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| July 31 |
| Israel, U.S.: The Implications of X-Band Radar |
| Andrew Lee Butters: Israel After Olmert |
| Turbulence and Importance in Turkey and Israel |
| Israel: Olmert Announces His Departure |
| Israel: Four possible successors |
| Farhana Ali: Dressed to Kill |
| Richard Silverstein: The end of Olmert |
| Busting the Anthrax Myth - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| Analysis: Crushed and battered, Olmert finally broke |
| Germany: Offering Iran a Carrot |
| Geopolitical Diary: Cyberwarfare Beginning To Take
Center Stage |
| Turkey: A High Court Win for the Ruling Party |
| Neocon Flap Highlights Jewish Divide - Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe |
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| July 30 |
| Ghassan Charbel: A Thousand and One Kirkuks |
| Elias Harfoush: Ahmedinejad in the Non-Aligned Robe |
| Martin Walker: Why world trade stalled |
| Russia: The Challenges of Global Reach |
| China, the Olympics and the Visa Mystery |
| British Unleash Ergenekon Network To Destroy Turkey and
Its Peace Role |
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| July 29 |
| Syria offers direct talks with Israel in return for
Golan |
| Geopolitical Diary: U.S., Pakistan and the Saudi Analogy |
| The Arabs: Victims and Criminals |
| A better benchmark for Iraq: lawyers |
| Satellite TV Stations: Too Late to Control |
| Syrians see an economic side to peace |
| Analysis: Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout
in 2006 |
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| July 28 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Role in Afghanistan |
| The Muslim Brotherhood and Its Special Organization |
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| July 27 |
| Thomas Fiedman: Texas to Tel Aviv |
| Incident on Baghdad's Airport Road |
| Shiite militia losing ground in Iraq |
| Pakistan: Civilian Control Over Intelligence |
| Analysis: Perilous peace in Iraq |
| Divide and Conquer: The Anglo-American Imperial Project |
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| July 26 |
| Iran in the Spotlight at Christian Zionist Confab |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: When You Are in Paris |
| Charles Blow: Americans Move to the Middle |
| Pyotr Goncharov: U.S. Urges Iran to Accept Nuclear Deal |
| Ariel Cohen: Sand is Running Out of Israel-Iran Clock
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| Geneive Abdo: Islamic Democracy |
| Feature: Palestinian family losing Jerusalem home after
five decades |
| David Ignatius: Talking Into the Sunset |
| Poverty in Gaza Hits "Unprecedented" Level |
| Yemen: VBIED Attack a First in Hadramout |
| India: 'Shining India' Beginning to Tarnish? |
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| July 25 |
| Israel's debate over an Iran strike |
| Libya: Locking Horns With Switzerland |
| Russia: What About Subs Instead of Planes in Cuba? |
| Russia: Dynamics of a Military Presence in Cuba |
| Cuba: The Prospects for a Russian Revival |
| Nicholas Kristof: Tough Love for Israel? |
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| July 24 |
| Could "Shock and Awe" Defeat Iran's Will for
Nukes? |
| The Saudis, Geopolitics and the Volatile Oil Market |
| Water Over the Dam - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| Alon Ben-Meir: Mediating the Nuclear Impasse |
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| July 23 |
| Mario Mancuso: Confronting the Challenge of Iran |
| Aluf Benn: Israel's slap in the face from America |
| Huda al Husseini: Syria’s Opaque Maneuvers |
| Ruth Marcus: From Berlin to Baghdad |
| Saudi Arabia: Interfaith Talks Abroad, Intolerance at
Home |
| China and Russia’s Geographic Divide |
| Qatar, U.S.: A Strategic Aircraft Purchase |
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| July 22 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Solid Footing of US-Iranian
Negotiations |
| Mideast's balance of power shifts away from U.S. |
| Michael Rubin: Now Bush is appeasing Iran |
| Claude Salhani: Iran faces ultimatum on nukes |
| Iraq: Redeployment, not Defeat |
| Middle East: Roadblocks Cripple West Bank Economy |
| Barack who? Arabs weigh in. |
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| July 21 |
| Analysis: For Obama, a first step is not a misstep |
| Review and Outlook: Iran Has Earned Nothing |
| Obama talks to U.S. commanders and Iraqi officials |
