The capture and sentencing of Abdullah Ocalan offers an unprecedented opportunity to solve the Kurdish problem through political dialogue and human rights reform in the four main countries in which the Kurds mainly live--Turkey, Iran, Iraq, a...

Regardless of what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes, or how he may perceive the requirements for peace with Syria, there will be no peace unless the Golan Heights are returned to the Syrians.

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad insis...

The United States policy of containing Iran has run its course. Given the geopolitical changes that have swept the Middle East since the Gulf war, continuing on that course would not only destabilize our allies, but undermine our strategic interests in t...

Acting Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres was correct when he said his Labor Party would be making a grave mistake if it stalled on peace talks with Syria while campaigning in the national elections. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa responded in...

Acting Prime Minister Peres was correct when he said Labor would be making a grave mistake in stalling peace talks with Syria while campaigning in the elections. Syria's Foreign Minister Shara responded in kind, stating that "Syria is ready for ...

Israel demands early warning stations on the Golan Heights following the withdrawal of its forces. Syria refuses to meet these demands. While these positions rest officially on security considerations, they are rooted deep in the national psyches of both...

Since the establishment of a Palestinian state appears to be only a matter of time, the question is how such a state might coexist with Israel. Both the Israelis and Palestinians continue to claim the same land, and both are demographically interspersed ...

Polls which show Binyamin Netanyahu's popularity soaring may serve as a pick-me-up, but sooner or later the Likud leader will have to come down to earth. While Prime Minister Rabin may be handicapped by his vacillation and lack of an ultimate solutio...