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Edward S. Walker

Former Deputy Secretary of State for the Middle East and Former Ambassador to the UN, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Israel, Edward S. Walker is President of the Middle East Institute.

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Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners on the Dire Iran Threat

by Edward S. Walker

Caracas (Venezuela) | 24 March 2006

Back at the time of a major Bush-1 "drug war" in 1989, Hodding Carter pointed out that with increasing attention to the newly declared "crisis" by the administration and media, the public’s estimate of the importance of the drug problem rose spectacularly. "Today’s big news is the drug war.

«Some Ideas for a Better U.S.-Arab Dialogue»

by Edward S. Walker

5 May 2005

Since two years ago, researchers at Washington’s Middle East Institute and Cairo’s Al Ahram Center have been working by mutual consent to examine the existing crisis in the U.S.-Arab relationships. We have frequently found that we used to have common national values and objectives. However, (...)