Archive for the 'Foreign Relations' Category

News Round Up (3 Nov. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

“Everyday Jihad,” by Bernard Rougier

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Rice to Lebanon, “No Compromise on Presidency”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 2nd, 2007

US Planes Participated in Syrian Bombing Raid, according to al-Jazeera

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Assassination Accusations Abound in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

News Roundup (31 Oct. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

“A New Intelligence Failure?,” by Hosenball, Newsweek

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Washington Hearings on Syria, etc.

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 29th, 2007

Radwan Ziadeh, “Decision Making and Foreign Policy in Syria.” Reviewed by Shadi Jabr

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 29th, 2007

Ray Close on the Israeli Sept. 6 Air Raid on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Old Pictures of Syrian Nuke Site Suggest “Refried Beans”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 27th, 2007

“Authoritarian Upgrading in the Arab World,” by Steven Heydemann

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 25th, 2007

“Syria is No Longer Cuba,” by Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Moustapha: We know “the Gates of Hell” would open beneath us if we planned a nuke

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

An Iraqi in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

News Round Up (Oct. 19 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 19th, 2007

Turkey and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 19th, 2007

Radio: Bolton, Landis, Mazzetti, & Khouri Discuss Bombing of Syria and Peace Process

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

“BECAUSE FAILURE RISKS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE SUCCEED”

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

The NSC versus Rice and the Syria Strike

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

“Analysis: Iran, Syria in gas deal,” by Derek Sands

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Ray Close on the Mysterious Israeli Air Attack on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 15th, 2007

Analysts Say Israel Bombed Legal Nuclear Project Inside Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Jimmy Carter and Joschka Fischer on talking to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 12th, 2007

Saudi king prays with Rif’at al-Asad in Mecca

Posted by Alex on Friday, October 12th, 2007

Changing Course with Syria

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 11th, 2007

The New York Times: An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S.

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

“Ticking Clocks and ‘Accidental’ War,” BY Alastair Crooke

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 8th, 2007

News Round Up (6 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Strike on Syria or Iran – Lebanon torn in the Middle

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Nasrallah calls on Saudi Arabia to boycott the upcoming Middle East conference

Posted by Alex on Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Israel Hit Main Arms Depot Sept. 6, Killing Military Police

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 5th, 2007

News Round Up (4 Oct. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 5th, 2007

Michael Young Talks Sense about Syria

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 4th, 2007

“The Consistancy of Error,” by Amir Oren

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 4th, 2007

What Abu Salim Taha’ of Fatah al-Islam Confessed

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 4th, 2007

News Round Up (2 Oct. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Qaqa – Fatah al-Islam Connection Pooh-poohed

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 1st, 2007

Assad Speaks On Israeli Strike and Peace Conference

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 1st, 2007

News Round Up (27 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Bolton Defends Against Absence of Syrian Nuclear Evidence

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Syria Unlikely to go to Attend Peace Conference

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Articles Pushing Diplomacy with Syria and Questioning Raid

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 24th, 2007

Rice Trys to Gin Up Enthusiasm for Her Peacemaking

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 24th, 2007

“Losing Traction against Syria,” by David Schenker

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2007

News Round Up (21 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2007

News (20 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2007

Lebanese elections: Going up in Smoke?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

News Roundup (18 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Doubts about Israeli Strike Increase

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Trish Schuh Reports From Deir al-Zur

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Israel’s Strike – Was it a Warning to Iran? For Lebanon?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Israeli Strike on Syria: A Message for Syria? … A Message for Iran?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, September 16th, 2007

“Getting Down to Business,” by Andrew Tabler

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Nuclear Allegations Seemingly Hot Air

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Baradei: “No Evidence of Khan Link to Syria” 2004

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 14th, 2007

“ISRAEL/SYRIA: Rumours of war reflect tensions” by Oxford Analytica

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 14th, 2007

News Round Up on Israeli Strike (13 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 13th, 2007

“N. Korea, Syria May Be at Work on Nuclear Facility” By Glenn Kessler

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Nuclear? Chemical? Missiles? What Was Hit?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Israel hit Missiles – the US Pleased – Story Stinks

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Israel Air Strike on Syria Confirmed

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Israel’s “Attempted Attack” Against Syria – the latest

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 10th, 2007

Landis and Badran Debate Syria on “Radio Times” with Marty Moss-Coane

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 10th, 2007

“OSyria 1”?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Is Israel Looking for Korean Weapons in Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 7th, 2007

Israel Penetrates Syrian Airspace: Shots Fired

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Hamidi on New Visa Requirements for Iraqis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Arguments for Israeli-Syria Dialogue

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Subsidies and Iraqis: Syria Shifts Gears

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Fatah al-Islam Finished as Political Battle Heats UP

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 3rd, 2007

News Round Up (1 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Germany Restores Aid & Analyzing Aoun

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Jihadists and the Syrian Border – Saudi Press

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

France Could Engage Syria in “Spectacular Way,” If…

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 27th, 2007

Proposed Legislation to Ban Damascus Airport to International Carriers.

