Tag Archives: UAE

Rachel Ehrenfeld

Failing to Deal, Dealing to Fail: US Response to Iran Aggression Fumbling, Tepid

Posted by Rachel Ehrenfeld Nov 12th 2011 at 5:36 pm in Foreign Policy, Middle East, Obama, Politics, Terrorism | Comments(39)
The inflation of the Administration’s rhetoric at the expense of action has not deterred Iran in the slightest in the past. The U.S. lack of leadership seems to have been welcomed by our ostensible allies, who appear quite happy to be only secondary targets of the Islamic Republic.
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John J. Xenakis

U.S. Launches Operation ‘Odyssey Dawn’ Against Libyan Targets

Posted by John J. Xenakis Mar 20th 2011 at 5:50 am in Africa, Europe, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Russia | Comments(4)
On Saturday, there were two major themes in the news. One: The U.S. took the lead in the military attack on Libya, launching 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles against Gaddafi’s missile and communications sites. Two: U.S. officials stumbled over themselves to say that the U.S. was not really leading the attack, except temporarily. Navy Vice Adm. [...]
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Peter Schweizer

Obama Is Lousy At the ‘Great Game’ in the Middle East: Oil, Iran, China, and the US

Posted by Peter Schweizer Mar 10th 2011 at 3:18 am in China, Energy, Featured Story, Middle East | Comments(21)
I’m generally pessimistic about the Middle East—and the region never disappoints.  I imagine that the situation there will get worse before it gets better.   And the stakes will only get bigger for the west as time moves on. As Praveen Swami points out in London’s Telegraph,  we are going to become more dependent on the [...]
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Brad Schaeffer

The Abu Dhabi Bling Tree, And What It Says About Us

Posted by Brad Schaeffer Dec 21st 2010 at 8:53 am in Energy | Comments(19)
After displaying in its lobby what was heralded as “the most expensive Christmas Tree in history” the Emirates Palace Hotel has apparently decided that, even in the land of excess that is Abu Dhabi, this was just too much and issued a statement regretting what it called it’s “attempts to overload” the tradition. Personally I do [...]
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Adam Savit

Foreign Agents: What CAIR, Anna Chapman, and Rep. Mark Siljander Have in Common

Posted by Adam Savit Jul 18th 2010 at 3:19 am in Espionage, Featured Story, Foreign Policy, Islamic extremism, Justice/Legal, News, Strategy | Comments(36)
Late last month provocative pictures of alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman graced newspapers and blogs worldwide.  The stories alongside the mandatory eye-candy featured scandalous accounts of “spying” and “espionage.” But despite the insinuations, the Russian “spies” in question were never charged with spying or espionage.  Fox News reported that instead the ten Russians in American [...]
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