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August 2008 |
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| August 30 |
| Israel: Olmert has a last go at a legacy |
| Navik Navoth: Israel Should Talk to Iran |
| Pyotr Goncharov: NATO Repeating Soviet Mistake in
Afghanistan |
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| August 29 |
| Analysis: Assad working post-Georgia world to his
advantage |
| Russia: Understanding the Russian Military |
| Geopolitical Diary: How Far Will the Caucasus
Conflict Go? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Turkey's Options |
| The Thin Man: Obama's slender record |
| Dean Barnett: Would You Hire Barack Obama? |
| Dean Barnett: Would You Hire Barack Obama? |
| Safa Hussein: Iraq after the "Knights' Raid" |
| Yusuf Mansur: Iraq's potential could easily be
undermined |
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| August 28 |
| 2008 Threat Season Heats Up - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| The long imperial history of trying to manufacture
consent in Iraq |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Iran Remains a Major Target |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: The 'Al-Yamamah Factor' In
Musharraf's Ouster |
| Abkhaz and South Ossetian Independence, the Russian
Motive |
| Libya: Gadhafi and Succession Strategy |
| Afghanistan: The Russian Monkey Wrench |
| Russia: Levers in the Baltic States |
| White against black: The hidden issue in the US
presidential campaign |
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| August 27 |
| Nikita Petrov: Russia pushing weapons sales in Middle
East and beyond |
| Syria and Iran: An alliance of convenience |
| Syria, Israel: Peace Talks and Entanglements With
Russia |
| Abdullah Iskandar: NATO's Quagmire in Afghanistan |
| The Black Sea: A Net Assessment |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Black Sea and Reviving the
Cold War |
| The Black Sea: A Bottled-Up Russian Fleet |
| Iraq: Sectarian clashes flare up again |
| Crises reveal limits of Bush's personal diplomacy on
world stage |
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| August 26 |
| Could Iran ally with U.S. in face of new
developments? |
| Syria, Iran warm to Russia as US tensions grow |
| The World's Richest Royals |
| Patrick Seale: Solving the Afghanistan Quagmire |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Black Sea and Reviving the
Cold War |
| Iran: Reaping Benefits From a BTC Shutdown |
| Pakistan: Tentative Steps Against the Taliban |
| Mideast: Egyptian Kinship with Fatah Hampers
Mediation |
| Ahmadinejad appears to get a key nod |
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| August 25 |
| Behind checkpoints, a look at Russian actions in
Georgia |
| Michel Morkos: Arab Fight against Corruption and
Bribery |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Religious Fundamentalist Extremist |
| Geopolitical Diary: U.S. Aid to Georgia Raises a
Question for Russia |
| Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas leader, becomes a
Christian |
| Is Israel one disaster from collapse? |
| Ghassan Rubeiz: Obama scores low in “The Israel
Factor” test |
| When Hamas and Jordan Talk |
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| August 24 |
| Israelis living under a cloud on Golan Heights |
| Israel's missile shield against Iran: 3 Americans in a
trailer |
| Claude Salhani: Saudis 'all or nothing' on Iran |
| Zvi Bar'el: The problem is Putin, not the missiles |
| Sami Moubayed: The Damascus-Tbilisi Connection |
| Feature: After 5 years of war, Iraqis desperate for
water |
| Russian embrace of Syria tightens, but for what
purpose? |
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| August 23 |
| Israel, Syria: The Middle East and the Conflict in
Georgia |
| Kuwait: Talks of Worker Deportation Amid Growing
Unrest |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami: The Extremists Unbound |
| On the Brink: Will Georgia retain its independence? |
| J. Scott Carpenter: The Future of U.S. Assistance to
Egypt |
| The Real World: Georgia War Lessons for the Middle
East |
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| August 22 |
| Israel: A Handful of Aerial Tankers and More Regional
Sway |
| Syria seeks weapons deal with Russia amid 'Cold War'
ripples |
| The New Great Game: Time for the US to rethink its
policy toward Iran |
| Middle East: A civil war in the making |
| The outlook on a triple-superpower world |
| Mid East 'Cold War' fear as Syria strengthens military alliance
with Russia |
| Strategic shift in North Africa militancy |
| A Radical Islamophobe? |
| Jordan-Hamas: the untold story |
| Elias Samo: It's Israel's dilemma |
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| August 21 |
| Claude Salahani: Russia's Success in Caucasus is Bad
