http://cnionline.org Advocating Middle East policies that serve the American national interest. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cnionline.org/world-powers-to-hold-discussion-with-iran/ http://cnionline.org/world-powers-to-hold-discussion-with-iran/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:12:55 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=785 EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili have agreed to open talks between the six world powers and Iran on October 1. The meeting will bring together representatives of the UK, China, Russia, France, the US, and Germany with top officials from Tehran in a location yet to be [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/world-powers-to-hold-discussion-with-iran/feed/ 1 http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/ http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:39:46 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=640 Principled Policy as a Last Resort Michael Thomas CNI Board Member American policy toward Hamas has been self defeating. From and after the elections of 2006, in the name of the war on terror, the US has dishonored its commitment to democratic institutions; has vigorously supported massive violations of international humanitarian and human rights law [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/feed/ 1 http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/ http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:34:01 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=637 Hamas and Current American Policy Michael Thomas CNI Board Member Part I summarized what was learned about Hamas in meetings throughout the Levant in May of this year. In this Part II, we will consider information about Hamas from sources we did not talk to, and analyze current American policies and their evident effects. Hamas: [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/feed/ 2 http://cnionline.org/secretary-gates-meets-with-ehud-barak-in-jerusalem-once-again-gets-distracted-by-iran/ http://cnionline.org/secretary-gates-meets-with-ehud-barak-in-jerusalem-once-again-gets-distracted-by-iran/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:34:07 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=596 By Shane McCarthy, CNI Staff Writer shane@cnionline.org The disparity between American and Israeli interests was once again illuminated in a recent meeting between Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem. In a joint news conference at the King David Hotel, Mr. Barak stated that he did not approve of America’s [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/secretary-gates-meets-with-ehud-barak-in-jerusalem-once-again-gets-distracted-by-iran/feed/ 0 http://cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/ http://cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:51:45 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=548 By Brian Doyle and Shane McCarthy CNI Staff Writers brian@cnionline.org and shane@cnionline.org The Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington-based non-profit promoting a just Israeli-Palestinian accord, unveiled a DVD “New Hope for Peace: What America Must do to End the Israel Palestine Conflict” at the US Institute for Peace today in which four American elder [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/feed/ 0 http://cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/ http://cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:36:30 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=424 By Brian Doyle CNI Staff Writer brian@cnionline.org On June 4th President Obama took an important step in repairing US relations with the Muslim world in his speech at the University of Cairo. The President presented a kinder, gentler America, one knowledgeable and appreciative of Islamic culture and history. Head on, Obama addressed the biggest sources [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/feed/ 0 http://cnionline.org/israeli-whispering-campaign-on-iran/ http://cnionline.org/israeli-whispering-campaign-on-iran/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:02:07 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=89 Israeli Whispering Campaign on Iran It seems an Israeli whispering campaign is afoot to lay the foundation for preemptive military action against Iran. A recentSenate Foreign Relations Committee report on Iran’s nuclear program contains comments from unidentified (though undoubtedly Israeli) foreign officials questing the US intelligence community’s work on Iran’s nuclear program. They contend US [...]]]> http://cnionline.org/israeli-whispering-campaign-on-iran/feed/ 2