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US Needs for Language Critical | Middle East Times

"In a more competitive market where products are increasing in quality," said Gray, who now works at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think ...
David Gray | December 23, 2008

Steve Clemons in Middle East Times | 'Outside View: Russia's New Start'

According to blogger and foreign policy expert Steve Clemons, he has regularly "opposed false trade-offs between embracing Eastern European nations (and even helping to create new ones) and Russia's serious national priorities." LINK
Steven Clemons | November 19, 2008

Steve Coll in the Middle East Times | 'October Surprise?'

Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation and author of several books on al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, spoke with The Atlantic magazine about the possibility of a terrorist attack to correspond with the U.S. presidential election.

Though he ruled out a major attack on U.S. soil or associated targets, Coll said the potential exists for al-Qaida media releases and attacks in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

"They like to be heard at big moments in American politics, and this… more

Steve Coll | September 23, 2008

Daniel Levy in Middle East Times on Annapolis Peace Conference

There is plenty of skepticism, much of it well founded, about the prospects for the Middle East peace conference planned for Annapolis, MD at the end of this month, as well as a host of question marks. Even the date of the summit and when invitations will be sent out are unclear at the time of writing. Many fear the meeting will be underprepared, and that failure will launch another round of violence.

However, there is another side to the balance… more

Daniel Levy | November 8, 2007

Ghaith al-Omari and Daniel Levy in Middle East Times Analysis

Participants at the 2007 DACOR conference on the Middle East recently heatedly debated the "frying pan of Iraq, the fire of the Israel and Palestinian conflict."

The Iraq panel discussed the increasing fragmentation within the Arab country, agreeing that tribal affinities would color the future Iraqi economic and geopolitical landscape. ...

Meanwhile, early prognoses on the proposed Annapolis Middle East peace conference ruled the discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict panel.

Ghaith Al Omari, a senior research fellow at the New America… more

Daniel Levy, Ghaith al-Omari | October 29, 2007