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2. From the Publisher
- Author:
- Tom Neumann
- Publication Date:
- 10-2009
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Journal of International Security Affairs
- Institution:
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
- Abstract:
- Negotiations are a good thing, meant to avoid conflict and build understanding. But they do not always do so. Throughout history, negotiations have been used for other means as well-to buy time and gain some kind of political or strategic advantage. Therefore, over time, the concept of negotiations has become wedded to a larger idea, that of "negotiating in good faith." In his day, President Reagan hit upon this point when he announced that it was necessary to "trust but verify" any deal struck with the Kremlin.
- Topic:
- Islam
- Political Geography:
- Russia and Iran
3. From the Publisher
- Author:
- Tom Neumann
- Publication Date:
- 03-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Journal of International Security Affairs
- Institution:
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
- Abstract:
- The media leads the way. The people follow, and the politicians echo. That is the order of things today.There used to be a time when the media prided itself on how objective and honest it was. It did not always succeed, but it at least seemed to try. Back then the slogan of the much-vaunted New York Times was “All the News That's Fit to Print.” Today, that motto has become “All the News That We Choose to Print.” The Times is willing to select, place and formulate news language in a way unimaginable just 20 years ago. The goal is to persuade rather than to report.
- Political Geography:
- New York
4. From the Publisher
- Author:
- Tom Neumann
- Publication Date:
- 09-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Journal of International Security Affairs
- Institution:
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
- Abstract:
- An interesting article appeared in the paper the other day. It concerned a report from the former American overseer of Iraq's prisons. The official, Don Bordenkircher, claimed that during his time there several prisoners had “boasted of being involved in the transport of WMD warheads to Syria.”
- Political Geography:
- Iraq, America, and Syria