International Perspective
By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir
There really is much to consider on this day of Cooperatives – which this year highlights the message that these enterprises achieve sustainable development for all – especially when we think in terms of the severe challenges and the incredible development potential of rural Morocco.
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
The current escalating sectarian violence between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Iraqi forces and the unending civil war in Syria are now intertwined and neither can be resolved without the other, which requires a dramatic change in the political and military landscape in Syria and Iraq.
By Alon Ben-Meir
Characterizing the Fatah-Hamas unity, or rather reconciliation, agreement as helpful or harmful to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is premature at best. Determining the viability or the lack thereof in such an agreement must first be examined in the context of Hamas’ changing state of affairs and the status of the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
By Alon Ben-Meir
For better or for worse President Obama has not acted decisively with Western allies in an effort to end the horrific civil war in Syria. The tragic loss of nearly 150,000 Syrians, nine million internally displaced persons and refugees, and the massive destruction would still pale in comparison to the near-complete devastation of the nation if nothing is done soon.
By Fiona Hill, Director; Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow on Foreign Policy. The U.S. election came hot on the heels of the 99th anniversary of the Russian revolution (November 7, 1917)—the result was the contemporary American version of a Bolshevik revolution.