| Iran's Mullahs, Money and Militias |
| Reza Zia-Ebrahimi: Mending a Muslim divide |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Key Holder |
| Palestine: Hizb al-Tahrir flourishes where hope withers
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| Mediterranean Summit: Between French hopes and Arab
realities |
| Analysis: Confident Iraq rides US political tides |
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| July 20 |
| Madrid's Interfaith Conference: Optimists, Pessimists
and Wishful Thinkers |
| Interview: Who’s the Pariah Now? |
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| July 19 |
| President Sarkozy's Public Relations Triumph |
| Salafi Jihadists in Gaza: 'Compared to us, Hamas is
Islamism lite' |
| Salafi fundamentalists competing with Hamas for hearts
and minds |
| Saudi textbooks still teaching hate: report |
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| July 18 |
| Analysis: Security transfer stalled in Iraq region |
| Analysis: The Risks of Obama's Iraq Strategy |
| Turkey, Syria: A Critical Energy Boost for Damascus |
| Marwan Kabalan: US retreats from the world stage |
| The fading debate over an Iraq pullout |
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| July 17 |
| Another Dam Threat - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Situation on the Afghan-Pakistani Border |
| U.S., Iran: The Beginning of High-Level Diplomatic Talks |
| Politics-US: Doves Outnumber Hawks in Jewish Community |
| Iraq: Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again |
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| July 16 |
| Egypt faces rising risk of Lebanon-like Muslim-Christian
strife |
| Geopolitical Diary: Appearance vs. Reality and
Israeli-Syrian Progress |
| Iraq suicide bombings kill 37 |
| Saudi king arrives in Spain for inter-faith conference |
| Iran, U.S.: Washington's Major Gestures |
| Sudan: The ICC's Bold Move Against Al Bashir |
| For Darfur, a step toward justice? |
| Dimitry Shlapentokh: The Rise of the Chechen Emirate? |
| Thomas Smith Jr: Iran's Missile-Rattling Ups the Ante |
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| July 15 |
| The Geopolitics of Iran: Holding the Center of a
Mountain Fortress |
| In France, Syrian Stirs Tensions |
| Iran: Strike or No Strike |
| Mostafa Zein: Justice and Janjawid |
| Barack Obama: My Plan for Iraq |
| Alon Ben-Meir: Advice for Assad |
| With whom will Syria make peace? |
| Adel Safty: Profiting from the Iraq War |
| Europe: Mediterranean Union May Be Stillborn |
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| July 14 |
| U.S. and Iraq near a 'bridge' deal on status of U.S.
troops |
| Hassan Nafaa: Sarkozy sells a mirage |
| Elias Harfoush: From General Gouraud to
"General" Sarkozy |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Adventurer, Carla and History |
| Jihad el-Khazen: There Are No Massacres or Genocide in
the Koran |
| Report: Bush gives "amber light" for Israeli
strike on Iran |
| Time for US to leave Iraq? Not so fast, say analysts |
| Despite tests, Iran missile path uncertain: analysts |
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| July 13 |
| U.S. fails to get Iraq military deal |
| John Thomson: This way, Mr Bush, you could go out a
statesman |
| Finding a silver lining in the Iraq cloud - Daniel Levy & Michael Wahid Hanna |
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| July 12 |
| Syria:
Alleged coup plot leads to military reshuffle |
| Syria software pirate lives by own code of ethics |
| Geopolitical Diary: Sarkozy Ready to Shine at Med Union
Summit |
| Iraq: Israel and the Psywar Campaign Against Iran |
| Europe: Mediterranean Union May Be Stillborn |
| Iraq: Refugees Forsaken Even By Their Own Gov't |
| Profile:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revels in Iran's new belligerence |
| Theodore Kattouf: U.S., Syria Should Talk (About
Everything) |
| Theodore Kattouf: Jews, Persians at Swords' Points |
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| July 11 |
| Iran: From revolution to confrontation timeline |
| Population-Mideast: Israel Fears the Womb More Than the
Bomb |
| Population-Mideast: Time Bomb Ticking Away in Gaza |
| Analysis: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in
Iraq |
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| July 10 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Middle East Peace and the Persian
Rug |
| Naval Defenses Against Iranian Missiles |
