Point/Counterpoint
US, Democracy, and the Middle East
Sept.
28, 2005
In
the context of IslamOnline.net’s coverage of the issue of the US
role in Middle East reform, we sponsored a debate between James
Phillips, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Ramzy
Baroud, a veteran Arab-American journalist and the editor in chief
of the
After
decades of playing a cautious role as a status quo power in
the Middle East, the US has become an active force for
democratic reform in the region... More>>
It’s
disquieting to see how Phillips continues to reiterate the
same outdated banter of virtuous wars that are saving lives
and inspiring change... More>>
Egypt’s
election was a sideshow for a botched American foreign policy
in the Middle East, culminated with the utter failure of
subduing Iraq militarily... More>>
Ramzy
Baroud’s criticism of US policy in support of democracy in
the Middle East illustrates Clare Boothe Luce’s saying that
“No good deed goes unpunished.” More>>
James
Phillips currently serves on the
Board of Editors of the Middle East Quarterly. A former
research fellow at the Congressional Research Service and the
East-West Center, Mr. Phillips earned his BA from Brown University
and his MA and MALD in International Security Studies from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. (Click
Ramzy
Baroud is a veteran
Arab-American journalist and the editor in chief of the
Palestine
Chronicle. He
currently teaches mass communication at Australia’s Curtin
University of Technology, Malaysia Campus. Baroud is also former
head of Aljazeera.net English’s Research and Studies department.
His forthcoming book is Writings on the Second Palestinian
Uprising: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto Press,
London).
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