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The US-Iraqi status of forces agreement
Ed. 46 Vol. 6 - December 18, 2008
- "A win-win deal " -
Safa A. Hussein
- "Inching toward the exit in Iraq" -
Greg Bruno
- "A US drawdown requires the support of Iraq's neighbors" -
Mohammad K. Shiyyab
- "Agreement to withdraw or permission to remain?" -
Saad N. Jawad
Prospects for US-Iran talks
Ed. 45 Vol. 6 - December 04, 2008
- "Engaging Iran effectively" -
Chuck Freilich
- "Obama risking more deadlock" -
Sadegh Zibakalam
- "Why diplomacy and sanctions don't mix" -
Trita Parsi
- "Diplomacy will not yield results
" -
Joshua Muravchik
Non-monarchical family succession
Ed. 44 Vol. 6 - November 27, 2008
- "From revolution to counterreformation " -
Ammar Abdulhamid
- "Succession scenarios still unclear" -
Dana Moss
- "You cannot have a civilian president in Egypt" -
an interview with
Hisham Kassem
- "Monarchies are easier to reform
" -
an interview with
Amr Hamzawy
President Obama and the Middle East II
Ed. 43 Vol. 6 - November 20, 2008
- "Lebanon and US foreign policy" -
Nizar Abdel-Kader
- "Limited expectations for a central role" -
Gamal A. G. Soltan
- "Concerns about the region" -
Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
- "President-elect Obama, Is Turkey western and European?" -
Soner Cagaptay
President Obama and the Middle East
Ed. 42 Vol. 6 - November 13, 2008
- "Bashar and Obama: a new beginning" -
Elias Samo
- "An instinctive concern" -
Aluf Benn
- "Hope and competence" -
Akram Baker
- "Obama's "new" America and the question of Iran" -
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
What are the vital challenges facing the region in the coming decade: III
Ed. 41 Vol. 6 - November 06, 2008
- "Little shop of horrors" -
Mark Perry
- "Lebanese enigmas" -
Michel Nehme
- "The credit crunch and the Dubai model" -
Christopher Davidson
- "The decline of religious fundamentalism in Iran
" -
Sadegh Zibakalam
What are the vital challenges facing the region in the coming decade: II
Ed. 40 Vol. 6 - October 30, 2008
- "To become more than a geographic region" -
Ali Jarbawi
- "Are reforms coming?" -
Safa A. Hussein
- "Democracy, solidarity, sovereignty and tolerance
" -
Shlomo Avineri
- "Israel and the lack of democracy" -
Saad N. Jawad
What are the vital challenges facing the region in the coming decade?
Ed. 39 Vol. 6 - October 23, 2008
- "The vulnerability of Arab economies
" -
Anouar Boukhars
- "Education and the pursuit of justice
" -
Rime Allaf
- "Managing challenges " -
Abdel Monem Said Aly
- "Needed: a new vision of inter-state cooperation
" -
Soli Ozel
Aid and diplomacy: the Palestinian case
Ed. 38 Vol. 6 - September 25, 2008
- "Aid without development
" -
George Giacaman
- "Working in the void: views from an international aid worker" -
Alexander Costy
- "The hamster wheel" -
Anne Le More
- "Israel's responsibilities " -
Yossi Alpher
Syria-Lebanon: a new relationship?
