Still Seeking Strategy

by Robert E. Hunter For Secretary of State John Kerry, the good news this past week is that he has finally got Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to agree to talk directly about peace. The bad news is… Continue Reading

Rouhani Faces Tests at Home and Abroad

by Jasmin Ramsey via IPS News The successful campaign of Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani may have been built on the persistence of hope among Iranian voters for a better future. It remains to be seen how effectively the moderate cleric… Continue Reading

The US and the Changing Middle East

by Charles Naas President Barak Obama is currently besieged on his Middle East policy — or lack thereof — by both liberals and conservatives. The noise of the critics is not unusual. In the last couple of decades there has rarely… Continue Reading