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 26th, 2007

“Iran and Syria: An Alliance Shaped by Mutual Foes” by Deborah Amos

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

“Syria and Israel: The Changing Military Balance and Prospects for War,” by Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 20th, 2007

“The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam” by Henry Siegman

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Lebanon’s 2006 War One Year on

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Sharaa Statement of Syria’s Foreign Policy

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 18th, 2007

“UNIFIL – Peacekeepers in the Line of Fire,” by Timur Goksel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Lebanon: A Test of Wills

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 10th, 2007

Does Bush’s Executive Order Criminalize Lebanon’s Democratic Opposition?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 10th, 2007

Economy expands 5.6%, Foreign Investment Up, Despite US Efforts to Keep Syria Poor

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, August 9th, 2007

More Commentary on the Metn Elections

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

What Does the Gemayel Loss in the Metn Mean?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 6th, 2007

Metn election a nail biter as both sides claim victory

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Metn Madness

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 4th, 2007

News Round Up (4 August 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Syria’s Policy of Sitting on its Hands

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 29th, 2007

News Round Up (27 July 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

“Dialogue is in Syria’s and America’s interests,” by Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

“How to Manage Assad,” by Jon Alterman

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

Syria’s Iraq Policy

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

“Regime evolution can only serve Syria’s national interests,” by Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The truth about Syria?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Syria Cancels Iraq Rebel Sit-down in Damascus – Why?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Syria Looks for a Lebanon Deal

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

“Improving US and Syrian Relations: Some Possible Beginnings,” by Anthony Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 23rd, 2007

“Re-Targeting Syria,” by Jim Lobe

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

“Getting Hezbollah to Behave,” by Nicholas Noe

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 21st, 2007

No Deals with Syria over Lebanon – or Anywhere Else

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Saudi Jihadists in Iraq far Outnumber Others

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 15th, 2007

U.N. probe has identified people who may have been involved in Hariri assassination

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 13th, 2007

Is Amal Saad-Ghorayeb disseminating Misinformation?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Will Syria and Israel talk, fight or wait?

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

News Round Up (July 5, 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 6th, 2007

Syrian Trade – Thanks to Syria Report

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 2nd, 2007

News Round Up (2 July 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Gambill on US Policy in Lebanon and Fatah al-Islam

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Syria is Not Against the UN

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 28th, 2007

“UNIFIL and Eido Car Bombs the Same: Murr Blames al-Qaida” by T_desco

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

“Syria Not Behind Killing of Spaniards” Responds Second Syria Analyst

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

What Are the Italians Doing in Damascus?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

What Will Syria Do in Lebanon? (15 June 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 25th, 2007

“Iran’s and Syria’s plan: an interpretation,” by Michael Young

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Patraeus – Syria Door to Foreign Fighters; Murr – No Evidence yet of Syria Support for Fatah Islam

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 22nd, 2007

“Bush Weighs Reaching Out To Muslim Brothers,” byu Eli Lake

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Bush and Olmert Downplay Syria Talks

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Al-Qaida Arrests in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

News Round Up (19 June 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Palestine and Lebanon: The US in Quicksand

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 17th, 2007

“A Critique of ‘Promoting Fatahland, while punishing Hamastan,'” by Daniel Levy

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 16th, 2007

“A summer of war or peace?” By Patrick Seale

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 16th, 2007

UN’s Mid East Envoy Slams Isolation of Syria and UN Kowtowing to US.