Ed. 37 Vol. 6 - September 18, 2008
- "A new vision for good neighbors" -
Nizar Abdel-Kader
- "Border complications promise long dispute" -
Nicholas Blanford
- "On a new path " -
Eyal Zisser
- "As Syria watches, Lebanon changes
" -
Rime Allaf
Seven years to 9/11 and the "war on terror"
Ed. 36 Vol. 6 - September 11, 2008
- "The battle for Pakistan's soul" -
Irfan Husain
- "A battleground for the foreseeable future" -
Chris Toensing
- "Wholesale change is needed" -
an interview with
Ghazi Hamad
- "A mixed bag" -
Laurie Mylroie
Russia-Georgia: lessons for the Middle East
Ed. 35 Vol. 6 - September 04, 2008
- "Georgian defeat tarnishes Israel, spells trouble ahead" -
Ali Abunimah
- "Telling every party what it wants to hear" -
Ekaterine Meiering-Mikadze
- "Russia could use Mideast ties in standoff with US
" -
Konstantin von Eggert
- "Diplomacy by proxy" -
Zvi Bar’el
- "That tiny war: Iran, Russia and the Middle East
" -
Jalil Roshandel
Thoughts on a future Iraq
Ed. 34 Vol. 6 - August 28, 2008
- "What Iraq do the Kurds want?" -
Hiwa Osman
- "Iraq's potential could easily be undermined" -
Yusuf Mansur
- "Iraq after the "Knights' Raid"" -
Safa A. Hussein
- "Dichotomy of Iran's strategy in Iraq" -
Sadegh Zibakalam
The regional dimension of Palestinian disunity
Ed. 33 Vol. 6 - August 21, 2008
- "It's Israel's dilemma" -
Elias Samo
- "Jordan-Hamas: the untold story " -
Saad Hattar
- "Ending the divide is a long-term endeavor" -
Gamal A. G. Soltan
The ICC indictment of Omar al-Bashir
Ed. 32 Vol. 6 - August 14, 2008
- "A step forward or backward? " -
Oraib Al-Rantawi
- "Time to put an end to impunity in Darfur" -
Ahmed Elzobier
- "Bush, Bashir, China and the moral high ground" -
David M. Crane
- "Double standard undermines ICC legitimacy" -
Waleed Sadi
- "ICC needs US support" -
Hussein Solomon
Bush's new approach to Iran
Ed. 6 Vol. 31 - August 07, 2008
- "An unwelcome policy change
" -
Aluf Benn
- "Bush's disastrous flip flop" -
Michael Rubin
- "Toward a cold peace?" -
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
- "Leisure of the theory class
" -
Mark Perry
Iraq: Stabilizing? Normalizing?
Ed. 30 Vol. 6 - July 31, 2008
- "Implications of the security improvement in Iraq
" -
Ghassan Attiyah
- "Amman worried by Iraq's mountain of problems" -
Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
- "Iran is part of the solution, not the problem" -
Reza Molavi and Ariabarzan Mohammadighalehtaki
- "Iraqi developments are inextricably linked to Turkish security" -
Ahmet O. Evin
Shi'ite migration in the Gulf region
Ed. 29 Vol. 6 - July 25, 2008
- "Migration since the Iranian Islamic Revolution. " -
Sadegh Zibakalam
- "The impact of the Iranian-western struggle " -
Riad Kahwaji
- "Circumventing the Sunni-Shi'ite divide" -
Christopher Davidson
Turmoil in Turkey
Ed. 28 Vol. 6 - July 17, 2008
- "Radicalization of a national dialogue" -
Steven A. Cook
- "The deeper problems" -
Soli Ozel
- "Lawfare in Turkey: Ergenekon versus the AKP" -
Ersin Kalaycioglu
- ""Chaos" in Turkey
" -
Fadi Hakura
Sarkozy's Mediterranean union plan
Ed. 27 Vol. 6 - July 10, 2008
- "A view from Turkey " -
Meliha Benli Altunisik
- "A view from Israel" -
Ilan Greilsammer
- "Nicolas Sarkozy and the politics of continuity" -
Anouar Boukhars
