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“Arab Press Reacts to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's Statements on

Democracy and Freedom.” 11 October 2002.

Syria, Jordan and England, among others, critique Rice and US policy in the Midde East

Benhorin, Yitzhak. “Rice Slams Israel’s Settlement Plans.” 25 March 2005.

Rice criticizes Israeli settlement expansions in the West Bank near Maale Adumim. Dr. Rice makes it clear that settlement expansions are contrary to US policy and would cause tension in further diplomatic meetings.

“Biography of Dr Condoleezza Rice.” White House. July 2004.

A brief biography of Rice, including her education, party and organization affiliations, as well as broad stances on issues. The ‘Official Dr.

Condoleezza Rice’.

“The Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative: An Overview” Federation of American Scientists.

The BMENA, along with the MPEI and the Road Map. are the three key policies regarding the Middle East and North Africa. All of Simulation-Rice’s policy statements will be drawn from this framework.

Brinkley, Joel. “Rice Urges Israel to aid Palestinian Election. New York Times. 21 September 2005.

U.S. SECSTATE Condoleezza Rice urges Israel to not interfere with the January Palestinian elections. She implicitly criticizes Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. This article illustrates the subtle shifts away from full commitment to Israel Dr. Rice seems to have experienced since 2000.

Brinkley, Joel and Weisman, Steven “Rice Urges Israel and Palestinians to Sustain Momentum.” . 17 August 2005.

Rice expresses sympathy for Israeli Settlers in Gaza, but pressures Israel and the Palestinians to work together towards the creation of a viable Palestinian state.

“Bush Officials Pronounce Clinton Mideast Plan Dead.” . 9 February

2001

This article points to the clean break from the previous administration’s negotiations with the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Caldwell, Alison. “Condoleezza Rice Concedes Mid-East Policy Failure.” The World Today. 21 June 2005.

Rice tackles the past failures of US FORPOL in the MENA and illustrates what changes are being made to correct for those failings:

“For 60 years, my country – the United States – pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East. And we achieved neither.

Now, we are taking a different course. We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people.”

“Condoleeza Rice”



Wikipedia provides a no frills examination of Rice’s biography, her career, and her politics, including her ideological stances on foreign policy matters.

Jones, Tony “Hamas official on Mid East violence” . 6 September 2003

This interview provides valuable insight into the goals and mindset of HAMAS, via senior HAMAS official Ismail Abu Shanab, in a discussion on violence in the Middle East and the possibility of peace.

Keinon, Herb. “Rice: Israel Must Take More Steps.” Jerusalem Post. 18 August 2005.

Rice takes a determined stance with Israeli occupation policies. The troop withdrawals from Gaza are not enough – Israel must ease restrictions on the West Bank and move Israeli forces out of Palestinian cities.

Kettman, Steve. “Bush’s Secret Weapon.” Salon. 20 March 2000 < >

Provides key insight into Rice’s views regarding other regions prior to 9/11.

She discusses major departing points from the Clinton administration:

“Clinton, she said, was not so much wrong on China, as Clintonesque.

"This is a place where the Clinton administration has been confused," she said.

"At the time the president was elected in 1992 the Chinese were the butchers of Beijing, which is what he accused President Bush of doing, coddling the 'butchers of Beijing.' Then a year later China was going to be our strategic partner. Then a year after that we barely made a stir when the first stories about Chinese stealing of American nuclear secrets came out, but we brought [Chinese Prime Minister] Zhu Rongji to the country to sign the WTO agreement and pulled the rug out from under him.

"No wonder the Chinese are confused. You need a consistent policy with China."

The Clinton administration, she said, "has not acted consistently."

King, John. “Dr. Condoleezza Rice Discusses the Roadmap for Peace in the Middle

East. Interview of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.” CNN. 3 June

2003.

Transcript of an interview between Rice and CNN Correspondent, John King. Dr.

Rice takes questions and discusses the Administration’s peace process as well as Palestine specifically.

“Lessons Learned.” Journal of Interactive Media in Education. 18 November 1998

While in no way directly related to Dr. Rice, this website discusses what students gain from engaging in role simulations, and how they learn, which provides our team with a greater understanding of what we are to accomplish, and how, hopefully making the experience a more enriching one.

