Egypt’s inertia on green energy and EV’s is bringing the pain, as the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz provoke an energy price shock
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French Fear Guerilla War in Egypt, 1798
Note: My talk on Napoleon’s Egypt will be shown in the US on CSPAN-2 at 10 pm EDT on Sunday evening, September 9. At the […]
David Enders on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria
Via Fareed Zakaria’s “Foreign Exchange,” an interview with David Enders, a journalist just back from Iraq with an unvarnished view of the situation. As I […]
The Nation Review of Napoleon’s Egypt
Roger Owen’s review of my new book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East is now online at The Nation. Owen, who teaches at Harvard, is […]
Fears of Sunni Arab Tribal Feuding in Diyala Cheney, Rumsfeld blamed by Blunkett for Dissolving Iraqi Army
With regard to the recent dust-up in the pages of the NYT between Bush and Bremer over the dismantling of the Iraqi Army, Ward Harkavy […]
What would the founding fathers have thought of George W. Bush?
Just promoting a book I just found out about. You all know about my thing for the Founding Generation of Americans.
Helman: Bush’s Stage-Managed Photo Op with Sunni Sheikhs May Spell Trouble in Future
Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: Perhaps the most telling commentary on the situation today in Iraq is the choice of a remote, heavily fortified US […]
Rubin: How to Stop War with Iran
Barnett Rubin gives us a thoughtful call to arms on how to prevent war with Iran at the Global Affairs blog. After analyzing the way […]
MESA Letter on Mearsheimer & Walt
The Committee on Academic Freedom (North America) of the Middle East Studies Association has written a letter protesting the cancellation of a talk by John […]
Josh Marshall on the Numbers Game in Iraq
From Josh Marshall’s Veracifier site, “Iraq by the Numbers”.
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