Copyright 2010 Ilan Berman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:40:03 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ilan Berman :: Writings http://www.ilanberman.com berman@afpc.org (Ilan Berman) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.ilanberman.com/7757/bazaar-events Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST Long-time observers of American politics know that in order to truly put your finger on the pulse of the nation, you have to watch Wall Street. Savvy Iran-watchers will tell you that to do the same in the Islamic republic, you need to keep your eye on... http://www.ilanberman.com/7722/irans-medieval-justice-system Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST For years now, Sakineh Ashtiani has been incarcerated in an Iranian prison, sentenced to death by stoning for the "crime" of adultery. Until earlier this month, the case of the 43-year-old mother of two was known only to the select few who have been... http://www.ilanberman.com/7710/saudi-arabias-house-of-cards Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST How stable is Saudi Arabia? Not very, according to at least one member of the Kingdom's ruling class. Last month Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, a prominent dissident now in exile in Cairo, issued an open letter to his fellow royals, urging them to... http://www.ilanberman.com/7694/how-to-support-the-struggle-for-irans-soul Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST Does Washington care about freedom in Iran? On the surface, it seems like a silly question. Ever since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini swept to power in 1979, Washington policymakers of all political stripes have been holding out hope that a kinder, gentler... http://www.ilanberman.com/7644/mcchrystalizing-failure Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST The new issue of Rolling Stone magazine has yet to hit newsstands, but its centerpiece - a devastating expose of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan - already has sent shockwaves through Washington. The article,... http://www.ilanberman.com/7615/a-counterterrorism-ally-in-north-africa Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST At the mouth of the sprawling plaza that houses Casablanca's magnificent Hassan II mosque overlooking the Atlantic Ocean lie two squat, ornate buildings. In these structures, flanked by neatly manicured gardens and largely unnoticed by the outside world,... http://www.ilanberman.com/7604/irans-dissidents-need-western-help Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST Whatever happened to the Green Movement? A year after the fraudulent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad galvanized a groundswell of popular outrage, protesters in the Islamic Republic are growing silent. This has led some observers to... http://www.ilanberman.com/7582/russian-roulette-what-moscow-wants-from-tehran Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST For years, the relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation has served as a source of confusion and frustration to Western policymakers. By objective measure, the partnership developed between Moscow and Tehran over the... http://www.ilanberman.com/7549/slouching-toward-a-new-korea-strategy Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST North Korea's brazen, unprovoked torpedoing of a South Korean warship last month has refocused international attention - and criticism - on the Stalinist regime situated above the 38th Parallel. Beyond the public outrage now coming from Washington,... http://www.ilanberman.com/7405/turkeys-next-transformation Tue, 18 May 2010 09:00:00 EST What a difference a few years can make. A little more than a decade ago, regional rivals Turkey and Syria nearly went to war over the latter's sponsorship of the radical Kurdish Workers Party in its struggle against the Turkish state. Today, however,... http://www.ilanberman.com/7275/congress-must-fix-iran-energy-loophole Wed, 12 May 2010 09:00:00 EST The Senate Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to hold hearings today on companies that have provided Tehran with financial resources for its illicit nuclear program. These hearings aim to build on steps already taken by Congress to find a... http://www.ilanberman.com/7455/the-clandestine-war-in-the-middle-east-may-soon Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST A cold war is underway in the Middle East. Although the tensions between the state of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran may not immediately be apparent to casual observers, yet they permeate virtually every facet of politics in the region today.... http://www.ilanberman.com/7225/manas-closure-could-threaten-us-afghan-strategy Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST The coup that swept the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in early April caught almost everyone by surprise. The ouster of the country's strongman president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, after two days of rioting by opposition forces, likely at Russia's... http://www.ilanberman.com/7208/tulip-time-is-over Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST Call it a Tulip Revolution in reverse. On April 7, widespread anti-government protests broke out in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. Within two days, protesters had stormed government buildings and overrun state security forces, the country's... http://www.ilanberman.com/2010/04/on-elbaradei-egypt-and-the-muslim-brotherhood Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:24 EST Apparently, my April 2nd Foreign Policy article on Mohamed ElBaradei's Islamist flirtation generated quite a bit of criticism, including a lengthy response from Georgetown University's Samer Shehata. These critiques are useful for a number of reasons,...