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June 2008 |
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| June 30 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran, Psywar and the Hersh Article |
| Hersh: Bush Administration steps up its secret moves
against Iran |
| Bush 'raised $400 million for action against Iran' |
| The altrnative to war: Are Sanctions Working on Iran? |
| 'Iran preparing graves for Its enemies' |
| Elias Harfoush: The Truce between Resistance and Treason |
| U.S. forces to hand over hard-won Anbar Province |
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| June 29 |
| Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart |
| Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy |
| Shadow of war looms as Israel flexes its muscle |
| The Strike against Iran in Electoral Considerations |
| Syria glitters, but glare hides woes |
| Tribal leaders backing Iranian dissidents |
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| June 28 |
| Talking to Iran is our best option - Ivo Daalder and Philip Gordon |
| Syria: Pushing Forward on an Israeli Peace Deal? |
| Special Report: Invigorating the U.S.-Turkish Strategic
Partnership |
| Analysis: U.S. unprepared for nuke attack |
| Dogs of War: A small step for contractors |
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| June 27 |
| Iran and nuclear consequences |
| Nuclear Weapons: The Question of Relevance in the 21st
Century |
| Patrick Seale: Sarkozy Challenges Israel's Expansionist
Policies |
| James Zogby: Two images of America |
| Jonathan Cook: Israel's dead end |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Shrinking 'Axis of Evil' List |
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| June 26 |
| Israel: The Unusual Ben Gurion Shooting |
| Sarkozy assassination scare: Mystery over suicide
policeman |
| Iran and nuclear consequences |
| David Ignatius: A Surprise Negotiation |
| Zuheir Kseibati: On American flirtation and sticks |
| Can Syria avoid sanctions with a U.N. nuclear
inspection? |
| Geopolitical Diary: An Agreement in Israel, a Rift in
Gaza |
| Geopolitical Diary: A U.S.-Iranian Dance of Diplomacy |
| Iraq, United States: The Military Status of Iraq |
| Israel: Labor and Kadima Compromise |
| Kuwait: Makes Its Oil Move |
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| June 25 |
| Syria planned to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, Israel
says |
| The west has to tackle Tehran - before Israel sends in
the bombers |
| Marc Gopin: New Treaty for Iran and Israel |
| Mark Katz: Iraq and America: SOFA Game |
| Randa Takieddine: Sarkozy's Ambition in the Middle East |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Offensive of the French Peace |
| Iraq: Fear of US-Sunni Ties Undercut Security Talks |
| Iraq: Whoever Wins, They Lose |
| Fred Hiatt: Toehold in Tehran? |
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| June 24 |
| Mediterranean Flyover: Telegraphing an Israeli Punch? |
| Iran's 'Nightmare Scenarios' Mulled |
| United States: A Diplomatic Outpost in Iran? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Oil, Speculators and Politics |
| Trapped amidst the Sadrists, al-Maliki Chooses al-Hakim |
| Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn
in, John Bolton predicts |
| Olivier Guitta: Iran's Ability to Avoid Sanctions |
| Iraq: Shiite Security and the Anbar Litmus Test |
| Claude Salhani: Middle East nuclear renaissance? |
| Martin Peretz: Peace Offensive |
| As the Iraq buildup ends, what's next? |
| Analysis: Ceasefire Makes Israelis Uneasy |
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| June 23 |
| The Calm: The Natural and the Pretentious |
| The Jeddah Meeting and the Holistic Approach |
| Israel on the Iran Brink |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Saudis' Oil Game Plan |
| Thomas Friedman: Mr. Bush, Lead or Leave |
| Amir Oren: Olmert is the obstacle on the road to Iran |
| Nicholas Kristof: The Two Israels |
| Frank Rich: Now That We’ve ‘Won,’
Let’s Come Home |
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| June 22 |
| Israel: A Gambit to Shape Iranian Behavior |
| Caroline Glick: Israel's darkest week |
| A Conversation with King Abdullah of Jordan |
| Israel trains to raid Iran but capacities in doubt |
