Category Archives: The Middle East Revolts

When Vision Fails

Posted on November 22, 2015 by jackgoldstone

It is remarkable that, in response to ISIS’s attacks in Paris, all kinds of remedies and actions are now being vehemently proposed:  adding Western ground troops to the forces attacking ISIS, setting new restrictions on the movement of refugees from … Continue reading →

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Fighting Islamic Terror in a Multipolar and Asymmetric World

Posted on November 15, 2015 by jackgoldstone

Events in November – the downing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai and the mass killings in Paris – should make it abundantly clear that we are no longer living in a world where conflicts between major states are … Continue reading →

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Yemen Undone

Posted on March 24, 2015 by jackgoldstone

It shouldn’t really be a surprise to anyone that Yemen has collapsed (again).  A country that has split and been pulled together before, with the youngest and fastest growing population in the region, running low on oil and water, with … Continue reading →

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A Bad Deal for Everyone

Posted on March 6, 2015 by jackgoldstone

I have long advocated that Iran and the P5+1 negotiators reach a deal that will assure everyone that if Iran launches an effort to weaponize its nuclear materials, they will be detected in time for other nations to launch a … Continue reading →

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ISIS in Paris

Posted on January 9, 2015 by jackgoldstone

Take a pleasant farm and field. Introduce a flow of water from diverse sources. If the water mixes into the soil and feeds the mix of crops, the result is greater prosperity. But if the water pools in stagnant, non-circulating … Continue reading →

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Hope as we move toward the New Year

Posted on December 29, 2014 by jackgoldstone

It would not take much for 2015 to be a better year than 2014.  2014 was marked by a major outbreak of Ebola, war between Russia and Ukraine, renewed active war in Gaza, civil war in South Sudan, the rise … Continue reading →

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Why the fight against IS is not going well

Posted on December 3, 2014 by jackgoldstone

When a radical revolutionary group with a threatening ideology seized a strategically important region, a war-weary United States agreed to limited participation in an allied effort to dislodge the radicals and recover the lost territory, providing several thousand troops and supplies.  … Continue reading →

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Words from God, Lessons for Man

Posted on September 24, 2014 by jackgoldstone

This past week, I was visiting the United Kingdom (still United, thank goodness), to attend a conference at Cambridge University. While there, I also took a trip north to York University to do some historical study. While there, I stayed … Continue reading →

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More on who can or will fight ISIS

Posted on September 15, 2014 by jackgoldstone

I weighed in this week on the need to have a truly broad coalition to fight ISIS in Politico. The problem ahead is to build that coalition – and it won’t be quick or easy. If we are going to … Continue reading →

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Three cheers (almost) for Obama vs. ISIS

Posted on September 10, 2014 by jackgoldstone

President Obama’s speech touched on all the right and necessary notes — as good a speech as he has given. Obama clearly separated the terrorists behind ISIS from both the Muslim faith and the broader Muslim populations that it has … Continue reading →

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