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Chávez in Moscow

Nouri wrote 14 hours ago: Russia sees North Africa, Algeria and Libya especially, as a market for arms and a place into which … more »

Tags: Americas, Europe, Gas, GeoPolitics, Latin America, Non-Allied, Russia, third world

Algeria, Russia, and Europe2 comments

Nouri wrote 2 days ago: In light of Jean-François Cirelli’s statements on Sonatrach’s importance to the Europea … more »

Tags: Algeria, Gas, Africa, Maghreb, Morocco, Russia, Europe, GeoPolitics

Algeria update

Nouri wrote 6 days ago: Some important news out of Algeria this week: In February I wrote that a possible reason that Alger … more »

Tags: Africa, Algeria, bouteflika, Europe, France, GeoPolitics, Germany, Maghreb, Non-Allied

A new kind of [American] leadership6 comments

Nouri wrote 1 week ago: The predictable lack of coverage of the opening of the Union for the Mediterranean is symptomatic of … more »

Tags: France, Algeria, Arabs, Egypt, US, Politics, Grand Strategy, Libya, Africa

My foreign policy platform1 comment

Nouri wrote 1 week ago: If Barack Obama continues to speak about foreign policy in the way he did with Farid Zakaria this we … more »

Tags: Americas, Asia, GeoPolitics, obama, Politics, Realism, US

Russian Gaming 9 comments

Nouri wrote 2 weeks ago: Russia’s frustrated response to the signing of the Czech-American missile defense agreement is … more »

Tags: News, Iran, Realism, Grand Strategy, China, Russia, Europe, GeoPolitics

A signpost to the new Senate - Greens, Heffernan and Joyce stand together2 comments

Tim Hollo wrote 3 weeks ago: As we say a sad farewell to Kerry Nettle and the Democrats (you can read Bob’s valedictory spe … more »

Tags: Agriculture, bob brown, Budget, Christine Milne, Environment, Forestry, Greens, Senate, Sustainable Farming

Three

Nouri wrote 1 month ago: You will develop newfound sympathy for your predecessors in the Bush administration. There are a hun … more »

Tags: US, Iran, Realism, China, Russia, India, Levant, gulf, reform

Short Story: "Sacred Honor"

gznork26 wrote 2 months ago: Know your limits. “Sacred Honor” by P. Orin Zack [05/19/2008] John Davis, the northern … more »

Tags: Fiction, Politics, Short Stories, 2nd Amendment, AWOL, Congressional Hearing, Consent of the Governed., Constitution Day, Constitutional Convention

On Lebanon3 comments

Nouri wrote 2 months ago: “I saw him without a gun, shooting at me, and his bullets pierced me just like all the other bulle … more »

Tags: Arabs, Terrorism, Lebanon, sunnis, Shia, third world, muslims, Levant

From the Global Leadership Forum

Nouri wrote 2 months ago: Witness insight: There is no single narrative that can encapsulate the complexity of the Middle … more »

Tags: Terrorism, US, Islamism, Grand Strategy, UK

Zakaria on Rose2 comments

Nouri wrote 2 months ago: Fareed Zakaria’s comments on Charlie Rose tonight are especially relevant. His comments on the … more »

Tags: Terrorism, American Muslims, US, Realism, Western Muslims

Today's letter - why do you want war?

signab43 wrote 2 months ago: Dear Governor Schwarzenegger - Samantha Smith was a ten-year-old girl in 1982 when she wrote to Sovi … more »

Tags: Mixed Metaphors, places - Soviet Union, people - Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, bomb and preach, Nuclear, Russia, War, Cold War, cold

A sensational cartoon7 comments

Nouri wrote 3 months ago: As much as I respect Professor Lewis’s historical works, their quality has been on the decline … more »

Tags: History, Nationalism, Arabs, Religion, Terrorism, US, Bigotry, Politics, Islamism

The Battle of Tavregh Zeina2 comments

Nouri wrote 3 months ago: More news from Mauritania. Word on the street is that two people have died and fifteen people have b … more »

Tags: Africa, Arabs, France, Islamism, Maghreb, Mauritania, Politics, Sahel, Terrorism

How an Islamist made it free in Mauritania2 comments

Nouri wrote 3 months ago: This week was interesting in Mauritania. Sidi Ould Sidna, accused of killing four French nationals i … more »

Tags: Arabs, Terrorism, Africa, Mauritania, Maghreb, Sahel, gulf

A silly debate on Arab summits1 comment

Nouri wrote 3 months ago: This debate from al-Jazeera’s “The Opposite Direction” illustrates what is wrong w … more »

Tags: Arabs, Culture, Sudan, Syria, third world

Wikipedia on Geagea2 comments

Nouri wrote 4 months ago: The bio-box on the Wikipedia page for the notorious Lebanese Maronite warlord/militiaman Samir Geage … more »

Tags: Arabs, Geagea, Lebanon, Levant, maronite, phoenicians, Syria, Terrorism, US

Vote Otto in '082 comments

Nouri wrote 4 months ago: Dimitri K. Simes and Paul J. Saunders on what the next administration’s foreign policy should … more »

Tags: US, Politics, Realism, Grand Strategy, Idealism, China, India, Americas, Latin America


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