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News 8 January 2009 EU og Sarkozy - og våbenhvile i Gaza Helle Malmvig analyserer i DR2 Udland og DR2 Deadline 8 January 2009 Foreign Policy Think Tank Index DIIS listed among top scholarly institutions 7 January 2009 "Mellemøsten. Hele tre konflikter skal løses". Analyse ...
Hundreds of thousands rally in Syria to protest Gaza attack | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
Hundreds of thousands rally in Syria to protest Gaza attack | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — Hundreds of thousands of Syrians swarmed downtown Damascus Thursday in a government-orchestrated rally to protest Israel's military... offensive against the Gaza Strip. It was the biggest protest ever in the Syrian capital since Israel launched an air ... (more) Hundreds of thousands rally in Syria to protest Gaza ...
A Note From Syria on Iraqi Refugees
thewashingtonnote.com — This post was written anonymously by a journalist in Syria. A few biographical facts have been changed... to protect the people mentioned. DAMASCUS -- Ahmed, an Iraqi in his early 30s, crossed the Iraqi-Syrian border in late November. With him ... (more) A Note From Syria on Iraqi Refugees
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Schmidt: It is 3 Crises, Not One
Informed Comment — ... multilateral approach used by Bush Senior in the 90s would be the correct one–with the addition of resolve in checking the expansion of the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and the will to declare how the solution to the Palestinian problem ought to look. Two things are clear: The region itself cannot solve its problems, and the separate approach to each of the three conflicts that has been used so far is inadequate. Søren Schmidt, Ph.D, Reasearcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies Copenhagen

Soren Schmidt: It is 3 Crises, Not One
The Latest on Air America — ... the multilateral approach used by Bush Senior in the 90s would be the correct one–with the addition of resolve in checking the expansion of the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and the will to declare how the solution to the Palestinian problem ought to look. Two things are clear: The region itself cannot solve its problems, and the separate approach to each of the three conflicts that has been used so far is inadequate. Søren Schmidt, Ph.D, Reasearcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies Copenhagen Originally Posted on ...

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