Copyright 2012 Matthew RJ Brodsky Sun, 20 May 2012 09:40:03 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Matthew RJ Brodsky :: Writings http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com rjbrodsky@gmail.com (Matthew RJ Brodsky) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11669/flunking-the-syria-test Thu, 10 May 2012 09:00:00 EST With the Syrian uprising now past its one-year anniversary, it's long past time to take stock of the carnage. More than 7,000 people have been killed to date by the Assad regime, as it has unleashed war on its own people. The spark that lit the fire was... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11616/consistently-inconsistent-on-syria Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EST A look at some recent statements from the Obama administration on the situation in Syria illuminates just how lost American foreign policy is in the Middle East. Last week, in referring to Kofi Annan's still-born UN-sponsored plan and the failed monitor... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11501/russia-show-of-syrian-force Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EST While Western and Arab countries struggle to find a way to assist the Syrian people, Moscow is continuing to do all it can to save the Assad regime of Syria. Speaking on a trip to Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Syrian... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11485/the-desert-rose-who-standing-by-her-murderous Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EST From "A Rose in the Desert" to the target of European Union sanctions, what a difference a year has made for Asma Assad, the 36-year-old wife of Syrian president and ruthless dictator, Bashar Assad. In early March, London's Guardian newspaper published... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11326/keeping-us-and-israeli-red-lines-pink-on-iran Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST Iran's steady march towards building a nuclear weapon dominated the 2012 American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) policy convention in Washington, DC. It also was the focus of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11281/how-washington-can-help-syria Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST With the Syrian uprising closing in on its one-year anniversary, more than 7,000 people have been killed as the tyrannical Bashar al-Asad regime uses tanks, artillery, snipers, mass detentions, and torture to quash the opposition. Conventional wisdom in... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/11103/wrong-assumptions-on-syria Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST Conventional wisdom in Washington and in European capitals is that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Asad is doomed. The protests that have spread across the country since March of 2011 and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people appear to be... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10722/the-case-for-intervening-in-syria Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST With the conclusion of NATO's military operations in Libya, it is time for the White House to shift focus to the protests in Syria. Since Syrians took to the streets in March, the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has committed a growing list of... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10698/putting-the-squeeze-on-syria Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Since the outbreak of state-sanctioned violence against Syrian protestors in mid-March, the White House has dithered on what to do about the masters of Damascus. Although President Obama called for the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, to "step aside" in... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/2011/11/obama-and-sarkozy-insulting-gaffe Wed, 9 Nov 2011 18:02:03 EST It was the insult heard around the world: Reports surfaced Monday that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard by reporters at last week's G20 Summit in Cannes telling President Obama he can no longer bear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10643/the-us-must-ratchet-up-pressure-on-syria Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST In August, President Obama finally called for Syria's leader, Bashar al-Assad, to "step aside". Yet, the White House has yet to adopt a strategy that would hasten the fall of the despotic regime in Damascus. The goal of US policy should be an end to the... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10637/reviewing-obama-un-record Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Steve Sheffey's article, "President Obama and the United Nations," is full of praise for the current administration's approach to the United Nations and, more broadly, Obama's pro-Israel stance. The well-cited quotes Sheffey offers may be part of the... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10568/get-serious-on-iran Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST The Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States and bomb the Saudi and Israeli embassies marks a significant escalation in Iran's confrontation with the West. However, it does not signify a change in Iranian tactics as it seeks... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/10309/are-we-safer Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST Today, the United States is safer than it was 10 years earlier, the day before the attacks of September 11, 2001. But we are not as safe as we could be. The 9/11 Commission concluded in its July 2004 report that the attacks revealed a failure in... http://www.matthewrjbrodsky.com/9800/syria-the-world-almanac-of-islamism Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST OVERVIEW For the past five decades, Syria has used terrorist tactics to advance its goals internally and throughout the Middle East. The methods have varied according to needs and circumstances, however. In the past, Syria has used both its own agents...