| Zvi Bar'el : Israel has been doing well without peace, so
why now? |
| Analysis: Israel is a long way from attacking Iran |
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| June 21 |
| Syria, NKorea helped Iran develop nuclear program: German
Report |
| How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war |
| Battle shapes up over future of U.S. in Iraq |
| UN warns attack on Iran will spark 'fireball' in Middle
East |
| Analysis: Bush is likely to end term with Iran issue
unsettled |
| Michael Hirsh: Fixing the First War |
| US, Mideast: Respite on the Road to Nowhere? |
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| June 20 |
| U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran |
| Illusions of US power and Iraqi counter-realities |
| Greg Bruno: Iraqis' unlikely alliance |
| Reconciling with Hamas? Abbas's hedge against a failed
peace process |
| Iraq: The determinants of a US drawdown |
| Domestic and regional politics delay U.S.-Iraqi security
agreement |
| Iraq: SOFA negotiations complicated by internal politics |
| Analysis: Cracks Widen in Israeli Cabinet |
| Editorial: A war we can and should win |
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| June 19 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Growing possibility of an
Israeli-Syrian deal |
| Saudi Arabia: Fear of an Iranian Presence in Bahrain |
| Deals with Iraq are set to bring oil giants back |
| Barry Posen: What's next for Iraq? |
| David Ignatius: The Right Iraq Footprint |
| The Destruction of Sarposa |
| Leading article: An uncertain step towards peace |
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| June 18 |
| How to silence that Iran war drumbeat |
| United Arab Emirates: The Threat-Level Uptick |
| If al-Qa'eda strikes in Dubai, it will be a sign of
weakness |
| As Israeli siege strangles Gaza, tunnels enrich
smugglers, Hamas |
| Low profile for Secretary Rice's Israel visit |
| George Friedman: The Problem With Europe |
| Saudi Arabia: Buying Food Security With Petrodollars |
| Geopolitical Diary: Implications of Overt U.S.
Operations in Pakistan |
| The death of U.S. strategy in Iraq |
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| June 17 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Nuclear Weapons, Blueprints and Iran |
| Caroline Sevier: The Costs of Relying on Aging Dictators |
| Rannie Amiri: Yemeni Daggers Unsheathed |
| Ghassan Charbel: The State of Waiting |
| Yehuda Ben-Meir: Do not shoot before trying everything
else |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Shortcomings on the Mediterranean
Level |
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| June 16 |
| Saudi Arabia: More oil flowing? |
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| June 15 |
| Iran: Corruption Scandal Could Become a
"Gladiator's Game" |
| Iraq: The Love Stories Are Gone |
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| June 14 |
| Marc Gopin: What exactly is pro-Israel? |
| Thomas Friedman: Little engery for peace |
| In Israel, separation anxiety over the future of the
Golan Heights |
| Geopolitical Diary: Ireland's Vote and the Fate of the
EU |
| Sarkozy-Bush: No-Popularity Contest |
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| June 13 |
| Patrick Seale: America's Neo-colonial Ambitions in Iraq |
| Mohammad El Ashab: Unified Europe and the Quarreling
Arabs |
| Global perceptions of U.S. improves |
| Iraq: The Poland of Islam? |
| Ahmadinezhad Deflects Critcism with Attacks on Clerics |
| George Hishmeh: Shelving the American Role |
| Larry Derfner: Giving up the Golan - the most painful
concession |
| Incident Foreshadows Future Attacks in Pakistan |
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| June 12 |
| Geopolitcal Diary: Iran’s role in a potential
U.S.-Iraq security pact |
| Hassan Haidar: Iranian "Bases" |
| Ghassan Charbel: A Lesson from Vietnam |
| Geopolitical Weekly: The U.S. Air Force and the Next War |
| Special Report: Iran Supports Iraq Terror |
| Feature: Deep divisions a year after Hamas seized Gaza |
| Feature: Iraqis feel stifled in Baghdad's new Shia ghetto |
| U.S., Pakistan: Friendly Fire and the Domestic Impact |
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| June 11 |
| Randa Takieddine: George Bush at the Elysee Palace |
