Tag Archive: Middle East

May 01

Monitor Breakfast: General Martin Dempsey on Boston Bombings, No-Fly Zones

U.S. foreign policy has moved into the spotlight in recent weeks as FBI investigators try to piece together a timeline following the Boston Marathon bombings in order to determine whether or not the attackers received assistance from militant elements in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Dagestan. And following a report that the Syrian government …

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Jan 07

Intelligence Squared U.S.: Will 2012 See a Palestinian State?

In late September, Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, appeared before the General Assembly at the United Nations to request full membership for the State of Palestine. After 20 years of failed talks with Israel, can this plea to the international community be the only path to a two-state solution, or will this …

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Oct 21

Next Week: Middle East Politics, the Global Economy and Technology Innovation

The past weeks have seen several historic events unfold in the Middle East and Libya, in European economics, and in the world of tech. Join FORA.tv next week as we touch on these topics with several exclusive programs. The continuing upheaval in the Middle East, from the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya to the …

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