June 6, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Israel, Israeli land appropriation, Palestinians, peace process, US policy •
The Fate of the Palestinians Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 6 June 2019 The “Deal of the Century”—Trump’s modestly named new proposal for peace between Israel and the Palestinians—has long been said to be nearing completion. Ongoing turmoil in Israeli politics makes that presumed launch date less certain. But whether or not Bibi Netanyahu will maintain […]
April 16, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Asad, Graham Fuller, Iran, Israel, Russia, Shi'ites, Syria, US policy •
Syria: bottom line questions Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 16 April 2018 The Trump administration has just delivered several dozen military strikes against Syria purportedly aimed at chemical production and storage facilities. It was an act the international community feared might lead to overt war in Syria between the US, Iran and Russia, but it came […]
February 5, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: containment, Graham Fuller, US policy •
Who is containing whom? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 February 2018 Over the years “containment” has been a key US political instrument by which it has sought to isolate, starve out, or excommunicate from the “international community” regimes unwilling to accept the US-dominated world order. Yet the great irony today is that this very US […]
October 6, 2016 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Asad, Graham Fuller, Iran, Russia, Syria, US policy •
Syria—what cost “victory?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 6 October 2016 A deep contradiction lies at the heart of US policy towards the present horrifying conflict in Syria. Which is better? To now reluctantly accept continuation of Bashar al-Asad in power in Damascus for the foreseeable future, thereby hastening the end of the war and the […]
May 7, 2015 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: autocracy, Graham Fuller, Middle East, reform, stability, US policy •
Stability’s a Good Thing, Isn’t It? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 7 May 2015 Who doesn’t want stability? If there is anything feared by virtually all humans, it is living in anarchy, chaos, lawlessness. When you can’t even go out to buy a loaf of bread without risking your life. When times are troubled political leaders […]
March 2, 2015 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Breaking Faith, Chile, Graham Fuller novel, Islamic fundamentalism, Jihad, Pakistan, Taliban, US policy •
I am happy to announce that my first novel is now out: “Breaking Faith: A novel of espionage and an American’s crisis of conscience in Pakistan.” I’ve long had an interest in the role of fiction in bringing certain kinds of political, social—and human—realities to life as compared to the drier and distant quality of […]
February 18, 2015 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, ISIS, Islam, radicalism, US policy •
150218- Interpreting Islam to Muslims Can’t we ever learn? Here goes the White House again, appointing a “new” task force designed to “blunt the ISIS message.” Washington seems to believe that a main source of ISIS success to date lies in American failure to get the right word out, to tell Muslims what the true […]
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Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria
October 16, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Iran, Israel, Kurds, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, US policy •
Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 16 October 2019 Just what have we witnessed in the recent events in Syria? It’s hard to know, given the avalanche of superficial and over-the-top headlines in most US media: betrayal of the Kurds, handing Syria over to Russia, caving to Turkey’s Erdogan, bestowing a gift […]
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