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CIAO DATE: 06/07
Spring 2007
A Conversation with Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith
Interview by Matan Chorev
Matan Chorev interviews Peter W. Galbraith, author of The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End, on Iraqi Kurdistan and the future of Iraq. Galbraith served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Croatia and has held senior positions in the U.S. Government and the United Nations.
Lessons From the Interior: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Syria
Ethan Corbin
The role of Islam in Syria today is changing and a key instrument behind this change is the President Bashar Asad.
Rising in the Gulf: How China's Energy Demands are Transforming the Middle East
John Keefer Douglas, Matthew B. Nelson, Kevin L. Schwartz
As a major oil consumer, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has turned outward, cultivating bilateral relationships with Middle Eastern states—specifically Iran and Saudi Arabia—that can literally fuel China’s rapidly growing economy and achieve its grand energy strategy.
Constructing a Legal Case Against Iran’s Nuclear Right to Enrich within the International Court of Justice
Jonathan Thomas
The international community has worked to bring Iran back into favorable status under the NPT but has been hampered by a number of issues including Iran’s perceived security threats, economic and energy concerns, and, notably, its insistence that it has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the NPT.
Hamas: Pragmatic Ideology
Shai Gruber
Hamas’ Charter presents rigid ideological views incompatible with the actual situation in Palestine. Hamas is pragmatic and flexible in the implementation of its ideology, if for nothing else, than to retain its base of public support.
Color Evolution: NGOs and Oligarchs Unite for Change in Kyrgyzstan
Chris Doten
The changes accompanying the earthquake relief operation in Pakistan, and the influx of all forms of aid, have presented a window of opportunity for both negative and positive cultural transformation.
The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin: Mediating a Path Towards Regional Water Stability
Ali Akanda, Sarah Freeman, Maria Placht
As populations, and therefore needs, grow in the Euphrates River Basin, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq must move forward to find a trilateral solution to the region’s water needs.
Review of The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi
Saminaz Zaman