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Europe & The Middle East

Nov 12, 2009: Is Turkey Disillusioned With Europe?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East , European Affairs
Daniel Steinvorth, writing from Istanbul, Turkey for the German magazine Der Spiegel, says in an article translated from German and posted November 13, 2009 at the English language Spiegel International Online: “As European opposition to EU membership for Turkey grows,...

Dec 22, 2008: Will It Be More of the Same for the Palestinians in 2009?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East , Israel & Palestine , U.S. Middle East Policy
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, writing in the December 18, 2008, edition of Dar Al Hayat opined: Next year needs to be an important year for the Arab-Israeli conflict. Unless we make real progress, the prospect of a two-state solution...

Jul 20, 2008: Is Charging al-Bashir With War Crimes a Bad Precedent?
Comments: 0 | Categories: African Affairs , Europe & The Middle East
Mahmoud Ali Youssef, the foreign minister of Djibouti and chairman of a one-day emergency meeting of the 22-member Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, convened to discuss the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court's July 14, 2008, decision to charge Sudan's president, Omar...

Aug 5, 2007: Tony Blair and Michael Williams: Two Middle East Envoys From Britain
Comments: 0 | Categories: Diplomatic Affairs , Europe & The Middle East
Epolitix.com raises a relevant point in its August 3, 2007, report on British Prime Minister James Gordon Brown's appointment of UN assistant secretary-general Michael Williams as a special representative to the Middle East. Mr. Williams replaces Michael Abraham Levy, former...

Jul 25, 2007: Tony Blair, Avoiding Hamas Won't Solve Israeli, Palestinian Conflict
Comments: 0 | Categories: Diplomatic Affairs , Europe & The Middle East , Israel & Palestine , Middle East Affairs
I see Former British Prime Minister Anthony "Tony" Blair has completed his first visit to the Middle East as the special envoy for the so-called Middle East Quartet, which is comprised of the United States, the European Union, Russia and...

Nov 14, 2006: Tony Blair's Middle East Vision
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East
Newsweek's Stryker McGuire contends in a November 14, 2006, "web exclusive" that, "It became clear this week that [British Prime Minister Tony] Blair will devote an extraordinary effort during the final months of his premiership to the conflicts roiling the...

Sep 11, 2006: Khaleej Times: Blair's Middle East Visit Had Its Benefits
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East
Khaleej Times Online of Kuwait opines in a September 12, 2006, editorial that, "Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, under unrelenting pressure at home, has paradoxically found reprieve in the restless Middle East. This weekend," the publication added, "the British...

Sep 11, 2006: Was Blair's Middle East Trip Too Little Too Late?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East
British "Prime Minister Tony Blair's Middle East peace drive is unlikely to break the logjam there nor restore his reputation at home, which is still tarnished by the decision to go to war in Iraq," writes Adrian Croft in a...

Sep 11, 2006: Angry Protesters Greet Blair In Beirut: Why?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East
In a followup to an earlier report, Naharnet, the Lebanese news portal, reported September 11, 3006 that, "British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Beirut Monday," September 11, 2006, "amid an airtight security dragnet around the downtown area as angry...

Sep 11, 2006: Security Tight In Beirut For Potential Blair Visit
Comments: 0 | Categories: Europe & The Middle East
"Authorities threw an airtight security dragnet around downtown Beirut Monday [September 11, 2006] ahead of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Lebanon, where he will face protests for his stance on Israel's 34-day aggression on the country," according to...