“Mapping a Middle East Peace”

Comment and analysis on the ‘Road Map’ from Ramallah, Jerusalem, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Cairo, London, Amman, Istanbul, Dubai, Oslo, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Sydney, Casablanca, Amsterdam, and Stockholm

Margolis, Eric “Eric Margolis is Palestine to be a state or prison?”

An examination of the policy goals and implications of the major players, and the potential intended and unintended consequences. “Only two things will make Israel relent: intolerable Palestinian violence, or enormous US pressure”

Martin, William James. “Condoleezza Rice Confused About the Middle East.”

. 26 January 2005.

A scathing critique of US policy in the Middle East that focuses on semantic arguments regarding “freedom” and the increased violence over the last few years. This article provides valuable insight into how Rice and US policies might be attacked within the simulation.

“Middle East Partnership Initiative” Department of State < >

One part of the Administration’s comprehensive plan to bring peace to the region. The programs and initiatives outlined in this policy will be useful in negotiations with key actors like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan.

“Middle East Vision Timeline” US International Information Service.

Provides a chronology of the Middle East peace process, and will prove to be an invaluable reference point for the simulation.

Moailek, Yasser Abu. “Israel Will Turn Gaza into a Big Jail.”

. 6 July 2005.

Critique from a Palestinian perspective of American involvement in the Israeli conflict as well as the Gaza withdrawal.

“Moscow, Russian Federation, 9 May 2005 - Secretary-General's press conference with other members of the Middle East "Quartet".” United Nations. 9 May 2005.

Transcription of UN Secretary General’s meeting with the Middle East “Quartet,”

matters of Middle Eastern politics are addressed, including questions directed to Dr. Rice about Israel, and most importantly, Gaza.

Nordlinger, Jay. “Star-in-Waiting.” National Review. 30 August 1999.

Another early discussion of Rice’s FORPOL ideology, much of it in her own words:"I am a realist. Power matters. But there can be no absence of moral content in American foreign policy, and, furthermore, the American people wouldn't accept such an absence. Europeans giggle at this and say we're naive and so on, but we're not Europeans, we're Americans — and we have different principles."

"the United States is the critical actor in international politics and has no choice but to be involved in the world. We're going to play a role one way or another. And we can either play it consciously and smartly, with a design, or we can sit back and pretend we're not playing a role, and play one by our absence."”

“Israel, she says, "is a struggling democracy in the midst of non-democratic states that would do it great harm." This was a nation that "nobody wanted to be born, that was born into a hostile environment, and that, without so strong a moral compass and so strong a people, might not have made it." For the United States, Rice contends, Israel is no less than "a moral commitment." "I've told you I'm a Realpolitiker, but this one is different."

Nimmo, Kurt. “The Hardness of Condoleezza Rice. Huckstress of Israeli Myths.”

. 27 May 2003.



Nimmo presents a bold attack of Rice’s interview with an Israeli newspaper that picks apart what is perceived to be a Zionist stance and the reasoning that supports it. It is pertinent to note that counterpunch is a widely known opposition and op-ed news source.

“A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” Department of State. 30 April 2003

The official US position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its resolution. Provides the structure for all US responses regarding this issue.

Plotz, David. “Condoleezza Rice George W. Bush's celebrity adviser” Slate. 12 May 2000

An early analysis of Rice’s career, including her relationship with GWB and her foreign policy ideology:

“Her philosophy is not the cold warrior ethos she was raised on. According to friend and NSC colleague Philip Zelikow, who co-authored a book on German reunification with Rice, the end of the Cold War helped open her thinking. Like many analysts of her generation, she focuses more on economics, conceives of the world in multipolar rather than bipolar terms, frets more about rogue states, and hews less to ideology.”

Qurei, Ahmed. “Statement by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei on meeting with Dr. Condoleeza Rice.” . 17 May 2004.

A statement by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei that addresses his meeting with Dr Rice on the Peace Process as well as the overall policy of the Bush administration in regards to Palestine and Israel.

