Washington Watch Articles From 2000
BUSH OR GORE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
If George W. Bush becomes the next president of the United States, he will most probably be given a short honeymoon in the Arab world. Al Gore will not.
TWO MONTHS LEFT AND MUCH TO DO
The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the continuing economic sanctions against Iraq have combined to create a difficult situation for the United States in the Arab world. It requires an immediate U.S. response.
THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS
Summer is fast approaching, but for many of us that doesn’t mean vacation. Rather it means the heating up of the political season.
NEW THINKING TO RESCUE PEACE
Peace was supposed to turn the resources of the region away from armaments, toward more productive human endeavors.
THE POSITIONS OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SON CRITICAL MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
During the past decade, the end of the Cold War, the Palestinian Intifada, the Gulf War and the Middle East peace process have all combined to change both the context of the Middle East policy debate and the way most serious candidates for political office address Middle East issues.