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Rethinking the Middle East

By Jim Hoagland

Rethinking the Middle East

By , Published: August 17The Washington Post

Jim Hoagland is a contributing editor to The Post. His e-mail address is jimhoagland@washpost.com.

Sunday Aug. 19, 2012

Syria’s civil war is the decisive event in the remaking of the Middle East that began with the self-immolation of a Tunisian fruit vendor 21 months ago. The battle for Damascus has become the fulcrum of a now fully visible Sunni-Shiite struggle over the creation and control of an Islamic political order throughout the region.

The Pax Americana that has prevailed in the region since 1973 — the last time a major Arab-Israeli war erupted — is rapidly eroding. American power, friendship or enmity will no longer be decisive for Egyptians, Syrians or even Saudis in the ways they have been for nearly four decades.

Jim Hoagland

Hoagland, a periodic contributor to PostOpinions, writes on foreign policy.

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