US-Israeli defense treaty? The ulterior motive.
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Israel, American Jews, and the gap
Why is there a growing gap between American Jews and Israel? They live in two different worlds.
How independent is Israel?
Being an American client has its rewards. And its price.
Superpower Outage
Israel needs a Plan B for a post-American Middle East.
The Middle East Circa 2016
Martin Kramer anticipates the Middle East in 2016, and expects a contest among grasping "middle powers" which will seek to fill the vacuum left behind by the fading of American dominance.
George Kennan, Iran hawk
If George Kennan came back to life, would he urge the United States merely to "contain" Iran? Don't be so sure.
A Zero-Sum Game
Despite Obama, the Middle East is a zero-sum game. Martin Kramer explains why.
How not to fix the Middle East
My Columbia lecture has been published in the Middle East Papers series of Middle East Strategy at Harvard. My core argument is that the Obama administration is thwarting itself, by seeming reluctant to uphold American primacy in the region. More troops in Afghanistan are unlikely to change the Middle Eastern perception that the United States …
Obama and the Muslims
My quick assessment of President Obama's Cairo speech of June 4 appears (with fifteen other expert assessments) at Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH), and is reproduced here at Sandbox. "Peoples of Egypt, you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion; do not believe it! Reply that I have come to …
Chas Freeman’s crystal ball
It is May 2000. You are Bill Clinton, contemplating what you still might achieve in the Middle East in your last eight months in the White House. You call in one of your intelligence chiefs, and ask a bottom-line question. Where is the Middle East headed? Your wise man gives you this answer: I believe …
Chas Freeman and preemptive cringe
Charles "Chas" Freeman, the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia who is slated to become chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), is being praised by his supporters as a brilliantly "contrarian" analyst. But has anyone gone back to examine the analyses? Here is an example from June 2002: I'm a very practical man, and my …
Anti-Americans mark 9/11
Yesterday, Muslim extremists in North London held a conference under the title "September 11: A Towering Day in History." The Times of London carries the most detailed story. The Finsbury Park mosque was bedecked with posters of the Twin Towers in flames and banners proclaiming: "Islam Will Dominate the World." Speakers hailed Al-Qa'ida for delivering …
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