Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Gearing up for war II
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007From Syriacomment
“Policy Brief” by Alistair Crooke, circulated by the U.S./Middle East Project, of which Henry Siegman is the Director
TICKING CLOCKS AND ‘ACCIDENTAL’ WAR
BY ALASTAIR CROOKE *
9 October 2007
Editor: Robert Malley
In an article in Salon.com on 19 September, Steven Clemons describes a debate at a recent Washington dinner party attended by eighteen persons at which […]
Gearing up for war?
Saturday, September 15th, 2007I don’t know if this case has made much of an appearance in the Norwegian media, but the Israeli bombing of something in eastern Syria last week and the speculation of what actually happened later is not a good sign for the Middle East or peaceful resolutions of any of the numerous conflicts in the […]
The politics of foreigners in Yemen
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007For the first time since 1998 foreigners have been killed on purpose in Yemen. Whereas kidnapping of foreigners was everyday business throughout most of the 1990s when more than 100 were kidnapped, this was mostly in order to pressure the government to free jailed tribesmen or implement social projects in peripheral areas. This meant that […]
A little story on the state of blogging and free speech in the US
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Copied from Yaman’s Amateur Ramblings:
The danger Kaplan v. Salahi poses to bloggers and activists everywhere
As a student at UC Berkeley, the center for the Free Speech Movement, I never thought I’d find myself at the receiving end of a politically-motivated libel lawsuit. I am the creator of a blog called “Lee Kaplan Watch” which focuses […]
Fear and Resistance: The Construction of Alawi Identity in Syria
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007My Master’s thesis on the Alawis of Syria was finished in February. It is fieldwork-based and focuses on ‘normal’ Alawis and how they express their identity through their construction of Syria’s other sects (abstract).
It can be found here.
EDIT: The thesis sparked some feedback on Joshua Landis’ Syriacomment blog: http://joshualandis.com/blog/?p=287
Feature article in Dagbladet
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006about demonising Syria (in Norwegian obviously)
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2006/09/18/477018.html