http://www.fpif.org/regions/middleeast FPIF Regions: Middle East & North Africa Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:50 -0500 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/cBAt0Q_7kWY/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality http://www.fpif.org/blog/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:35 -0500 The United States levels the moral playing field by blasting it to pieces.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/cBAt0Q_7kWY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/VHX106Shjis/syrian_repression_the_chinese-russian_veto_and_us_hypocrisy http://www.fpif.org/articles/syrian_repression_the_chinese-russian_veto_and_us_hypocrisy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:00 -0500 The Russian and Chinese veto of the moderate and reasonable UN Security Council resolution was unconscionable, but the United States may have its own hypocrisy to thank.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/VHX106Shjis" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/syrian_repression_the_chinese-russian_veto_and_us_hypocrisy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/VZsQ2jvpol4/the_not-so-great_game http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_not-so-great_game Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:10:37 -0500 What would happen if we stopped playing games with Iran?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/VZsQ2jvpol4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_not-so-great_game http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/b7L7ieLiYM0/israel_v_iran_us_assets_might_not_be_american http://www.fpif.org/blog/israel_v_iran_us_assets_might_not_be_american Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:19 -0500 The term "U.S. assets" is a little too open to interpretation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/b7L7ieLiYM0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/israel_v_iran_us_assets_might_not_be_american http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/dxfg6fpD-Js/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq http://www.fpif.org/articles/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0500 Iraq knows that Iran -- unlike America and other Western forces -- is there to stay.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/dxfg6fpD-Js" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/IE3TM2yAZ90/failed_sanctions_on_iran http://www.fpif.org/articles/failed_sanctions_on_iran Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:57:07 -0500 Economic sanctions have not persuaded Iran to give up its nuclear program, so it's time to try something different.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/IE3TM2yAZ90" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/failed_sanctions_on_iran http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/YBzWQid-jnU/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500 How will the international community react if Syria's opposition movement comes down firmly in favor of foreign intervention?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/YBzWQid-jnU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/mUL5skQ0iY0/timoney_time_in_bahrain http://www.fpif.org/blog/timoney_time_in_bahrain Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired the heavy-handed former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/mUL5skQ0iY0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/timoney_time_in_bahrain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/gHu17wCqnmQ/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned http://www.fpif.org/blog/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:11:36 -0500 The Israeli right's assault on democracy could remove the obstacles to an attack on Iran.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/gHu17wCqnmQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~3/aSti9qfgZLA/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights http://www.fpif.org/blog/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:51:23 -0500 The United States is going ahead with an arms sale to Bahrain despite Congressional opposition and criticism from human rights observers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/MiddleEastNorthAfrica/~4/aSti9qfgZLA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights