Tag / NATO
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The New Ottoman Empire
Since the end of World War II, Turkey has been a strong U.S. ally. It was one of the targets of the Marshall Plan and was a crucial part of our pre-1991 fight against communism. It joined NATO in 1952, sent troops to Korea, harbored U.S. missiles, cooperated with pro-U.S. Middle Eastern states, hosted American…
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Progress in Eastern Mediterranean Energy Cooperation
Israel, Cyprus and Greece are experiencing unprecedented positive diplomatic relations, particularly in energy cooperation. This summer, on June 15, these three former adversaries participated in a trilateral summit – the third of its kind. In a joint declaration, the parties affirmed their commitment to working on “energy efficiency, alternative fuel for transportation and smart mobility……
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Too Fast, Too Soon: Afghanistan After Withdrawal
The United States invaded Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 to kill Osama Bin Laden and to overthrow the Taliban regime, because it was hosting al-Qaeda elements. This was the U.S. objective. Now, bin Laden is dead—thanks to the U.S. Navy Seals—and the Taliban movement has been greatly weakened. Freedom was a foreign concept in…
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Carrots and Sticks
A stable, cooperative Pakistan is both a prerequisite for eradicating al-Qaeda and a key for NATO success in Afghanistan. As Michael Mullen has emphasized, “there is no solution in the region without Pakistan, and no stable future in the region without a partnership.” Historically, however, US policy toward Pakistan has consisted of flooding the country…
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Western Opportunism
For the past 8 years, Muammar Qaddafi thought himself successfully rehabilitated. He had reset his relationships with the West, leaving him comfortably without enemies and invulnerable to West-approved regime change. Though his Libyan regime had comfortably played the role of international pariah for decades, in 2003 Qaddafi began to rethink the most anti-Western of his…
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Planned Koran Burning Incites Anger, Warnings
Plans by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks have drawn a strong response across the world. Pastor Terry Jones of the non-denominational Dove World Outreach Center, the man behind the idea, has described the move as taking a stand against the ‘violent and oppressive’…
