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October 2008 |
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| October 31 |
| Duplicity in Damascus |
| Analysis: Syrian leader makes a strategic decision to
turn the other cheek |
| Yossi Sarid : McCain would be as bad for Israel as Bush
was |
| US-IRAQ: Detainees May Go From Frying Pan to Fire |
| Akiva Eldar: The Middle East also wants a change |
| Poll: U.S. voters in Israel prefer McCain |
| Fresh from Iraq success, Petraeus takes on Afghanistan,
Iran |
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| October 30 |
| Christians On the Run in Iraq |
| Elections in Israel: Tzipi or Bibi? |
| Special report: US foreign policy in need of
reassessment |
| Claude Salhani: Setting the Record Straight on
‘Islamist Terrorism’ |
| Hasan Haidar: The Bou Kamal Raid and the Notion of
Borders |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Raid and Imbalance |
| Geopolitical Diary: New Questions About Nuclear
Sustainability |
| Analysis: US raid shows Assad's over-estimation |
| Global Finance: The Course of the Crisis and the IMF's
Abilities |
| George Hishmeh: Need for Deep Soul-Searching |
| Maria Appakova: Who in Israel Will Break the Vicious
Circle? |
| Thomas Friedman: Sleepless in Tehran |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Bradley Effect |
| Gareth Porter: U.S. cutoff threat unlikely to save Iraq
troop pact |
| Stuart Eizenstat: Why I support Barack Obama for
president |
| A Syrian haven for killers, then and now |
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| October 29 |
| Analysts Question Timing of Syria Raid |
| Egypt: Ruling Party in Free Fall |
| Hitting Syria, Five Years Late |
| Randa Takieddine: Can Obama do without Middle East oil? |
| The Chaos Theory: An Explanation for the Current
Financial Crisis? |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The American Raid |
| Israel: The Coming Elections' Effects in the Region |
| Geopolitical Diary: Consumer Confidence and the Dow
Surge |
| Reihan Salam: Obama And Iran |
| Daniel Levy: US Military Attack in Syria - Possible
Reasons and Likely Costs |
| Analysis: Obama, McCain deeply at odds on US wars |
| Analysis: The Financial Crisis in Russia |
| Italy: Preparing for the Financial Storm |
| Call It 'The Obama Effect' : Why undecided voters will
swing to McCain |
| Successes in the Global War on Terrorism |
| 2008 and the Return of the Nation-State |
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| October 28 |
| Mr. Assad's Medicine |
| Analysis: Syria Raid Suggests New US Stance |
| Analysis: Raid into Syria complicates Iraq's ties |
| Will Dubai's soaring economy come in for a landing? |
| Nazar Janabi: Iraqi Politicians Ponder Status of Forces
Agreement |
| Kirkuk dispute threatens to plunge Iraq into
Kurdish-Arab war |
| Missing Links: After the Fall |
| Ghassan Charbel: Obama's Window |
| Will Bush establish relations with Iran? |
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| October 27 |
| Uncertainty Stretching from the Levant to the Persian
Gulf |
| The Financial Crisis, the Carry Trade and the Global
System |
| Analysis: US takes page from Israel's book in Syria
strike |
| Analysis: A warning Syria's President Assad must heed |
| Is Iran's leader on the outs? |
| US strike on Syria: Raid is unlikely to provoke Damascus |
| Mostafa Zein: The Farewell to the Neoconservatives…
Yet another Lie |
| Mohammad Salah: The Arabs in the Spectators' Seats |
| Jihad el Khazen: Economy that Is Closer to a Casino |
| Akiva Eldar: The battle for peace is still on |
| Road to Damascus |
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| October 26 |
| Daniel Benjamin: Why Do Terrorists Love To Strike Around
Elections? |
| Timeline to possible Israeli election |
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| October
25 |
| Saudi Arabia: Challenges to OPEC's Cut |
| Arnaud De Borghrave: Leaning tower of babble |
| Chances for peace emerge in Mideast clashes |
| Walid Phares: Al Qaeda's Propaganda Aims to Affect US
Election |
| Charles Krauthammer: McCain for President |
| Race and the US Presidential Race |
| Iranians very focused on U.S. election |
| Vartan Oskanian: A Neighborly Option for Iran |
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| October 24 |
| Iran Turns Tables, Threatens Strike on Israel |
| Raghida Dergham: The Novelty of Obama in American
Politics |
| Geopolitical Diary: The World According to Riyadh |
| Analysis: Confusion in Iraq if security deal fails |
| Beyond the Meltdown: Unity and Division in the Pursuit
of Solutions |
| Election doubts over Ahmadinejad's health |
| United States: The Dangers of Fighting International
Organized Crime |
| Anouar Boukhars: The vulnerability of Arab economies |
| Abdel Monem Said Aly: Managing challenges |
| Needed: a new vision of inter-state cooperation |
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| October 23 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Ruble Rumors in Russia |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Colossus of Oil Lanes |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Republicans between Glory and
Disappointments |
| Iran and the "Taliban" Concern |
| Stopping A Nuclear Tehran |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Political Solution To An Economic
Problem |
| Iraq, Iran: Shaping Perceptions of the U.S. Presence
With a Fatwa |
| Jihadist Ideology and the Targeting of Humanitarian Aid
Workers |
| Elias Harfoush: Will Obama Save us from War with Iran? |
| Randa Takieddine: OPEC and the Difficult Decision |
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| October 22 |
| Is Arab support for Obama fading? |
| Obama's absence upsets some Muslims, Arabs |
| Switzerland, a Possible Target of Islamist Terrorism? |
| Saudi Arabia: Weighing its Options Within OPEC |
