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What do Arabs Really Think of America? Ask them.
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September 11, 2007 |
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| Arabs have been largely neglected in this debate about the relationship between the U.S. and the Arab world. In this op-ed by Arab Insight Editor Mohamed Elmenshawy, published Sept. 11, 2007, in the Christian Science Monitor, the author questions why U.S. policy-makers and pundits continue to use the same misleading approach toward understanding the Arab world.
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Author(s):
Mohamed Elmenshawy
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Arab Insight, Fall 2007: “Do We Hate America?”
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September 4, 2007 |
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| The Arab world responds to a critical question for U.S.-Arab relations in the fall issue of Arab Insight, the World Security Institute’s new quarterly journal: "Do We Hate America?" Read the answer from informed Arab experts in the second issue of Arab Insight.
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Behind the Headlines on the Winograd Commission’s Interim Report
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May 29, 2007 |
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| In April, the Israeli government-appointed Winograd Commission published its interim report on the conduct of the Israeli government and military during the July 2006 Second Lebanon War. WSI Science Fellow Haninah Levine examines what the report, which has not been published in English, has to say about the failings of the Israeli military, and about the state of Western militaries today. |
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Haninah Levine
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New Arab Insight Journal Available from WSI Cairo
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May 17, 2007 |
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| The World Security Institute is proud to announce that the first issue of Arab Insight, a quarterly journal dedicated to bringing Middle East perspectives to Washington, is now available. |
| Author(s):
Whitney Parker
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Analysis: The 2007 State of the Union Address
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January 25, 2007 |
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| On Jan. 23, President George W. Bush gave his sixth State of the Union address. Faced with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, a Democratically held Congress, and a protracted insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush found himself with little positive to speak about. Sandwiching the negative issues of Iraq and terrorism between some positive prospects, the president offered a few ideas about the future of the United States and some reiterations of current positions. Scoville Fellow Richard May explains. |
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Richard May
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Iraq Study Group Report - Highlights and Observations
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January 9, 2007 |
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| President George W. Bush reportedly will announce modifications to U.S. Iraq policies the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 10. Steven C. Welsh, CDI research analyst and legal scholar, takes another look at some of the issues flagged, and some missed, by last month’s report by the unofficial Iraq Study Group.
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Uncontrolled Small Arms Perpetuate Insecurity in Iraq
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December 6, 2006 |
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| On Dec. 6, 2006, the Iraq Study Group released its highly anticipated report on the way forward in Iraq. While the report highlighted strategies for protecting U.S. forces from escalating violence in Iraq, minimizing the deadly violence, missing from the report is a comprehensive strategy to address the millions of weapons being used to perpetrate this violence. Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, CDI has highlighted the threat that uncontrolled small arms and light weapons pose to successful reconstruction and lasting peace and security in Iraq. |
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Rhea Myerscough
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Rachel Stohl
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Small Arms Analysis of Iraq Study Group Report
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December 6, 2006 |
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| As expected by small arms analysts, today’s highly anticipated release of the Iraq Study Group report revealed that the report does not contain a comprehensive strategy for dealing with the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of small arms. Moreover, small arms receive only negligible mention throughout the report. CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl explains. |
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Rhea Myerscough
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Rachel Stohl
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Iraq Study Group Readies Report
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December 5, 2006 |
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| On Dec. 6, an unofficial Iraq Study Group, spawned by members of Congress last March, will issue a report on Iraqi nation-building that aspires to provide bipartisan, independent views on the strategic environment in Iraq and its surrounding region, as well as ways to enhance Iraqi security and Iraqi economic and political development. There is speculation it could include views on U.S. force posture and potential future draw-downs. Steven C. Welsh, CDI analyst and legal scholar takes a closer look.
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Iraqi Tribunal Imposes Death Sentence on Saddam Hussein
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November 8, 2006 |
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| Bringing Saddam and his henchmen to justice has posed unique challenges to an Iraq seeking to rightly subject a former totalitarian dictatorship to rule of law, while also respecting rule of law by providing fair trials. The Iraqi High Tribunal has announced it is sentencing Saddam Hussein to hang for a 1982 mass killing of Shia villagers, risking controversy over whether his execution will help bring national healing, or instead forestall additional charges and a fuller historical record, while stirring international concern over whether the death penalty itself is inconsistent with rule of law. CDI analyst and legal scholar Steven C. Welsh explains. |
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