London, England (CNN) -- President Obama's decision to deploy an additional 30,000 soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan by early 2010 was not a surprise. In Obama's War Cabinet meetings, the question wa... [Full Article Text.]
Editorial Essays from 2009.
America and Israel-Palestine: Dangerous Disarray (View on openDemocracy.)
Friday, November 27, 2009 - openDemocracy
The gap between the Barack Obama administration’s rhetoric and performance in the core middle-east conflict is damaging chances of progress, says Fawaz A Gerges.
Barack Obama’s greatest foreign-poli... [Full Article Text.]
Abbas Makes His Move (View on NYTimes.com.)
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - NYTimes.com
By The Editors
Updated Nov. 6, 6 p.m.: Fawaz A. Gerges has added a comment, pointing out how disillusioned Arabs are with the Obama administration and the president's "empty rhetoric." Mahmoud Abbas, the president of ... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Mideast peace talks going nowhere (View on CNN.com.)
Poor Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas! He returned to Palestine empty-handed and politically weakened after the tripartite summit this week with President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The New ... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Sick man of the Middle East (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says the U.S. downplayed the serious political and economic difficulties of Egypt's regime.
After smiling broadly for the TV cameras and complimenting one another, U.S. President Barack Obama and Egyptian President... [Full Article Text.]
The Mountebanks and the Apostates (View on The National Interest.)
Saturday, August 1, 2009 - The National Interest
View PDF article: The Mountebanks and the Apostates.... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's sons and daughters will win (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says Iran's sons and daughters will probably win their bid for greater freedom in the long run.
As the dust settles on battered Iranian streets, the ultra-conservative ruling mullahs appear to have won the first ro... [Full Article Text.]
Obama’s Middle East Challenge – Part I (View on Yale Global.)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - Yale Global
Obama wows the Arab world by breaking new ground on the Israel-Palestine question
In a dramatic initiative, President Barack Obama has sought to reframe and shift the Middle East debate away from conflict and war to coo... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's hardliners are the real losers (View on CNN.com.)
With an apparent political coup in Iran by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters over the weekend, the ruling mullahs have dispensed with all democratic pretense and joined the ranks of traditional dictators in the Midd... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's nuclear work will go on (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says Iran's elite is united on the country's foreign policy, which they view as successful.
Regardless of who wins the Iranian election, continuity will be the hallmark of Iran's foreign affairs and nuclear program... [Full Article Text.]