| Mostafa Zein: Optimistic about Obama but... |
| The Grand Bargain |
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| October 21 |
| Financial meltdown defuses military options on Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: The World on Hold |
| Walker's World: Into the recession |
| Getting Even with… La Marseillaise! |
| The United States, Europe and Bretton Woods II |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Kremlin's 'Anti-Crisis' Power
Move |
| A Done Deal? Pundits prematurely declare victory for
Obama |
| Elie Elhadj: A verdict on the “surge” |
| A Venti-Sized Recession? |
| Analysis: Israel no place to be an Arab |
| Unemployment could hit 210m in 2009 |
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| October 20 |
| The Middle-East American Vote – Who is for Whom? |
| How Wall Street's Bust Threatens Dubai's Boom |
| Falling oil prices may pinch OPEC |
| US faces worst recession in 26 years |
| Who Killed Wall Street? |
| The Russians are Coming – With Cash |
| Joseph S. Nye: America's Crisis Election |
| J. Scott Carpenter: A Forum without a Future? |
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| October 19 |
| Iraqi Christians Flee Violence In Ancient Homeland |
| Russians, Syrians discuss missile shield |
| Iran's Economy Runs Out Of Steam |
| Ultraconservative Islam on rise in Mideast |
| The Search for Al Qaeda |
| Bennett Ramberg: New approaches to halt Iran's nuclear
program |
| Analysis: Israel must adapt to reality of U.S.-Iran
dialogue |
| Analysis: Pressure piling up on Hamas ahead of unity
meet |
| Bush's successor faces Mideast conflicts |
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| October 18 |
| US paved way for Iran revolution |
| Economy: The LIBOR Drops |
| Symbol of peace stands at divide between troubled
Jerusalem |
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| October 17 |
| The Russian Navy Back in the Med |
| Could the Recession End the Iraq War? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Falling Oil Prices Drag Down High
Hopes |
| Russia: A Bank Run and Fears of a Repeat |
| Somalia: Pirates' Continuing Evolution |
| Russia, Yemen: Naval Ties Past and Present |
| Market Meltdown |
| The Fog: Translating Obama's vague foreign policy pronouncements |
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| October 16 |
| Appraising 'The Jewel of Medina' |
| The Geopolitics of Russia: Permanent Struggle |
| Analysis: U.S. defense spending problem |
| Salah Hemeid: Courting Iraq |
| Thomas Friedman: Why How Matters |
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| October 15 |
| Robert Dreyfuss: Iran Readies Its End-Game Iraq Strategy |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami: Disarming the Middle East |
| Iran, U.S.: Offering Talks and Avoiding Sanctions |
| Iraq Christians: In Defending the Self |
| Geopolitical Diary: A U.S. Financial Plan Takes Shape |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Financial Crisis and the
European and U.S. Solutions |
| Afghanistan, Pakistan: The Battlespace of the Border |
| Walid Phares: France's War with Jihadis |
| Middle East: Troubling Governance and Corruption
Indicators |
| Claude Salhani: Final Stages of the Palestinian
Conflict? |
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| October 14 |
| States, Economies and Markets: Redefining the Rules |
| Exodus of Christians as killers step up religious
cleansing in Iraq |
| Analysis: Israel may have become a liability for U.S. |
| Feature: Iraq strives to move beyond body count |
| The Financial Crisis in Europe |
| Walker's World: Is the worst over? |
| Israel: A Key Political Deal |
| Claude Salahani: Palestinian PM warns time is running out |
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| October 13 |
| Michel Morkos: The Financial "Titanic" |
| Reaching for a higher profile, Abu Dhabi opens a hub for
western media |
| Mostafa Zein: They All Grow Wise after Leaving the White
House |
| Geopolitical Diary: Lingering Questions and the Triumph
of Nationalism |
| Barry Rubin: Why the Middle East is sick |
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| October 12 |
| Feature: War-weary Saddam victims miss his iron rule |
| Ephraim Halevy: The major diplomatic challenges for the 21st
century |
| Negotiating Under Fire - Matthew Levitt, Ghaith al-Omari, and Dennis Ross |
| Economic Upheaval: Surveying the wreckage for signs of
life |
| Moshe Arens: Divided we fall |
| Philip Stephens: Crisis marks out a new geopolitical
order |
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| October 11 |
| Geopolitical Diary: U.S. Reconciliation With the Taliban
as an 'Exit Strategy' |
| Ariel Cohen: Somali Pirates Threaten Middle East
Shipping |
| Fisk: 'Collateral damage' or targeted killing, the
effect is much the same |
| Mohammad el-Ashab: Mediations Buried in the Sahara Sands |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Holocaust Used as a Camouflage |
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| October 10 |
| Patrick Seale: Israel Between War and Peace |
| Debris from the City and Wall Street will destroy
innocent lives |
| If Pakistan goes bust, the Taliban will rule the roost
there as well |
| U.S., Afghanistan: The Beginning of the End of the War? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Rate Cuts and Paying for the Bailout |
| The International Economic Crisis and Stratfor's
Methodology |
| Has the United States Poisoned Democracy? |
| Jordan: Fair Winds for the Brotherhood |
| Hassan Haidar: The Colors of Afghanistan |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Health of the "Sick Man" |
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| October 9 |
| Beyond the Post-9/11 World |
| Lyndon LaRouche: A four-power agreement to save the
world from hell |
| Ghassan Rubeiz: U.S.-Muslim Relations at Stake in U.S.
