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Category Archives: the middle east

essays on life and death in the cradle of western civilization

featured, history & society, in other words, the middle east, world affairs

An Unforgiving Day

Author The Editor Date July 21, 2014

This past weekend was a painful reminder that blood still runs think in humanity’s borderlands.

in other words, science & tech, the middle east, world affairs

calculated terror

Author The Editor Date December 22, 2009

The same statistical biases that contributed to the recent financial chaos may cause more harm in the real world than they ever did on Wall Street.

Tagged middle east, politics, software, technology, war |
finance & economics, in other words, the middle east

demise of the dollar

Author The Editor Date October 6, 2009
This type of geopolitical conspiracy would be easy to dismiss from any other source,...
Tagged balance of payments, china, energy, geopolitics, macroeconomics, monetary, oil, trade, war |
finance & economics, history & society, in other words, the middle east

underground economies

Author The Editor Date January 15, 2009
The existence of black markets in virtually every economy on the planet is a...
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

the forever war

Author The Editor Date January 5, 2009
If there’s any doubt remaining among global power-brokers that short-term foreign policy objectives are...
Tagged geopolitics, history, middle east, policy, war |
history & society, in other words, the middle east, world affairs

the enemy of my enemy

Author The Editor Date November 16, 2007
After an inhospitable welcome at Columbia University and a defense of Iranian intentions in...
Tagged iran, policy, politics, video |
history & society, in other words, the middle east

creature comforts

Author The Editor Date November 9, 2006
This piece in the OpEd section of the Wall Street Journal could be written...
Tagged communication, development, freedom, history, iran, media, public policy | 1 Comment |
history & society, in other words, the middle east

if looks could kill

Author The Editor Date October 3, 2006
“It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with...
Tagged policy, prejudice, quote, race, war |
history & society, in other words, the middle east

the first stone

Author The Editor Date September 21, 2006
Another topical analysis from the team over at Stratfor. This time, they tackle a...
Tagged conflict, history, politics, religion |
in other words, language & literature, the middle east

the madman

Author The Editor Date August 27, 2006
(Few have understood the Middle East and it’s people like Lebanese-born poet and scholar,...
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

1701

Author The Editor Date August 12, 2006
With ink still drying on the UN Security Council’s draft resolution, Nusrullah has finally...
Tagged lebanon, multilateral, negotiation, peace, UN, war |
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

breakpoint

Author The Editor Date August 10, 2006
Often referred to as a ‘private CIA,’ Stratfor just released an update on their...
Tagged conflict, culture, forecast, iran, iraq, strategy, terrorism, war |
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

charlie rose

Author The Editor Date August 4, 2006
Below is a transcript of the Charlie Rose interview with Rami Khoury, Editor-at-Large of...
Tagged lebanon, negotiation, peace, war |
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

the lexus and the olive tree

Author The Editor Date August 3, 2006
An engaging fictional dialogue between former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and former Syrian...
Tagged capitalism, communism, globalization, syria, trade |
history & society, in other words, the middle east

shock and awe

Author The Editor Date August 3, 2006
(No history of any region is impartial and no telling of events ever objective,...
in other words, the middle east, travel & life

a golden summer

Author The Editor Date August 2, 2006
An article on Slate.com from another American journalist with no desire to leave the...
Tagged crisis, economics, lebanon, real estate, travel, war |
the middle east, travel & life, world affairs

the syrian bride

Author The Editor Date July 12, 2006
Thoughts from the frontlines of the war in Lebanon. What I know I’ve included,...
Tagged conflict, geopolitics, history, lebanon, travel, war |
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

orientalism redux

Author The Editor Date June 23, 2006
Few scholars have had such a profound impact on their field of study as...
Tagged conflict, history, islam, lebanon, nationalism, negotiation, terrorism, war |
history & society, the middle east, world affairs

war and peace

Author The Editor Date April 18, 2006
A trans-Pacific dialogue on the current state of Palestine, in reverse chronological order… On...
Tagged confict, international relations, islam, israel, palestine, peace, religion, war |
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