Posted in Arabs, France, Lebanon, Levant, Maronite, Phoenicians, Shia, Sunnis, US, nationalism, politics, terrorism on March 7, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Speaking of Monocle, flipping through the pages of last month’s issue (Issue 10, vol. 1, Feb. 2008 pg. 44-45) reveals a an interesting window into the mind of the Lebanese almost-”martyr” May Chidiac. Chidiac was severely mutilated in a car-bombing in 2005. The LBC tele-journalist is a support of the March 14 movement that ejected [...]
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Posted in Americas, UK, US, culture, news on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman concludes a two-part series on the State-side rise of the Economist by pondering whether or not the US market has “enough smart people around who will want to read it.” In the series’ first installment, American publishers dismissed the paper as a “niche magazine.” Friedman’s fears that the magazine’s highbrow may limit [...]
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Posted in Americas, China, Grand Strategy, India, Latin America, US, balance of power, idealism, politics, realism, reform on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dimitri K. Simes and Paul J. Saunders on what the next administration’s foreign policy should look like (from The National Interest):
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