News for Washington |
| Geopolitical Diary: The implications of a
Russo-Syrian partnership |
| New Players in the Arab Sands and Urban Shadows |
| Deanna Armbruster: Peace is Hard Work in the Middle
East and Beyond |
| Russia: Reshaping Perceptions in the Mediterranean |
| India: Arrests, Revelations and Implications |
| Zogby: McCain Takes 5-point Lead Over Obama |
| Thomas Friedman: What Did We Expect? |
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| August 20 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Georgian-Russian Conflict and
a Return To Iran |
| Iran: The Significance of a Failed Satellite Launch |
| Sarkozy resolute on Afghanistan despite death of 10 French
soldiers |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Implications of Musharraf's
Fall |
| Israel: Mr. Security versus Mrs. Clean |
| Algeria: AQIM and the Perils of Soft Targets |
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| August 19 |
| George Friedman: The Real World Order |
| Claude Salhani: War in Caucasus Impacting U.S. Elections, Mideast
Crisis |
| Jameel Theyabi: Containing Terrorism |
| Yossi Alphe: One state definitely not an option |
| Ghassan Khatib: The only alternative to two states is
conflict |
| United States: Troop Availability and the 'Window of
Opportunity' |
| Yisrael Harel : What happened to the
"vision" of a two-state solution? |
| Musharraf exit unlikely to undo Pakistan militants:
Analysts |
| Pakistan: Musharraf Resigns |
| Gershon Baskin: What Olmert has to complete before
exiting |
| Editorial: Perils of an Israeli Transition |
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| August 18 |
| The Terrorism Index 2008 |
| Elias Harfoush; Washington and Russia's Display of
Power |
| Jihad El Khazen: We all Want Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
to be Defeated |
| Mohammad Salah: The Arab Screen |
| Geopolitical Diary: The NATO Membership Dilemma |
| Barry Rubin: Israel's grand strategy |
| Caroline Glick: Georgia, Israel and the nature of man |
| Itamar Rabinovitch: Iran and Syria, in the role of
Russia |
| Israel's decision to free Palestinian prisoners puts
Hamas in dire straits |
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| August 17 |
| Russia considers nuclear missiles for Syria,
Mediterranean, Baltic |
| Gwynne Dyer: Return to the cold war? |
| Daniel Levy: Civil war in Gaza isn’t in
Israel’s interests |
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| August 16 |
| Ghassan Charbel: Turkey and the Challenging Visitor |
| Patrick Seale: Crisis Looms in U.S.-Pakistan
Relations |
| Editorial: Sarkozy takes centre stage |
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| August 15 |
| Marwan Muasher: The Arab peace initiative still stands |
| U.S., Saudi Arabia: Holding the Chechen Card |
| Geopolitical Diary: Countermoves to a Russian
Resurgence |
| Why is Vladimir Putin so scared of Georgia? |
| Mideast: Gaza and West Bank in Muddied Separation |
| Aluf Benn: Stuck in the mud |
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| August 14 |
| The Jihadist Threat and Grassroots Defense |
| Elie Elhadj: De-politicize the Bible and the Quran |
| From Tbilisi to Tehran -- History Resumes |
| Mideast: Little Hope of Peace After Olmert |
| Iraq: U.S. Blamed for Increasing Iranian Influence |
| Nazar Janabi: Kirkuk Derails Iraq's Election Law |
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| August 13 |
| George Friedman: The Russo-Georgian War and the Balance of Power |
| Abkhazia, Ossetia and Iran – Risks of Spreading
Conflicts |
| Georgia, Russia, U.S.: Fire Still Burning, Fuel on the
Way |
| A Georgian-Russian Peace Deal and the French
Connection |
| Georgia: Moscow and the Media War |
| Sami Moubayed: Israel has peace in its hands |
| Gershon Baskin: What is missing or hidden in the Olmert
plan? |
| Georgia: Why the Russians are Stopping |
| Simon Heffer: West must start to hit Russia where it
hurts - in the roubles |
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| August 12 |
| Red Alert Intelligence Guidance: Russia Halts Military
Operations |
| Iran: Tehran's View of the Crisis in the Caucasus |
| Georgia: Organized Crime and the Conflict with Russia |
| Robert Kagan: Putin Makes His Move |
| Mikheil Saakashvili: The War in Georgia Is a War for
the West |
| Clive Crook: Whispers of a Watergate for Bush |
| Soner Cagaptay: The Dream of a New Turkey |
| Najam Sethi: It's Curtains for Musharraf |
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| August 11 |
| Special Report: Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf? |
| In depth: Contrary to popular belief, war with Iran is
not imminent |
| Georgia, Russia: Checkmate? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Lessons Learned from Georgia |
| Caroline Glick: Turkey's abandonment of the West |
