Book Review
JFK’s Argument Against Imperialism
Bruce Riedel Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 9:01 AM
A review of Gregory D. Cleva, “John F. Kennedy’s 1957 Algeria Speech: The Politics of Anticolonialism in the Cold War Era” (Lexington, 2022).
Bruce Riedel is a senior fellow and director of the Brookings Intelligence Project, part of the Brookings Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence. In addition, Riedel serves as a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy.
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Book Reviews
A Memoir From the Head of Saudi Intelligence
Bruce Riedel Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 10:09 AM
A review of Turki AlFaisal Al Saud, “The Afghanistan File” (Arabian Publishing, 2021).
Iraq War
9/11 and Iraq: The Making of a Tragedy
Bruce Riedel Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 11:12 AM
The United States went to war in Iraq on a false pretense that it was somehow avenging those killed on Sept. 11.
Al Qaeda
The Tel Aviv Plot
Bruce Riedel Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 8:01 AM
Newly declassified information reveals that a 2002 al-Qaeda attack in Israel was thwarted at the last minute. The plot was kept secret for nearly two decades.
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Pakistan’s Problematic Victory in Afghanistan
Bruce Riedel Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 10:51 AM
The Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan will have significant consequences for Pakistan. Some of them might be dangerous.
Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Iraq and Jordan: A New Partnership 30 years in the Making?
Katherine Harvey, Bruce Riedel Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 11:57 AM
At first glance, a partnership grouping together Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan appears rather strange. But the new partnership potentially heralds a far more ambitious project to bring together the countries of the Levant more broadly.
Iran
Remembering the Khobar Towers Bombing
Bruce Riedel Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 11:33 AM
The terrorist attack on the Khobar Towers was the bloodiest attack on America between the Beirut Marine barracks disaster in 1983 and September 11, 2001. Its legacy still haunts Washington’s relations with Iran. I watched the drama up close.