| Hassan Haidar: The Shortest of Occupations! |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Book ….A Proof of the Prince's
Intuition |
| Turkey, U.S.: The Istanbul Consulate Attack Examined |
| Analysis: Words that hide the withdrawal |
| Analysis: A more confident Iraq becomes a tougher
negotiating partner |
| Review and Outlook: Maliki's Withdrawal Card |
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| July 9 |
| Iran: Military Posturing and a Missile Test |
| Turkey: U.S. Consulate Attack Could Add Fuel to
AKP-Establishment Struggle |
| H.D.S. Greenway: The prescient 'Clash of Civilizations' |
| Abdullah Iskandar: What after the Failure of the Stick
and Carrot? |
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| July 9 |
| Randa Takieddine: Sarkozy's Bastille Day |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia Takes A Double Hit |
| United States: The Future of Ballistic Missile Defense |
| Libya: A Natural Gas Deal and Regional Power |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Guns of August spiked? |
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| July 8 |
| Secret US-Iranian dialogue brings oil prices down,
shakes Mideast alliances |
| At a Dangerous Crossroads: A Global Approach to Iranian
Nuclear Ambitions |
| Claude Salhani: Rumors of Peace Amid Rumors of War |
| Selig Harrison: Terrorists in Bangladesh? |
| U.S. attack on Iran? Not coming soon |
| Saudi king set to lead rare interfaith talks in Spain |
| Mostafa Zein: The Ocean Swallows the Mediterranean |
| Jameel Theyab: Awaiting… a Happy World |
| Akram Baker: Beware the lame hawk |
| Yossi Alpher: We should count our blessings |
| UAE: Cancels Iraqi Debt |
| Pakistan: A Politicized Bombing in Karachi |
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| July 7 |
| What Is Iran Counting on? |
| Iran has resumed A-bomb project, says West |
| Gaza locked in despite truce |
| Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan's Growing Chaos |
| Egypt's Coptic Christians are choosing isolation |
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| July 6 |
| AP Exclusive: US Removes Uranium From Iraq |
| Walid Khadduri: Iraq's Oil at a Crossroads |
| Inayat Bunglawala: There's a place for sharia |
| Peter Bergen: Does Osama bin Laden still matter? |
| Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda |
| Elias Harfouch: Not by Fighting Alone |
| Analysis: Truce is a poker game, and both sides are
bluffing |
| Mostafa Zein: Being Civilized |
| Gideon Levy: Living forever by bombardment |
| Amnon Straschnov: Don't destroy terrorists' homes |
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| July 4 |
| Has George W Bush gone soft on Iran? |
| Prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement in 2008 |
| America softens stance on Iran's nuclear program |
| Zuheir Kseibati: A Feast in Baghdad |
| Geopolitical Diary: Ratcheting down the atmospherics
with Iran |
| Douglas Feith: Why We Went to War in Iraq |
| Junaid Afeef: Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage |
| Analysis: U.S. military to patrol Internet |
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| July 3 |
| Iran, US: Conciliatory statements signal significant
progress |
| Daniel Pipes: Which Has More Islamist Terrorism, Europe
or America? |
| Iran, U.S.: Conciliatory Statements Signal Significant
Progress |
| Iraq: The Iranian Connection to a U.S. Drop in Demand
for Airspace |
| Cyprus: A Breakthrough for the Greek Side |
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| July 2 |
| Israel: An Unconventional Militant Attack |
| Iran: The Threat to the Strait of Hormuz |
| David Ignatius: Spy Games in Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: The economic and political effects
of an Iranian threat |
| Gareth Porter: Official Says Iran Accepts P5+1 Talks
Proposal |
| Rayyan Al Shawaf: Reality check on Middle East talks |
| Israeli threats to Iran are 'bluff for now' |
| Nuclear Weapons: Terrorism and the Nonstate Actor |
| Turkey: The Ongoing Secular-Islamist Struggle |
| Israel: A new law and its impact on Israeli-Syrian talks |
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| July 1 |
| Analysis: Hawks belie Iran's "existential
threat" to Israel |
| Mostafa Zein: To the End of Bush's Term… and Beyond |
| Iraq opens door to foreign bidding to increase oil
output |
| Analysis: Does Iran have Bush over a barrel? |
| Claude Salhani: The Chinese dragon in Middle East
politics |