Lessons from US and EU democratization programs
Ed. 26 Vol. 6 - July 03, 2008
- "Partial democracy suits regimes and the West
" -
an interview with
George Giacaman
- "Different approaches arise from different motives
" -
Waleed Sadi
- "Reviving democracy promotion" -
Marina Ottaway
- "The enigma of democratization " -
Michel Nehme
Denmark and Islam
Ed. 25 Vol. 6 - June 26, 2008
- "Blood and blasphemy" -
Irfan Husain
- "How the Danish cartoons prevent dialogue
" -
Toger Seidenfaden
- "A Jordanian perspective
" -
Oraib Al-Rantawi
- "Confusion of values need not cause conflict" -
Maryam Yasmin Hussain
The future US role in Iraq
Ed. 24 Vol. 6 - June 19, 2008
- "SOFA negotiations complicated by internal politics
" -
Safa A. Hussein
- "The determinants of a US drawdown" -
Michael Eisenstadt
- "Iraqis' unlikely alliance
" -
Greg Bruno
- "Illusions of US power and Iraqi counter-realities" -
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Lebanon: the external actors
Ed. 23 Vol. 6 - June 12, 2008
- "The roots of Israeli passivity" -
Itamar Rabinovich
- "America's victory in Lebanon" -
Mark Perry
- "Savior and tormentor
" -
Murhaf Jouejati
- "The roots of Iranian involvement" -
Sadegh Zibakalam
The land for peace formula revisited
Ed. 22 Vol. 6 - June 05, 2008
- "Land for peace still the best bet" -
Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
- "There is no avoiding land for peace" -
Daoud Kuttab
- "The Syria-Israel track revisited" -
Elias Samo
- "A formula that was never true" -
Yossi Beilin
- "No case for revision" -
Abdel Monem Said Aly
The political effects of rising prices
Ed. 21 Vol. 6 - May 29, 2008
- "Catch 22
" -
an interview with
Leila Farsakh
- "The fallout from rising prices in Jordan" -
Yusuf Mansur
- "Egypt: social unrest and deteriorating politics" -
Amr Hamzawy
The Lebanon crisis
Ed. 20 Vol. 6 - May 22, 2008
- "Hizballah emerges the clear winner in a murky picture" -
Ferry Biedermann
- "May 2008, birthday of Lebanon's latest civil war?" -
Joseph Bahout
- "At stake, the state of Lebanon" -
Nizar Abdel-Kader
- "Political gains come at a price" -
Nicholas Blanford
Two peace processes: Cyprus and Israel-Palestine
Ed. 19 Vol. 6 - May 15, 2008
- "New openings for a Cyprus settlement?" -
Maria Hadjipavlou
- "Peace by the end of 2008? " -
Nimrod Goren
- "How far can leaders lead?" -
Nese Yasin
- "United Greek Cypriots an example for divided Palestinians" -
Michael Jansen
The Middle East in an Asian century
Ed. 18 Vol. 6 - May 08, 2008
- "A Japanese viewpoint" -
Kentaro Hirayama
- "China's energy security " -
Weiming Zhao
- "Two Asias" -
Yin Gang
- "An Indian perspective" -
Jasjit Singh
Syria and Israel
Ed. 17 Vol. 6 - May 01, 2008
- "The challenges of normalization" -
Mahdi Abdul Hadi
- "Syria looking for tangible reward
" -
Waleed Sadi
- "New factors both resurrecting and stalling "secret talks"" -
Riad Kahwaji
- "Faking it" -
Rime Allaf
- "The fear of war, the hope for peace " -
Eyal Zisser
Turkey, Iraq and the PKK
Ed. 16 Vol. 6 - April 17, 2008
- "Toward a new era in Turkish-Iraqi relations regarding the PKK" -
Abdulkadir Onay
- "Turkey's problematic Middle East role" -
Steven A. Cook
- "New Turkish strategy points the way ahead" -
Bulent Aras
- "A time for moderates?" -
Hiwa Osman
Is the West anti-Islam?