| Elias Harfoush: Ossetia Is Not Afghanistan |
| Obituary: Poet who ruled the ‘country of
words’ |
| Michael Sharnoff: Palestinian Disunity has Chilling
Effect on Peace Process |
| Barry Rubin: Crusades long gone, but jihad lingers on |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Musharraf's Head to Stop the War on
Terror |
| General Petraeus praises SAS and hails 'significant
progress' in Iraq |
| Caroline Glick : Ignoring failure in Gaza |
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| August 10 |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Victims Will Not Be Brought Back
to Life |
| Benedetta Berti: Ahmadinejad and the Shifting Political Environment in Iran |
| Jihad el Khazen: Why not Turn all Arabic Republics into
Kingdoms? |
| Golda Meir: The Iron Lady of the Middle East |
| Isreal: Corruption and Occupation |
| Sherwood Ross: Is America Fascist? |
| Which is More Important for the Kurds: Iraq or Kirkuk? |
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| August 9 |
| Iran to the West: Drop dead |
| Almost Infamous: Hamdan's more intriguing al Qaeda
associate |
| Feature: After 5 years, Iraqis start to venture into
public again |
| Turkey dodging the bullet – for now |
| Shlomo Ben-Am: In the Middle East, it's the extremists
who are prevailing |
| Looking for suicide bombers in Iraq is no easy task |
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| August 8 |
| Patrick Seale: Collapse of the Middle East peace
process |
| Amir Taheri: Missiles of Illusion |
| Mohammad El Ashab: The Coup in Mauritania is
Digestible! |
| Gershon Baskin: Is it all lost? |
| Iraq: M1 Tanks and an Inward Focus |
| Iraq: The Ticking Time Bomb of Kirkuk |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Divine
Weapons |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Palestinians Flee to Israel |
| Feature: Israeli-Palestinian hatreds envenom West Bank
city |
| Turkey: An Oil Pipeline Fire and the Russian
Alternative |
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| August 7 |
| Pakistan: Musharraf, Impeachment and Islamabad's
Trajectory |
| Driving Bin Laden: Will Cheney's chauffeur be next in the
dock? |
| Turkey: Implications of a Blast on the BTC Pipeline |
| Jonathan Schanzer: A Deadly Love Triangle |
| A Dangerous Neighbor - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Bill Roggio |
| Egypt: Bashir Finds Strong Support |
| Turkey: Government Survives Shakily |
| Walker's World: The recession spreads |
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| August 6 |
| Ghassan Charbel: Under the Wing of the Factions |
| Why Iran Won't Budge on Nukes |
| Anthony Zeitouni: Burns' visit to Iran - a first step |
| Coping with the Challenge of Iran - Shaul Mofaz and Nicholas Burns |
| U.S.: Naval Dominance and the Importance of Oceans |
| Reconciliation at Iraq's Ground Zero |
| Analysis: No Traction in the Middle East |
| Iraq: New Operation Gets Surprise Support |
| Analysis: Olmert may be best hope for peace |
| Middle East rhetoric obstructing US interests - Richard Murphy & Ethan Chorin |
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| August 5 |
| Max Hastings: Bush may seek legacy by bombing Iran |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Bush Is an Unsuccessful Oil Man |
| Andrew Grotto: How to deal with Iran's nuclear programme |
| Mohammad Salah: Palestine… Banks and Strips |
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| August 4 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Syria and Iran Coordinate |
| Shedding light on nuclear Iran |
| Elias Harfoush: Israeli Victories and Domestic Defeats |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Afghani Mother of All Battles |
| Iraq: History Repeats Itself |
| Elias Harfoush: Where Countries Protect Themselves |
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| August 3 |
| Syria closes in on peace deal with Israel |
| EU: Warning on al-Qaeda's new female recruits |
| Zvi Bar'el: Olmert's legacy |
| Faiza Saleh Ambah: A Subversive Soap Roils Saudi Arabia |
| Feature: For Jerusalem Palestinians, home not always home
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| August 2 |
| Israel: Power struggle leads to Netanyahu - Profile |
| Pakistan: More Rumors of Al-Zawahiri's Death |
| Geopolitical Diary: Oscillation in U.S. Defense Strategy |
| Afghanistan: The Grand Challenge for Petraeus |
| Iraq: The Last Battle |
| Raghida Dergham: Why Do Iran and Its Allies Bet on
Barack Obama? |
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| August 1 |
| Michael Hirsh: Why Israel Won’t Change |
| Patrick Seale: Arab intellectuals and the State |
| U.S.: Strengthening the Power of the ODNI |
| Citing stability in Iraq, Bush sees troop cuts |
| Israel’s political situation dims hopes for peace
deal |
