Articles

Strategic Confusion. Baltimore Sun, April 11, 2008.

An Unredeemable Mess. The Guardian, April 9, 2008.

Four Thousand Reasons. The Guardian, March 28, 2008.

Underwriting the Conflict in Hebron. The American Prospect. December 20, 2007. When it comes to U.S. fundraising for Israeli settlements, donating to the Hebron Fund is not merely an expression of support for Israel, it's a perpetuation of the systematic oppression of Palestinians.

Un-Selling the Surge. The American Prospect, November 20, 2007. Countering neoconservative attempts to cast the recent drop in violence as "success," despite the complete failure of national reconciliation, which was the stated goal of the surge.

A History of Nonviolence. The American Prospect, November 15, 2007. On Rev. Canon Naim Ateek and his support of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.

Giuliani's War Cabinet. The American Prospect, September 25, 2007. The nutty bunch advising Rudy Giuliani on foreign policy, the Middle East and radical Islamism.

The Rise and Stall of Van Halen. The American Prospect, September 7, 2007. A review of the Van Halen biography Everybody Wants Some, In which I bring a stunning amount of guitar geekery to bear.

Gasoline for the Fire. Foreign Policy in Focus, August 2, 2007. Why the $65 billion worth of arms the U.S. is sending to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel represents an admission of failure by George W. Bush of his entire Middle East policy. 

Misunderstanding Muqtada al-Sadr. Foreign Policy in Focus, July 27, 2007. A brief overview of Muqtada, his relationship to other Iraqi Shi'i leaders, and the unique space he has created for himself as a radical Shi'i Iraqi nationalist.