature of war in our time, Alan Dowty puts his finger on one of the central dilemmas facing not only Israel but also all states that attempt to defend their citizens...
November 13 at 5:42am
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Disrupting Iran’s weapons smuggling
From Matthew Levitt Even as the West seeks to engage Iran in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, Iran continues to arm rogue regimes and terrorist groups in blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1747. ...
November 13 at 5:42am
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

How the Saudis radicalized U.S. troops
From Gal Luft The tragic killing of the 13 U.S. soldiers in Fort Hood by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is one is a string of events involving Muslim soldiers and veterans who have gone astray, raising delicate questions about the role and trustworthiness of the 3,000 Muslim soldiers in the U.S...
November 10 at 4:40pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Comment on Farewell and thanks by Michele Dunne
The Obama administration could not have made a better selection for this position than Tamara Cofman Wittes. Not only is she a true regional expert, but she has spent the last several years studying and critiquing U.S. democracy promotion and development programs in the Middle East...
November 9 at 4:34pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Comment on Farewell and thanks by Robert Satloff
We should all be cheered that Tammy Wittes is joining the State Department to take over the democracy, human rights and public diplomacy portfolio within the Near East Bureau...
November 9 at 4:34pm
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Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH)

Comment on Farewell and thanks by Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
We’re grateful for the very kind words of Tamara Cofman Wittes, and we’ll feel her absence acutely. Tammy has been one of the most active MESH members, with an impressive string of posts and comments in some of this blog’s most interesting (and contentious) threads. She’...
November 9 at 4:34pm