Global Affairs: Israel Peace Conference; and Roy on the Neocons
At the Global Affairs group blog:
Gershon Shafir writes
' The focus of political debate in Israel between now and November will be the planned Peace Conference. Two approaches seem to be shaping up.
One is expressed by the Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, who argues that no withdrawal from the West Bank should take place until Israel has developed an anti-rocket system . . .
The other is represented by Olmert’s deputy and confidant, Vice Premier Haim Ramon. '
and Barnett Rubin gives us a preview of Olivier Roy's new book, "The Crescent and Chaos," which is about the "Double Defeat of the Neoconservatives."
Labels: Israel/ Palestine
posted by Juan Cole @ 9/09/2007 07:05:00 AM
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Dear Professor Cole
Thank you for your mention of this new book by Olivier Roy. I read the Monde review and was glad to see that it is yet another debunking of the philosophical basis of neoconservatism.
The title in French does of course remind one of the cultural complexities of language by conjuring up images of the effect of a particular piece of French pastry on the world.
More seriously it highlights the return of the world to somewhere about the stage of the conflict between Galileo and the Inquisition. Despite all evidence to the contrary from scientific observations, doctrine based on a book takes precedence.
"Eppur si muove" ("And yet it does move")
It is very important in understanding the basis of French foreign policy now that an analysis of the faults of the US one has been written.
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