In recent years, it has become customary in much analysis of the Middle East emerging from Israel to divide Middle Eastern countries into a series of alliances or ‘camps.’ These camps are identified in a variety of ways. But the most usual depiction notes a tight, hierarchical bloc of states and movements dominated by the […]
Video: Lecture in Sydney on Current Mid-East Situation
Fall of Eagles: The Eclipse of the Arab Nationalist State
Tower Magazine, June 2015. The most significant dynamic in the Middle East over the last decade has been the collapse of strong, centralized regimes in a series of Arab states and their replacement by chaos, civil war, and the proliferation … Continue reading →
Invitation: Rubin Center Launch & Symposium: “Regime Collapse and Sectarian War: Where Is the Middle East Headed?”
Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce the renaming of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center in memory of the center’s founder, the late Prof. Barry Rubin. You are cordially invited to: The Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs Official Launch & Symposium “Regime Collapse […]
Lebanese Leader Condemns Prof. Rubin’s Nazis, Islamists Book; British Telegraph Disagrees
In his condemnation of the Israeli response to the situation in Gaza, prominent Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt has spoken out against the late Prof. Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz’s latest book, Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Yale University Press: 2014). From an article in the Lebanese Daily Star: In response […]
Desperately Seeking Relevance
Jerusalem Post, 25/7 The conflict between Hamas-controlled Gaza and Israel became inevitable after a series of decisions and actions made clear that the movement was not interested in defusing tensions and returning to the cease-fire that had shakily pertained since … Continue reading →
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