Election? |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: Bush calls out the army to enforce
the bailout |
| Nick Mottern: Iran attack more likely with low oil prices |
| Randa Takieddine: Kouchner and the Palestinian-Israeli
Struggle |
| Elias Harfoush: Reform and Change |
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| October 8 |
| Global Market Brief: Handling the Global Credit Crunch |
| Walker's World: Bush speaks at last |
| Dubai: 'We need slaves to build monuments' |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Russian Financial Power Play in
Iceland |
| Israeli has 3-6 months to hit Iran if Moscow sells
Tehran S-300 systems |
| Feature: Saddam now seen as ‘father of martyrs' by
visitors to his grave |
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| October 7 |
| Claude Salhani: Moderate Muslims Scream for Action |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Global Crisis |
| Nadwa Arar: Is Muslim Fundamentalism a Threat to the
West? |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Credit Crunch's Effects Outside
the United States |
| Michel Morkos: The Responsible "Financial
Capitalism" |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Baghdad Road |
| Elias Harfoush: An Unhappy Ending for Afghanistan |
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| October 6 |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: U.S. leadership challenged |
| Walker's World: Europe fails to act |
| Ex-CIA Agent: War with Iran may be coming |
| France warns of Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites |
| Claude Salhani: Syria, Egypt Launch Surprise Attack on
Israel, 35 Years Ago |
| Steve Shamrak: Israel on the brink as the winds of war
intensify |
| Geopolitical Diary: Israel, the United States and the
Search for a Russia Policy |
| Feature: Iraq hopes shrine rebuild can reconcile sects |
| Feature: Dubai aims to top its own world's tallest tower |
| Jesus Mosque: Jordan's interfaith peace symbol |
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| October 5 |
| Iraq: Disintegration on the Way to Unity? |
| Hassan Haidar: "Legitimate" Pirates |
| Mai Yamani: Putin of Arabia |
| Patrick Cockburn: Man in the Middle |
| Israel: Up Against the Red Light on Attacking Iran |
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| October 4 |
| Jewish terrorism threatens Israel |
| Analysis: Stable Iraq could influence Mideast |
| Geopolitical Diary: Three Events and the Tapestry of the
Next Decade |
| Global Market Brief: The Implications of Russia's
Declining Oil Production |
| Israel and Iran have much in common |
| Where the Jews Vote Republican |
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| October 3 |
| Iran's Revolutionary Guards - A Rogue Outfit? |
| Saudi Arabia can rein in the Taliban and al-Qaeda |
| Opposition party in Egypt faces dissent from within |
| Obama or McCain, Iran stance won't change |
| Report: Syria blast killed nuke plan officer |
| Yoel Marcus: A year without America |
| Isreal: Breaking the Silence |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Losing the Virtue of the Enemy |
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| October 2 |
| Special Report: U.S. Not Winning War on Terror |
| Afghanistan: Moves Toward Negotiating with the Taliban |
| Libya: A Russian Port Call and the West |
| Geopolitical Diary: Somalians, Russians and Pirates |
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| October 1 |
| George Friedman: The Political Nature of the Economic Crisis |
| Feature: Egypt tourism expected to recover after
kidnapping |
| John Gray: A shattering moment in America's fall from
power |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia and the Current Financial
Whirlwind |
| Isreal: Livni in Principle and in Practice |
| Abdullah Al Shayji: Iran fishing in troubled waters |
| Isreal: A Second Woman PM On Her Way |
| Iraq: Is Kurdish-Arab "Honeymoon" Over? |
