"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

inFOCUS publishes important series of articles on Syria


Source: RPS

The inFOCUS Magazine, The Jewish Policy Center quarterly journal, has published a series of articles on Syria that included an interview with former Speaker of the House Hon. Newt Gingrich and articles by some of the best intellectuals and analysts who follow Syrian politics closely.

The articles cover a wide array of subject matters, from Assad's relationship with Iran, to the Shebaa Farms, to Syrian ambitions in Lebanon and its support of terrorism, and to its historic relationships with the old Soviet Union. Included also is analysis on why the Syrian-Israeli peace initiatives will fail.

When Jonathan Shanzer, editor of inFOCUS, asked Gingrich about the new administration's efforts to reach out to Syria, his response was "We'll have to wait and see until about six months from now".

List of the articles follow:

Matthew RJ Brodsky - Why Syrian-Israeli Peace Deals Fail


Tony Badran - The Syria-Iran Alliance

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Joshua D. Goodman - The Attack on Syria's al-Kibar Nuclear Facility

Raymond Tanter and Stephen Kersting - Syria's Role in the Iraq Insurgency

Newt Gingrich - Interview: Syria Then and Now

Walid Phares - Syria's Strategy in Lebanon

Daniel Mandel - Syria and the Shebaa Farms Dispute

David Meir-Levi - Syria and the Palestinian Refugee Problem

Michael Sharnoff - The Syria-Soviet Alliance

David Kenner - Damascus and Lebanon's 'Party of God'

Eyal Zisser - Bashar's Syria and Prospects for Change

Farid Ghadry - From Hama to Hamas: Syria's Islamist Policies