Two-State Demise
Gershom Gorenberg, author of “The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977” and a senior correspondent for the American Prospect, writes in a June 27 Washington Post op-ed titled “Netanyahu’s Settlement Smoke Screens” that if American policymakers have done their homework they know that the Israeli prime minister is blowing smoke over the settlements issue. “All pretexts aside,” Gorenberg insightfully concludes, “Netanyahu agrees with Obama on this much: Building settlements stands in the way of an Israeli pullback and an agreement based on two states. They disagree on whether that’s good or bad.” Spot on.July 01, 2009
Non-Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea
The situation appears to be similar to the original Bush policy of no talks, no concessions, and no lessening of sanctions as long as their nuclear programs continue. There is a difference, however. Obama has had talks and normalization of relations on the table from the start. As such, the hostility of Iran and North Korea is now self-imposed. They do not realistically have the United States to blame for being subject to severe sanctions, which lets the U.S. off the hook for their isolation. July 01, 2009
Still another War
July 01, 2009
Nicholas Berry
The Somali Civil War, which has been raging off and on since the 1991 overthrow of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre, presents the Obama administration with another war to deal with. And deal with it, it must. The stakes are not as high as those with Iraq and Afghanistan, but high enough to put it on Obama’s agenda. ...more
Is Obama's Realism Better than Bush's Idealism?
July 02, 2009
Ivan Eland
Barack Obama’s reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush. Obama has admired the father’s realism and has criticized the idealistic neo-conservatism of the son....more
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