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Andrew Lehman: No Words For several months now, the Republicans have been seeking to find a way to demonize the Obama Administration, experimenting with the words "socialist" and "fascist" to see which word seems more powerful at evoking fear.
How the West Botched GeorgiaThe guns around Tbilisi have now fallen silent. Efforts are underway to finalize a truce between Russia and Georgia to end Moscow's bloody invasion. It is time for the West to look in the mirror and ask: What went wrong? How did this disaster happen? Make no mistake.
This article was written by Atticus Mullikin and was originally published on the European Journalism Center's Magazine section on March 12, 2008 ------------------------------
What if Ben Franklin were one of us? (a blogger)The bloggers and other new decentralized media outlets are "a wonderful asset," Isaacson added. And he pointed out that a decentralized media is almost an American tradition.
Democracy can make democratsThe main question that lies in the debate about Islamic parties and democracy in Indonesia is whether Islamic parties, with their seemingly minimal commitment to democracy, can contribute to the ongoing process of democratization.
Can Reality TV Help Democracy in the Middle East?From its opening credits, you'd never guess "Kalam Nawaem"—roughly, "Sweet Talk" in Arabic—is radical TV. Wreathed in soft pinks and grays, four women chat and giggle on plump cream sofas.
I never really had high expectations for the American venture in Iraq, because I have always known that the challenges of modernization and democratization are too enormous to be handled in such manner.
The following is a bullet-point summary of my recent presentation at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. The "other side," so to speak was represented by my favorite sparring partner Joshua Landis.
In the aftermath of 9/11, democracy became a catch-word that was repeatedly enunciated by various American officials and commentators, from the President down, and brandished as some kind of magic weapon that can help make the differenced in the Global War on Terror.
Cool heads do not seem destined to prevail in the region these days. They are too few to begin with. In fact, I can only count one: Fouad Seniora.
Perhaps, for people who never heard of democracy, passing through a transitional phase of enlightened despotism was necessary and perhaps even a natural part of their societal evolution.
As always in our turbulent region, victory is in the eye of the beholder, and we so desperately need to feel victorious we are willing to see victory even in ruins. No wonder our victors have recently been nothing more than charlatans, thieves and murderers.
Assuming that things go as planned, UNSC Resolution 1701 will deliver to Israel in political terms what its troops could not achieve in military ones, namely: the neutralization of the Hezbollah Effect.
While Graham Fuller, former top Middle East analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, is quoted in a recent article as saying that "Resistance rises above sectarianism" in the region at the moment, the Arabic website, al-Arabiya.net, is reporting on rising sectarian tensions a …
What is this historic opportunity that Nasrallah is speaking of? Is it the ability to "free our people and every inch of our land?" Or is it that lingering dream/desire to see Israel destroyed and brought to its knees? For once "the Israeli people lose their confidence in t …
(The following is a summary of a talk I recently gave at a State Department conference on Blogging and Democracy. I thought it would e of some interest here.)
Amidst the current chaos in Lebanon, an interesting episode occurs and brings back to mind some of the things that are at stake in this entire tragedy – a foiled prison break involving the four security officers imprisoned on suspicion of involvement in orchestrating the Hariri …
League of Dictators?Ever since liberalism emerged in the 18th century, its inevitable conflict with autocracy has helped shape international politics.
Francis Fukuyama: "A Model Democracy is not Emerging in Iraq"A clear and rational analysis of the ongoing effort for democratization in the middle east.
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