“Remarks by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on Terrorism and Foreign Policy.” White House. 29 April 2002

Dr. Rice discusses the guiding principles of the Bush administration’s Foreign

Policy:

“as an academic, may I suggest, to put aside age-old distinctions between realism and neoliberalism in thinking about the task ahead. Put more simply than any of its proponents would find acceptable, realists downplay the importance of values and the internal structures of states, emphasizing instead the balance of power as the key to stability and peace. Neoliberals emphasize the primacy of values, such as freedom and democracy and human rights and institutions in ensuring that a just political order is obtained.”

“Rice Calls for Mid-East Democracy.” BBC News. 20 June 2005.

This article discusses Rice’s speech in Cairo, which represents a change in U.S.

policy on the Middle East peace process. In supporting “democratic aspiration of all people,” Rice could alienate Mubarak’s Egypt as well as leading to the establishment of more Islamic governments (‘Fear of the Alternative’)

Rice, Condoleezza. “Opening Remarks: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States” 9/11 Commission. 8 April 2004

Invaluable resource regarding Dr. Rice, the administration, and the key events that precipitated a major shift in US policy in the Middle East and North Africa Rice, Condoleezza.

“Dr. Condoleezza Rice Previews the G8 Summit on Monday.”

Department of State. 7 June 2004.

SECSTATE Rice’s G8 address that includes direct answers about US policy in the MENA. This piece provides solid guidance for simulation policy stances.

Rice, Condoleezza. “Remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's Annual Policy Conference” Department of State. May 23, 2005

Rice addresses the recently implicated AIPAC and addresses the administration commitment to rejecting 60 years of ‘failed’ policy in the MENA “Moral clarity is an essential virtue in our world today and for 60 years cynics and skeptics have proven that we have been looking to false choices in the Middle East. They have claimed that we must choose either freedom or stability, either democracy or security. They have said that the United States could either uphold its principles or advance its policies.”

“Rice in Her Own Words” BBC News. 17 November 2004

Provides numerous quotes from Dr. Rice on several topics.

“Rice Issues Plea to Israel.” BBC News. 6 February 2005.

Rice meets with Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas with hopes to the peace process. She is optimistic that this could start serious peace talks for the first time since 2000.

“Rice’s Twin Middle East Missions Impossible.” DEBKAfile. 18 June 2005.

This special analysis from the highly dubious DEBKA is a reasonable presentation of the challenges Rice faced in the Levant, and will face in Egypt. This article illustrates the relationship the US has had with key players, including Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

“Road Map for Peace”

Encyclopedic entry covering the history of the US sponsored ‘Road Map’ for peace in the Middle East

Sekhon, Harinder. “US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and the Middle-East Peace Plan” Observer Research Foundation: Strategic Trends. 16 November 2005

A Balanced discussion of Rice’s FORPOL agenda and the expectations of major regional players: “Her view is that foreign policy must spring from national interest, ahead of the interests of "an illusory international community". This portends a tougher US stance in the war against terrorism, its policies towards Iraq and Afghanistan and nuclear proliferation by rogue states, with a decided push towards sanctions rather than diplomacy. On the Middle East policy, it is widely expected that her elevation as Secretary of State would place a greater burden on the Palestinians to show their sincerity in implementing the peace road map, especially since they are now bereft of their charismatic leader, Yasser Arafat.”

“U.S. Foreign Policy. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor: Foreign Press Center Briefing” Department of State. 30 October 2003

Q&A from 2003 addressing numerous questions regarding Israel and Palestine.

These sorts of questions and answers will allow us to present a realistic rice-like response to questions posed by simulation players

“U.S. lists "unstable nations", preparing for intervention.” Al Jazeera. March 29, 2005.

Discusses Dr Rice and President Bush’s view on the Middle East and political change in Arab countries, including the potential for further interventions

Valenti, Peter C. “Condoleezza Rice’s Visit to the Middle East: The New Face of U.S. Foreign Policy.” . August 2005.

This is an article describing Rice’s views on certain matters in the Middle East following her trip to the area in June 2005. She was generally well received, but her credibility suffered because of the human rights issues of America at Guantanamo Bay and Iraq.

Wright, Ben. “Profile: Condoleezza Rice.” BBC News. 25 September 2001.

A detailed biography of Rice that discusses her tenacity and her views of foreign policy.

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