MIDDLE EAST
April 5, 2007
What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Vali Nasr
Through the capture of and subsequent announcement that it would release 15 British sailors and marines, the Islamic Republic of Iran sent its adversaries a pointed message: just as Iran will meet confrontation with confrontation, it will respond to what it perceives as flexibility with pragmatism. This message is worth heeding as the United States and Iran seem to be moving inexorably toward conflict.
March 30, 2007
"Why Victory Became Defeat in Iraq"
Op-Ed, Nieman Watchdog
By Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2009
As long as there was an army to fight, the U.S. was unstoppable, writes a Harvard scholar who studies asymmetric conflicts. But once we lost the Iraqi people, all the power in the world wasn’t enough to achieve victory. (Second of two parts.)
March 29, 2007
The Withdrawal that Isn't
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
March 29, 2007
Emerging Sunni-Israeli Alliance Holds Hope for Mideast Peace
Op-Ed, Chicago Sun-Times
By Raja Kamal
March 23, 2007
"How a Superpower Can End Up Losing to the Little Guys"
Op-Ed, Nieman Watchdog
By Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2009
A Harvard scholar explores the implications of his recent research on asymmetric conflicts, which shows that strong actors are losing to the weak more and more often over time, and gleans some important lessons about the United States and Iraq. (First of two parts.)
March 21, 2007
"The Voice of the People"
Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun
By Jeremy Jones, Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program/The Dubai Initiative, 2004–2007
Life has become very difficult indeed for Westerners promoting democratic values in the Middle East, and, unfortunately, we seem to have chosen our friends unwisely. Many of them have not enough enthusiasm for democracy and too much for clamping down on those who do.
March 21, 2007
"Iraq: Consequences of Withdrawal"
Op-Ed, Human Events
By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"With the current partisan debate on Iraq raging in Congress, it is time to consider the reality there and consequent United States' options as they truly are, not as many wish."
March 2, 2007
Lessons from JFK on Power, Diplomacy
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
THE USS JOHN F. KENNEDY docked in Boston yesterday for a final farewell before decommissioning. While in service, the aircraft carrier was frequently stationed in the Mediterranean, projecting American power in the tumultuous Middle East. The retirement of the warship calls forth memories of the man for whom the vessel was aptly named and his conception of the role of military might in US strategy abroad.
February 25, 2007
"Changes Afoot on the Diplomatic Stage"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Seyom Brown, Former Senior Fellow, International Security Program, 2006-2007
"POLICY ANALYSTS in Cambridge and policy wonks in Washington are all astir , trying to ascertain whether the anti-US rhetoric by President Vladimir Putin of Russia at a conference in Munich was mainly for his home audience or signaled a resurgent rivalry with the United States...."
February 21, 2007
Fossilised Curriculum Built on Fossil Fuels
Op-Ed, The Time Higher Education Supplment
By Raja Kamal