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 14th, 2007

News Round Up (13 June 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

The Presidential Plebiscite and Pageantry: What does it Mean?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 4th, 2007

Introducing the Creative Forum: Commemorating the Golan Heights

Posted by Alex on Monday, June 4th, 2007

Initial syriapol Results Released

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 31st, 2007

News Round Up (28 May 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

News Round Up (12 May 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 25th, 2007

“Lebanon Unrest Puts Hariri Tribunal In Peril” by Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israeli-Syrian talks

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 21st, 2007

Iraqi Refugees in Syria: 3 Best Articles

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

News Round Up (19 May 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

“A Review Of Mr. Assad’s First Term in office” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 18th, 2007

Draft U.N. Security Council Resolution Ready for Tribunal

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 18th, 2007

News Round-Up

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Bernard Gwertzman (CFR consulting editor) interviews Joshua Landis

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 14th, 2007

Hariri Tribunal set for May 22?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Eliott Abrams Says Rice’s Push For Mideast Peace Is ‘Just Process’

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Assad Rules out Cooperation with Hariri Tribunal if Sovereignty Threatened

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 10th, 2007

News Roundup (8 May 2007) Rice Says Yes to Chapter VII Tribunal

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Lebanese Certain Chapter VII Tribunal Will Pass UN Vote End of May

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Rice and Moualem Meet: Has Syria Won?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Will There be a War this Summer?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 4th, 2007

Tribunal Tribulations – Is the Hariri Court Dead?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

News Round Up (26 April 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 26th, 2007

News Roundup (25 April 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 26th, 2007

US Imposes Sanctions on Syrian Navy and Air Force

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Imad Moustapha on US-Syrian Relations

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Will the Hariri Tribunal get UN approval?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 20th, 2007

“Hizballah and Syria: Outgrowing the Proxy Relationship,” by Emile El-Hokayem

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 19th, 2007

“Negotiations with Syria Not in Israel’s Interest,” by Giora Eiland

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

“U.S. Policy Toward Syria Debate:” Landis, Badran, Jouejati

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

The Truth about Syria: Will the UN vote for a Tribunal?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 12th, 2007

The Smartest Observations on Pelosi and Syria – Malley and Lobe

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

“US backing ‘covert war’ against Hizbullah” CSM

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

“Lebanon’s Coming Crisis” by Firas Maksad

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Young & Landis Debate Pelosi Visit on Public Radio

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

The Pelosi Visit

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Seymour Hersh: “We may never find out who ordered Hariri assassination”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Pelosi’s Trip to Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Saudi Arabia’s New Peace Proposal?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 30th, 2007

The Arab League Summit: Arabism is Back – Syria is In

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 29th, 2007

“Farid Ghadry, Syria’s Chalabi: From Washington to Damascus,” by Salim Abraham

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 25th, 2007

France Urged Israel to Bomb Syria

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

A Response to Michael Young

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Brammertz V – Comments and Contextualization (by t_desco)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 19th, 2007

Hizbullah’s MP Nawar Sahili Interviewed by Hugh Macleod

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 18th, 2007

‘Syria’s Revenues in Danger,’ Finance Minister Warns – Discussion by Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 17th, 2007

“U.S.-Syrian Relations” by Amassador Moustapha

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 12th, 2007

Readers Responses to my Last Post

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 12th, 2007

Counting Lebanon’s Shiites as Slaves: Why the Lebanon Deal is Obstructed

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 10th, 2007

“Iranian General Defects with Hizbullah’s Secrets,” by Nicholas Noe

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Has a Lebanon Deal Been Clinched?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Saudis and Syrians …Brothers or Rivals?

Posted by Alex on Monday, March 5th, 2007

News Round Up (3 March 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

News Round Up (27 February 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

“Lebanese Sunnis Deeply Divided over Relations with Hizbullah” by Anonymous

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Bilal Saab on Jihadis in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 26th, 2007

Seymour Hersh, “The Administration’s New Policy on Terrorism”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 26th, 2007

Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Three’s a Crowd

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Will Saudi Arabia Solve America’s Problems?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 19th, 2007

Feb 14 Raises the Rhetoric

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 15th, 2007

News Round Up (13 February 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Powell Says, “We got plenty” from Syria in Talks

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 12th, 2007

The US and Syria: Is Dialogue Coming?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Is Syria Supplying Weapons to Iraqi Militias?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 10th, 2007

New Zogby poll: 80 % of moderate Arabs say Israel and the U.S. are their two biggest external threats. 6% cited Iran

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 9th, 2007

Syria’s President Says He Needs Iran’s Support

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

CIA and Syrian Intelligence in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 5th, 2007

Syria Shuts Out Iraqi Refugees. Is Arabism Over?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Nasrallah: “No Plan for Sunni Conversions”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Liel – “Syrians Serious about Full Reorientation”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Syria and Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 29th, 2007

Reactions to Revelations of Israeli-Syrian Unofficial Peace Negotiations

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

“Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria” by Akiva Eldar

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

“The Pieces are in Place for Escalation,” by Sam Gardiner

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 15th, 2007

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