Ed. 15 Vol. 6 - April 10, 2008
- "It cuts both ways" -
Anders Jerichow
- "Not yet, but soon without serious dialogue" -
Maryam Yasmin Hussain
- "Days of war" -
Abdel Monem Said Aly
- "No easy answers
" -
Ersin Kalaycioglu
Doomsday? The predictions of Israel's impending demise
Ed. 14 Vol. 6 - April 03, 2008
- "On our legitimacy and viability" -
Yossi Alpher
- "Israel and the Islamist prototype" -
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
- "Real sanctions will cool off the ayatollahs" -
Yossi Sarid
- "Israel has no future" -
an interview with
Yehya Mousa
America and Iraq: the next five years
Ed. 13 Vol. 6 - March 27, 2008
- "No more than a gamble" -
Safa A. Hussein
- "A US declaration of intent could mitigate looming dangers" -
Mohammad K. Shiyyab
- "Kurds hold the key for both Turkey and the US" -
Mustafa Kibaroglu
- "The US army belongs to Iraq" -
Lawrence Kaplan
The Damascus Arab summit
Ed. 12 Vol. 6 - March 20, 2008
- "Getting through Damascus " -
Mohamed Abdel Salam
- "The summit and Lebanon's political future" -
Oussama Safa
- "Everyone can brag, nothing will be done
" -
Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
- "Success measured by attendance" -
Rime Allaf
Assassinations, part II
Ed. 11 Vol. 6 - March 13, 2008
- "Political interplay rather than assassination
" -
Nizar Abdel-Kader
- "Iran: the long-term effect of political assassination
" -
Sadegh Zibakalam
- "Assassinations galore
" -
George Giacaman
- "Israel: the assassins are alive and well
" -
Yossi Alpher
Assassinations, part I
Ed. 10 Vol. 6 - March 06, 2008
- "Pakistan's bloody past" -
Irfan Husain
- "Assassinating terrorists: the bin Laden case" -
Bruce Riedel
- "Unpredictable consequences
" -
Waleed Sadi
- "Assassination Middle East-style
" -
Abdel Monem Said Aly
Libya, Europe and regional security
Ed. 9 Vol. 6 - February 28, 2008
- "Radical change will not occur" -
Dana Moss
- "Libyan policy is deliberately unpredictable" -
Oliver Miles
- "Libya and regional security" -
Ahmed A. al-Atrash
- "European policy is cynical" -
Michael Rubin
The US presidential candidates and the Middle East: an interim assessment
Ed. 8 Vol. 6 - February 21, 2008
- "Can you see the Mideast from the Midwest?" -
Alon Pinkas
- "[PAL - ah - STIN -ians]" -
Mark Perry
- "Some hope for 2008" -
Akram Baker
- "Does experience matter?" -
Danielle Pletka
The Egypt-Gaza border
Ed. 7 Vol. 6 - February 14, 2008
- "Lessons of the border breach" -
Ephraim Sneh
- "Europe and the Rafah border crisis
" -
Hanne Foighel
- "The siege cannot continue" -
Ahmed Yousef
- "Egypt: restore border control and develop a new policy" -
Gamal A. G. Soltan
The "bottom-up" leadership process in Iraq
Ed. 6 Vol. 6 - February 07, 2008
- "The answer to Iraq's problems?" -
Safa A. Hussein
- "Tribal system promises much for a new Iraq
" -
Jaber Aljaberi
- "Securing their own street" -
Jonathan Steele
- "Developmental politics
" -
Gabriel Rose
How to run the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Ed. 5 Vol. 6 - January 31, 2008
- "Implementing the Annapolis declaration" -
Shaul Arieli
- "Study the Past" -
Daniel Kurtzer
- "Lessons not learned" -
Ghassan Khatib
Iran's nuclear program after the NIE
Ed. 4 Vol. 6 - January 24, 2008
- "A view from Tehran" -
Ali Asghar Kazemi
- "NIE opens new windows of opportunity" -
Mark Fitzpatrick
- "A topsy-turvy scenario" -
Waleed Sadi
- "Washington--still in search of a coherent Iran policy" -
Ellen Laipson
Syria-Israel: the regional and international context
Ed. 3 Vol. 6 - January 17, 2008
- "Syria and the Palestinians: A love-hate relationship" -
Daoud Kuttab
- "The Annapolis opening has closed
" -
Itamar Rabinovich
- "Lebanon and the Syrian-Israeli track" -
Mohammad Habash
- "A wonderful day in the neighborhood
" -
Mark Perry
- "Between Moscow and Damascus
" -
Vitaly Naumkin
Arab stock markets and economic liberalization
Ed. 2 Vol. 6 - January 10, 2008
- "Overview: A two-way street" -
Riad al Khouri
- "Dubai: Bridging time zones and boosting confidence" -
Christopher Davidson
- "Jordan: ASE closes to good cheer" -
Yusuf Mansur
- "PSE reflects Palestine's extraordinary circumstances" -
Sam Bahour
The Lebanese crisis
Ed. 1 Vol. 6 - January 03, 2008
- "At a crossroads" -
Nizar Abdel-Kader
- "Much more than Lebanon" -
Nicholas Blanford
- "At stake is the future of Lebanonism" -
an interview with
Joseph Bahout
- "More uncertainty in the new year" -
Oussama Safa
- "Dependency politics" -
Alastair Crooke
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