| Analysis: Al-Maliki's balancing act leaves Iran cool |
| Analysis: Mofaz's remark raises oil price, and
temperatures |
| Iran: Ahmadinejad faces heavyweight foe in Larijani |
| Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr Still in the Game |
| Is this the richest man in Gaza? |
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| June 10 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Venezuelan and Iranian Binds |
| Al-Maliki: Between Washington & Tehran |
| Thomas Joscelyn: Harboring al Qaeda |
| Sadr's Special Groups |
| US: Pledging Allegiance to AIPAC |
| Analysis: Israeli attack looking more likely |
| Editorial: Israel's Syria Card |
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| June 9 |
| Michael Ledeen: Iran and the Problem of Evil |
| Does gold, commodities surge signal war? |
| Mohammad Salah: Obama's Pie |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Texas Mafia |
| Elias Harfoush: The Turkish Veil, Again! |
| Strikes against Iran may be 'unavoidable' |
| Growing talk of Iran attack |
| Strikes against Iran may be 'unavoidable' |
| Algeria: Train Bombing Proves Deadly |
| The global vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| June 8 |
| View From America: Misgivings on the road to Damascus |
| A century of oil in Iran: a bounty and a curse |
| Have oil prices peaked…or are they heading to the
$200 mark? |
| Al-Qaeda: the cracks begin to show |
| New boss is determined to keep the faith at Al-Jazeera |
| John O'Sullivan: Amid Barack Obamamania, John McCain
could still win |
| Analysis: Mofaz's Iran jibe too high a price for party
politics |
| Palestinian Rivals Step Towards Reducing Rift |
| Analysis: Out of luck in Gaza |
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| June 7 |
| Herb Keinon: Deciphering Syrian intent |
| Ariel Cohen: Iran and U.S. elections |
| AK Party Closure and the Deferred Turkish Geopolitical
Re-Emergence |
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| June 6 |
| Jonathan Schanzer: Talking Iran |
| Mohammad El Ashab: Military Bases in North Africa |
| Marwan Kabalan: Syria needs to be careful |
| Israel-US relations: What's a little distance between
friends? |
| Iraq: Animals too struggle for survival |
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| June 5 |
| John Bolton: Obama the naive |
| Ari Shavit: Approaching an Iranian winter |
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| June 4 |
| George Friedman: Oil and the Saudi Peace Offensive |
| Mark Katz: Is Iran in denial about al-Qaida? |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Double Palestinian Quagmire |
| EGYPT: Bond with U.S. becomes a chain |
| Iran: The Media and the Conservatives' Power Struggle |
| Editorial: Syria and Arabs |
| Occupation has cost Israel dear, says report |
| Iran: Tackling Refining Woes in Name Only |
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| June 3 |
| Virtually Normal: Is Israel like any other country? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan's Army and the New State |
| Jim Lobe: On Middle East, McCain vows to stay the course |
| Gareth Porter: How Cheney outfoxed his foes on Iran and
EFPs |
| Turkey turns cold to European defense: Implications for
western security |
| The delusion of the "clash of civilizations"
and the "war on Islam" |
| Sami Moubayed : Talks between Syria and Israel, Why now? |
| Analysis: WMD Terror Commission starts up |
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| June 2 |
| Pakistan: Suicide Bombing at Danish Embassy |
| Geopolitical Diary: China's Economic Dilemma |
| Victory over Al Qaeda: Premature Optimism? |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Declaration of US Independence from
Israel |
| Mohammad Salah: The Night of Baby… Bush |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Israel is abhorrent for itself |
| Malini Johar Schueler: Returning to the U.S. From Beirut
Via Syria |
| Feature: Horse-drawn buggies brighten tense W.Bank city |
| US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships |
| Hady Amr: The rise of Middle East peacemakers |
| Feature: A year later, Hamas rule deepens in Gaza |
| David Ignatius: Going their own way in the Mideast |
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| June 1 |
| Analysis: Cash Gifts Come Back to Haunt Olmert |
