Washington Watch Articles From 2002
NEW CHALLENGES TO CIVIL LIBERTIES
Civil liberties in the U.S. took a triple hit last week.
A COMMENTARY ON UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1397
Last week, I read two diametrically opposed editorials in the Arab press, both commenting on the U.N. Security Council’s passage of the U.S.-supported Resolution 1397.
BUSH GOT IT RIGHT
President Bush got it right. After a Gallup poll released last week showing that a substantial majority of Muslims have unfavorable attitudes toward the U.S., the President responded “We’ve got work to do.
THE IMPACT OF ABDULLAH’S INITIATIVE
News that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah is contemplating a major initiative to break the impasse in Middle East peace making efforts is a most welcome development.
THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS:SIXTY YEARS LATER
On February 19, 1942, then-U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which designated large areas of the western United States as “military areas”, requiring special protection.
NEW STRATEGY DEBATE CONTINUES:WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?
I was both surprised and gratified by the response my article “Toward a New Palestinian Strategy” received. To date it has been translated into seven languages and been reprinted in dozens of newspapers, websites and internet list serves.
BUSH’S STATE OF THE UNION: CLEAR RHETORIC, UNCLEAR GOALS
Ten years ago, Othman al Omair and Khaled Al Maeena gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column in Asharq al Awsat and Arab News. This is my 500th article for both papers.
TOWARD A NEW PALESTINIAN STRATEGY
There is a desperate need for a new Palestinian strategy. What is now being done is clearly not working. More of the same will only produce more suffering, more tension and ever deepening disaster.
REMEMBERING THE REAL MARTIN LUTHER KING
This week across the United States, Americans will commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH IN THE 2002 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
This year’s 2002 congressional elections will be important for several reasons. With Republicans holding only a six-seat advantage in the House of Representatives and Democrats a one-seat advantage in the Senate, a handful of victories either way and the entire direction of governance could change.
THE U.S. AND THE WORLD
With so much discussion here in the U.S. about “Why do they hate us?”, it might appear that the Middle East was the only region of the world where the U.S. had an “image” problem.