15/02/2008 Interview

Disarmament vs. Demilitarization

Tags: Disarmament, Hezbollah, Lebanon

1 comment

An Interview with Ambassador Chester Crocker, February, 2008 In 2006, the United States Institute of Peace generously provided a grant to Conflicts Forum to conduct

Continue reading »
04/02/2008 Article

Refusing Talk to Facilitate Talk – The Paradox of Islamist Dialogue

The idea that non-Western cultures and language is somehow ephemeral and parochial is an idea deeply rooted in colonialism and colonial thinking.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamists

1 comment

The Bill and Sally Hambrecht Distinguished Peacemakers Lectures at AUB — Lecture by Alastair Crooke, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs,

Continue reading »
22/01/2008 Article

Nasrallah Forecasts the Prospect of Coming Conflict

/

Tags: Bush Administration, Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

4 comments

On January 15, the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech celebrating the death anniversary of Shi’i Imam Al-Husayn. The following is

Continue reading »
29/10/2007 Article

Engaging Hamas and Hezbollah

/ Ali Abunimah

Tags: Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah

5 comments

The Electronic Intifada, October 29, 2007 Nothing could be easier in the present atmosphere than to accuse anyone who calls for recognition of and dialogue

Continue reading »
14/10/2007 Article

Ticking Clocks and ‘Accidental’ War

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, Syria

3 comments

An edited version of this article appeared in the October edition of US/ME Policy Brief, US/Middle East Project. Whilst Washington looks at the Iranian prospects

Continue reading »
07/10/2007 Article

Secularism and Islamism in the Arab World

/ Sukant Chandan

Tags: Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestinians, Political Islam, Secularism

3 comments

Secularism in the political leadership in the Arab world has had a very short life-span if put into historical context. It became a dominant political

Continue reading »
25/08/2007 Article

Nasrallah’s Speech Marking the End of the July War

/

Tags: Hezbollah, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Middle East

No comments

On August 14, the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah delivered a speech marking the end of the July 2006 war. The following is

Continue reading »
24/08/2007 Article

Talking to Terrorists

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Al Qaeda, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah

3 comments

BBC Radio 4, July 15, 2007 At the beginning of the decade I spent a few years in the Middle East, both as an advisor

Continue reading »
14/08/2007 Article

Washington in Lebanon and Palestine: Fatal Manipulation

/ Amal Saad-Ghorayeb

Tags: Bush Administration, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Mecca Agreement, Middle East, Neocons, Palestinians, Political Islam

1 comment

openDemocracy August 14, 2007 Many parallels are currently being drawn between the crises in Palestine and Lebanon. A number focus on the most visible similarity:

Continue reading »
  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5