My Comprehensive Article On Obama Administration Policy and New MERIA Journal

Please let me draw your attention to my article in the new, June, issue of MERIA Journal on U.S. policy in the Middle East. I have tried briefly to describe all the challenges to the Obama administration, what a good policy would look like, and what they are in fact doing. I'm pleased with the text and hope you'll find it useful.

While I'm at it, let me recommend the issue generally which you can view here.  They include:

Jonathan Spyer, ISRAEL AND LEBANON: PROBLEMATIC PROXIMITY

Eser Sekercioglu TURKEY'S MARCH 2009 ELECTIONS: LOSS WITHOUT DEFEAT, GAIN WITHOUT VICTORY

Barry Rubin
U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY: TOO MANY CHALLENGES AND YET A SINGLE THEME

The following articles will be up in the next few days but you can get them sent directly to you if you subscribe:

Panel Discussion
THE SMALL GULF STATES: THE BEST-CASE EXAMPLES IN THE ARAB WORLD?

Adel Guindy
THE TALIBANIZATION OF EDUCATION IN EGYPT

Joana Dodds and Ben Wilson
THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR: UNATTAINABLE OBJECTIVES

Panagiotis Dimtirakis
THE 1978 BATTLE OF LARNACA AIRPORT, CYPRUS, AND UK DIPLOMACY

Yeru Aharoni
AFRICAN AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS OF ISRAEL: NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE