Turkey Remains Strong U.S. Ally, Why Not For EU
Chicago TribuneMay 15, 1997 Despite its Islamists-led government, Turkey is again one of America’s favorite allies, and Washington has stepped up efforts to help latch it more closely to Western economic and security systems. Americans are warning European governments not to belie the continent’s secular credentials by barring Turkey from the European Union. The EU […]
The Rising Tide Of Fundamentalism
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 10, 1996 The Taliban, a pugnacious brand of Islamic revivalists, have taken over government in Afghanistan. As they entered government offices, their followers jeered at the body of former communist President Najibullah hanging from a post overlooking Kabul’s main square. Later they shut down girls’ schools, barred women from outdoor jobs […]
Saudis Change Attitudes Toward Americans
St. Louis Post – DispatchJune 11, 1996 The tragic loss of American lives in two terrorist attacks in the Saudi Arabian cities of Dhahran and Riyadh calls for a reassessment of the U.S. Persian Gulf policy based on the social transition taking place in the region. During three tours in the past five years, I […]
Hostilities on a nuclear subcontinent
Chicago TribuneMay 24, 1990 President Bush’s special envoy, Robert M. Gates, was sent to India and Pakistan to try to ease the mounting tension between the two countries over the uprising in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir. The prospect of another India-Pakistan war has increased since late last month when Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers, […]
