Foreign Affairs

President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu may soon embark on yet another round of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Each leader, in his own way, faces daunting challenges, in part because he must answer to ideological constituencies which are vehemently opposed to the concessions which are part and parcel of the peace process. Netanyahu, [...]

The Afghan people are trapped in a limbo between two styles of governance that do not fit in with their society: a Western-style democracy and a Wahhabist Taleban emirate. They believe in the ideals of freedom, equality, and national pride, but they need to be empowered to build a system that embodies these ideas in a uniquely Afghan way.

Peace in the Middle East has long been an illusive dream, but there are hints in the air that peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel may soon be underway, and that this time around, some measure of success may be in the offing.
What indications do we have that negotiations are imminent? In late December, for [...]

This story happened more than 70 or 80 years ago, in the Galilee Heights, during the British occupation “Mandate” to Palestine, a long time before we had the “honor” to host our “cousins’ the jews. There, in one of the Galilee villages, there was a Palestinian peasant who had a stubborn donkey. Both, the peasant [...]

In preparation for a policy memo on the War in Afghanistan, the editorial staff of Atlantic-Community.org would like your feedback. We want to incorporate more of the opinions of the students and young professionals in the Middle East. Please contribute by answering the highlighted questions and giving concrete recommendations and/or policy suggestions. We [...]

Today is the 31st anniversary of the shah going into exile. The shah became corupted by his power and began to oppress the people of iran. It was a great day when he was forced to leave.
Now we have another leader who is no longer wanted by the people because of what he has begun [...]

A number of websites and videos are presenting evidence that the lifestyle of Ayatollah Khamenei is not as simple as he pretends. Check out two of the most interesting ones here:

10 years ago today, Middle East Youth would have probably been backing up all their information on paper with the fear of the Y2K lingering. As we dawned on the Y2K era we were scared – very scared. We thought that if computers could survive it, then we’ll live happily ever after.
Looking back at the [...]

Peace in the Middle East is still only a dream, but the actual terms of a final peace agreement between Palestinians, at least in the West Bank, and Israelis, are not all that difficult to imagine.
Security: Israel would prefer for the new Palestinian state to be demilitarized. Palestinians in the West Bank, however, do not [...]

I just read a Time article which discussed the Green Movement reaching out to the US for help. Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who is lives in exile in Europe, was sent to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, by the opposition/Green Movement to discuss matters of how to deal with Iran. He urges the U.S. to [...]