Democratic, Secular Turkey: The Truly ‘Indispensable Nation’
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton will meet today with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz of Turkey in what may be one of...
Middle East
Welcome the Turks
Wall Street Journal, 19 December 1997 Fresh from rejection by the European Union, Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz is in...
Target Saddam Hussein
By Robert Satloff Washington Post, 02 December 1997 From Paris to Cairo, from Moscow to Riyadh, virtually all of America's...
Washington Institute’s Satloff Correctly Assails Mideast Policy Being Forged by Its Alumni, Dennis Ross and Martin Indyk
But Should Have Called Clinton Most 'Pro-Labor,' Not 'Pro-Israel,' President (Washington, D.C.): Today's Washington Post features an enormously important op.ed....
Our Problem With Iraq Is Not Israel: Center Roundtable Suggests that Euchring Israel for Concessions Won’t Bring Peace — in Either the Levant or the Persian Gulf
(Washington, D.C.): In its desperation to find someone to blame for one dismal policy failure in the Middle East, the...
Summary of The Center For Security Policy’s High-Level Roundtable Discussion On The Future Of The Mideast ‘Peace Process’
17 September 1997 The Park Hyatt Hotel Washington, D.C. Against the backdrop of the unraveling of the Middle East "peace...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 11: Dangerous Absurdities on Iraq
(Washington, D.C.): Question: Which of the following is the most dangerously absurd? 1) The United States allowed Saddam Hussein and...
Archivist of Atrocity
By Jim Hoagland Washington Post, 20 November 1997 Nearly 18 months ago, U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq discovered videotapes showing...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 10: Administration Ineptitude, Appeasement Put Saddam, Primakov Back in Driver’s Seat
(Washington, D.C.): While it may be some time before the full extent of the damage done by the Clinton Administration's...
Giving Saddam Space
The Wall Street Journal, 17 November 1997 Now that Saddam Hussein has once again turned his pathetically impoverished country into...
‘Iraqi Roulette’: Dodging A Bullet Must Not Be Confused With Ending The Threat Posed By Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): For seven years, the West has been an unwilling participant in a variation on the fabled game of...
Take Out Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): As President Clinton casts about in search of a response to Saddam Hussein's latest acts of defiance, one...
Center Roundtable on the Future of the Mideast ‘Peace Process’ Illuminates, Responds to the Need for Fresh Thinking
(Washington, D.C.): Today, in the aftermath of the latest incidents of terrorism in Israel and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's...
Martin Indyk: Wrong Man, Wrong Job
(Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider the nomination of Martin Indyk to serve as Assistant Secretary...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 4: Meltdown of Dayton Accords is But The Latest Proof That ‘Peace Processes’ Produce No Peace
(Washington, D.C.): Events of the past week suggest that President Clinton's favorite general -- Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SHAPE) General...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 4: Meltdown of Dayton Accords is But The Latest Proof That ‘Peace Processes’ Produce No Peace
(Washington, D.C.): Events of the past week suggest that President Clinton's favorite general(1) -- Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SHAPE) General...