Report on Media and Policy in the Muslim World Retreat
(Feb. 10, 2012) Journalists across the Muslim world are in need of political and practical…
Pakistan and the GOP Presidential Primary
ISLAMABAD (November 23, 2011) — Mitt Romney said it's close to being a failed state. Rick…
The Opportunity and Peril for the U.S. in Egypt’s Rebirth
(Feb. 4, 2011) "The birth pangs of a new Middle East." That was how then-Secretary of…
Obama starts well with Muslims but must do more
CAIRO (March 16, 2009) -- Perceptions are a critical piece of the foreign policy matrix. From the…
The Murrow Option for U.S. Public Diplomacy
By Lawrence Pintak and William Rugh CAIRO (Feb. 17, 2009): Almost 50 years ago, President John F.…
Misreading the Arab Media
(May 25, 2008) “ARABIC TV does not do our country justice,” President Bush complained in…
Middle East Heading for a New Cold War?
CAIRO, 20 January 2007 — Bush administration efforts to forge a US-Arab alliance against Iran…
Cairo Ignores U.S. Request to Pull Plug on Jihadi TV in Iraq
(Jan. 4, 2007) Sunni-Shia power politics and U.S.-Egyptian relations are at the center of a…
America’s Media Bubble
CAIRO (Oct. 19, 2006) — The United States no longer controls the script. That's a reality…
The Middle East: It’s all just too darned complicated
First Published: October 2, 2006 Memo: To Arabs and Muslims Re: The Middle East It’s your own…
Future History: A Glimpse of What U.S. Lebanon Policy Could Spawn
Published on Thursday, August 3, 2006 by CommonDreams.org It is very likely that the world will…
Lebanon: Black and White and Dead All Over
Tuesday 25 July 2006 (28 Jumada al-Thani 1427) Once more, US Marines are on Lebanese soil. Once…
