Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards
    Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards
    Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards
    Ebook43 pages43 minutes

    Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards

    By Joseph P. Duggan

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    As 2018 ended, an orchestrated propaganda campaign paralyzed U.S. foreign policy. The trigger was the killing in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi, a member of Saudi Arabia’s wealthy and politically powerful oligarchy. Mainstream media and misguided, melodramatic politicians hoodwinked millions by portraying Khashoggi as a martyr for press freedom and democracy. The real Khashoggi was nothing of the sort. President Trump’s efforts to restore realism to foreign policy must contend not only with Democrats but also with naïve Republicans who reject the national-interest realism of Jeane Kirkpatrick, author of “Dictatorships and Double Standards.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEncounter Books
    Release dateApr 30, 2019
    ISBN9781641770712
    Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards

    Read more from Joseph P. Duggan

    Related to Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards

    Titles in the series (13)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    International Relations For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Commentary: GDP, The Yardstick Of Economic Success, Is Choking Us And The Planet

      Feb 28, 2018

      Some years ago, the Onion ran a satirical piece about a Chinese worker churning out plastic tat for American consumers. Chen Hsien is unimpressed with the useless items Americans seem to crave, from salad shooters and microwave omelet cookers to anim

      4 min read

    • Article

      Matrix Reloaded

      Jun 24, 2021

      Matrix Reloaded
      5 min read

    • Article

      What Kissinger Has Said About Trump

      Apr 15, 2019

      A post circulating on Facebook wrongly attributes several quotes about President Donald Trump to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The post What Kissinger Has Said About Trump appeared first on FactCheck.org.

      3 min read

    • Article

      One Belt, One Road, Many Futures | Books

      Mar 22, 2019

      It has now been more than five years since China launched its mammoth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Yet the plan remains somewhat of an enigma. There is still no specific blueprint or list of projects that would allow us to evaluate its success. Ev

      2 min read

    • Article

      Shawn Brimley's Town

      Jan 11, 2018

      Shawn Brimley's Town
      3 min read

    • Article

      As China Detains Muslim Uyghurs, Its Economic Clout Mutes World Criticism

      Aug 24, 2018

      Has China simply become too powerful for the world to protest its human rights abuses? A vast surveillance and detention campaign against a Muslim minority is putting that to the test.

      5 min read

    • Article

      ‘Strategic Empathy’: H.R. McMaster On Foreign Policy And China

      Sep 22, 2020

      H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, discusses new book “Battlegrounds” and U.S.-China policy with the Monitor.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Kingmaker

      Jul 29, 2022

      Kingmaker
      14 min read

    • Article

      What BRICS Brings

      Apr 13, 2023

      Yangzhou, a historical Chinese city located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, is one of the country’s most popular spring travel destinations, renowned for its romantic combination of classical Chinese gardens and traditional architecture. O

      5 min read

    • Article

      Global Partners

      Apr 30, 2021

      Global Partners
      8 min read

    • Article

      Guardians Of Our Culture

      Jun 30, 2022

      THE DEATH OF MIDGE DECTER, at the age of 94, marks the passing of a golden age of intellectual journalism. Having witnessed all the vicissitudes of the American century from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, and challenged progressive orthodoxies from Lyndon Joh

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Ecomodernist

      Aug 5, 2019

      The Ecomodernist
      3 min read

    • Article

      China In Charge

      Oct 23, 2019

      China In Charge
      14 min read

    • Article

      Analysis: How Bad Could US-China Relations Get?

      Jul 26, 2020

      BEIJING - Fears are rising on both sides of the Pacific that the U.S. and China could be headed for a total breakdown of relations and even outright conflict within the next few months. As the two powers ordered the closure of each other's consulates

      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Khashoggi, Dynasties, and Double Standards - Joseph P. Duggan

      ENCOUNTER BROADSIDES

      Inaugurated in the fall of 2009, Encounter Broadsides are a series of timely pamphlets and e-books from Encounter Books. Uniting an 18th century sense of public urgency and rhetorical wit (think The Federalist Papers, Common Sense) with 21st century technology and channels of distribution, Encounter Broadsides offer indispensable ammunition for intelligent debate on the critical issues of our time. Written with passion by some of our most authoritative authors, Encounter Broadsides make the case for ordered liberty and the institutions of democratic capitalism at a time when they are under siege from the resurgence of collectivist sentiment. Read them in a sitting and come away knowing the best we can hope for and the worst we must fear.

      Table of Contents

      Cover

      Targeted Killing

      My Lunch with Jamal Khashoggi

      The Fake Newsman

      Arab Dynasties and Their Rivals

      Jeane Kirkpatrick’s Lessons Still Apply

      Double Standards Plaguing Us Today

      What Is To Be Done?

      Copyright

      TARGETED KILLING

      SINCE O CTOBER 2018, United States international security policy has been held hostage and deprived of intellectual nourishment. An orchestrated propaganda campaign took hold of the nation’s capital in response to the assassination in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi, a member of Saudi Arabia’s wealthy and politically powerful oligarchy.

      In death, Khashoggi became known to millions of consumers of Western mainstream media who had never before heard of the man nor thought on an informed basis about the complex issues of Middle Eastern politics and security. He was described as a courageous journalist. He was mourned as a martyred advocate of radical reform in Saudi Arabia. He was hailed as a champion of democracy and human rights as they are proclaimed in the West.

      Day after day and week after week, the same reports of his gruesome killing led the coverage of CNN, the Washington Post, and other influential outlets. It was as though Bill Murray’s clock radio on Groundhog Day had been programmed to broadcast Saturday Night Live’s old running gag about Generalissimo Franco still being deceased – except it wasn’t funny. A human being had been murdered, and the foul deed was metastasizing into an international incident challenging the very underpinnings of some of the world’s most vital security relationships.

      At the beginning of the wall-to-wall coverage, before it was even confirmed that Khashoggi had been killed and not merely abducted alive, a coordinated message burst forth from the voices of the media and many American politicians, both Republicans and Democrats. Before it was clear exactly what crime had been committed, the villains in the case were named. Two major world political figures were placed in the dock of

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1