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Trudy Rubin
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Frustration over inaction on Syria grows
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- France and Britain are pressing the European Union to end its embargo on arms for the Syrian opposition in the hope they can encourage President Barack Obama to follow their lead. French and British leaders' frustration with U.S. waffling on Syria is palpable in Brussels. As the flood of refugees from Syria grew to tsunami levels, threatening to destabilize much of the region, French President Francois Hollande declared bluntly, "The biggest risk is inaction."View Full Column | 03/23/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Netanyahu's crucial next step
Here's a pop quiz for those who have been too busy to notice the surprising results of Tuesday's Israeli election: Was the key issue (1) Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's testy relationship with U.S. President Obama; (2) whether Israel should bomb Iran's nuclear sites; or (3) whether to revive the mummified peace process? Answer: None of the above. Issues of war and peace had little to do with the sliding support for Netanyahu's right-wing coalition. (He'll still be prime minister, but will have to work hard to woo new coalition partners.) Nor did these issues propel the rise of the new centrist star, Yair Lapid, a young, attractive TV personality whose new party came in an unexpected second.View Full Column | 01/26/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Arab Spring turns cold
As Libyan rebels seize Tripoli, it's a ripe moment to reconsider the mythology of the Arab Spring. The Libyan rebels, like those in Tunisia and Egypt, have shown the rule of Mideast despots will no longer go uncontested. But this cri de coeur by discontented youth doesn't guarantee that new democracies will emerge.View Full Column | 08/27/2011 1:00 AM | 0
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Karzai was adamant -- Pakistan is the spoiler
PHILADELPHIA -- Ahmed Wali Karzai's life and death sum up perfectly the Afghan trap in which America is caught. When I interviewed him in his Kandahar home in May, after being ushered in by armed guards, there was already a queue waiting to see him. His cellphone never stopped ringing, nor did his fingers ever stop moving his worry beads, as he sat, legs crossed and feet bare, on one of the plush couches that lined his receiving room.View Full Column | 07/16/2011 1:00 AM | 0
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U.S. risks Iraq falling to Tehran
Does anyone remember Iraq? As the United States moves toward withdrawing its last 46,000 troops from that country by the end of 2011, Iraq has become a black hole. It is the place Americans want to forget and the media hardly cover.View Full Column | 07/11/2011 1:00 AM | 0
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