by Graham E. Fuller* — A deep contradiction lies at the heart of US policy towards the present horrifying conflict in Syria. Which is better? To now reluctantly accept continuation of Bashar al-Asad in power in Damascus for the foreseeable future, thereby hastening the end of the war and the …
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THE LEVANT NEWS — by Graham E. Fuller — Having rashly ventured last year into making predictions for the coming year of 2015 in the Middle East, how do those assessments bear up today, one year later? This self-graded scorecard comes in two separate articles: due to space limitations I …
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by Graham E. Fuller Source: grahamefuller.com — Who doesn’t want stability? If there is anything feared by virtually all humans, it is living in anarchy, chaos, lawlessness. When you can’t even go out to buy a loaf of bread without risking your life. When times are troubled political leaders naturally …
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By Graham Fuller – I am happy to announce that my first novel is now out: “Breaking Faith: A novel of espionage and an American’s crisis of conscience in Pakistan.” I’ve long had an interest in the role of fiction in bringing certain kinds of political, social—and human—realities to life …
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By Graham E. Fuller – Source: grahamefuller.com – Can’t we ever learn? Here goes the White House again, appointing a “new” task force designed to “blunt the ISIS message.” Washington seems to believe that a main source of ISIS success to date lies in American failure to get the right …
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THE LEVANT – Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton blamed the rise of Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria on failures of US policy under President Barack Obama, in an interview published Sunday. Clinton specifically faulted the US decision to stay on the sidelines of the insurgency against Syria’s President Bashar …
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Gary Grappo, former U.S. Ambassador to the Middle East shares his views and commentaries on developments in the Middle East with Catherine Shakdam Beirut Center for Middle East Studies and Editor in Chief for The Levant. [cincopa AMKAU2rSsw8z]
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