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| November 30 |
| Middle East: The Limits of U.S. Power |
| Dennis Ross: Talk Tough With Tehran |
| David Ignatius: An F for Bush's Iran Policy |
| Intelligence Guidance: Week of Nov. 30, 2008 |
| Pakistan: Parallel Crisis Brewing? |
| India, Pakistan: Movement in a Post-Mumbai World |
| Life Style: Daughters of the desert |
| Stuart Littlewood: Politicians in the Service of Israel
Shame us All |
| John Tirman: The battle for Iran |
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| November 29 |
| Seth Cropsey: To the Shores of Tripoli . . . |
| Editorial: Road Map in Iraq |
| Iraq: Mission Accomplised |
| Raghida Dergham: For Obama not to inherit the mistakes
of the Clinton Admin |
| Analysis: Is Al-Qaida behind the Mumbai terror attacks? |
| Analysis: Israel cannot defend against attacks such as
one at Mumbai |
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| November 28 |
| India: Mumbai Attacks and Hints of a Pakistan Connection |
| Red Alert: Possible Geopolitical Consequences of the
Mumbai Attacks |
| Iran protests at Middle East peace advert featuring
Israeli flag |
| Ammar Abdulhamid: From revolution to counterreformation |
| Libya: Succession scenarios still unclea |
| Stephen Schwartz: The Mosque and the Imam |
| George Hishmeh: Will the Real Hillary Clinton Please
Stand Up |
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| November 27 |
| Hassan Nafaa: What if? |
| Hassan Haidar: Kuwait's Options |
| Thomas Friedman: All Fall Down |
| Violence by Extremists in the Jewish Settler Movement: A
Rising Challenge |
| What it means: The path to indicting Olmert |
| Amira Has: This is Gaza |
| Defense Establishment gives the enemy hope that Israel's
end is near |
| West Bank: Settlers stay, or It's civil war |
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| November 26 |
| High-Seas pirates increasingly working with jihadis |
| Main points of US-Iraq military pact |
| Courting Syria: London Joins the Queue |
| Obama's choice of a team of rivals says much about the
president he will be |
| Geopolitical Diary: Obama Asks Robert Gates to Remain |
| Elias Harfoush: It's the Economy…Nejad! |
| Rami Khouri: Somali piracy reflects a troubling world |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The situation will certainly worsen |
| In the name of peace, Israelis and Palestinians should
become European |
| Mostafa Zein: The Baghdad government between Tehran and
Washington |
| Claude Salhani: Who is Winning the PR War? |
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| November 25 |
| Obama: First Moves |
| Analysis: The Gaza quandary |
| Geopolitical Diary: Obama's Plans for the Economy |
| Pakistan: Dismantling the Political Wing of the ISI |
| World scrambles to deal with pirate threat |
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| November 24 |
| Partick Seale: Iraq's Rocky Future |
| Israeli hawks ready to fly on Iran |
| Iran receives al Qaeda praise for role in terrorist
attacks |
| Elias Harfoush: Israel and the Syrian Priority |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Most Dangerous Thing about Abbas |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Palestinian Situation Is Very
Difficult |
| Oil in a Week - The Causes of Deteriorating Oil Prices
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| Mohammad Salah: The Age of Piracy |
| Elias Harfoush: Pirates of Somalia and Other Pirates |
| Anthony Cordesman: A Wartime Presidency, on Two Fronts |
| Thomas Joscelyn: Clear and Present Danger |
| An Israeli-Palestinian agreement: Forget about it |
| Arab culture: Facts and figures |
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| November 23 |
| Jeffery Kuhner: Obama's delusion |
| Some in Arab World Wary of Clinton |
| Mostafa Zein: Europe Awakens from the Bush Nightmare |
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| November 22 |
| Tim Rutten: Clinton, Obama and Israel |
| Commentary: Nostradamus Redux |
| The Dubai desert dream: it's not all fireworks and Kylie |
| Ghassan Charbel: Al-Zawahiri and Draining Obama |
| Iran: Will talks happen under Obama? |
| Raghida Dergham: Obama's Available Opportunities in the
Middle East |
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| November 21 |
| Hossein Askari: The mullahs should embrace Israel |
| The Saudi peace initiative: Still on the table, for now |
| US influence to decline, NIC intelligence report
predicts |
| From the Kremlin to Caracas, how oil collapse changes
everything |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Global Recession |
| Sami Moubayed: Syria and Britain all ears now |
| Con Coughlin: Barack Obama will find Middle East peace
elusive |
| $350m injection by 'Gulf's Warren Buffett' fails to help
Citigroup stock |
| Martin Kettle: Legal or not, Iraq's legacy is a boost to
the rule of law |
| Rana Sabbagh-Gargour: Concerns about the region |
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| November 20 |
| Iran's Bond Announcement and High Hopes For Talks |
| Military Intelligence Chief Shifts Israel's Iran Policy |
| Analysis: Palestinian Split Deepens |
| IAEA's Syria report brings more speculation over
radioactive traces |
| Syria to share intelligence on terrorism after Miliband
visit |
| Damascene Conversion |
| Peter Bergen: Why haven't we heard from Osama bin Laden? |
| United States: Pushing Deeper into Pakistan |
| Ghassan Khatib: Fateh, Hamas: A rift too deep |
| Yossi Alpher: Fateh, Hamas: Everything is linked |
| Smadar Perry: Fatah, Hamas: A game with open cards |
| Joharah Baker: After Hamas bailed, will Egypt be next? |
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| November 19 |
| Israel: Adjusting its Policy Toward Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: The SOFA and Iranian Options |
| Arshin Adib-Moghaddam: Iran and Obama's 'New' America |
| Factbox: Who are the pirates off Somalia's coast? |
| Middle East: How the Region Views the SOFA |
| Libya: Eyeing a Transition of Power |
| Iran: The Economy Exposed |
| Analysis: Oil Tankers and Pirates on the Open Sea |
| Rami Khouri: Real Conflicts and Imaginary Ideologies |
| Gaza: The Calm Before the Storm |
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| November 18 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Peace Processes Proceed in Iraq and
Afghanistan |
| Iran: An About-Face on the U.S-Iraqi Security Pact |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Syria, Israel and Peace Talks |
| Mostafa Zein: Sectarian Ambitions against the Nation |
| On G-20 and GM: Economics, Politics and Social Stability |
| David Ignatius: Unsettling Times for Jihadists |
| Walker's World: G20 summit no big deal |
| Soner Cagaptay: The Most Anti-American Nation |
| Analysis: Turkey, a land of paradoxes |
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| November 17 |
| Dirty little secrets: Sneaking around in Syria |
| Iraq on the Road to Regaining Sovereignty |
| Jihad el-Khazen: King Abdullah's Initiative was Right |
| The Abrahamic Religions - An Alternative to War |
| Analysis: Hamas, Israel trying to rewrite truce |
| Elias Harfoush: The Difficult Road to Dialogue |
| Al Qaeda says order given for US attack “far bigger
than 9/11” |
| Sexy background 'singing parties' return to Baghdad |
| Dark days in Gaza: Residents worried about winter |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Features of the Obama
Administration |
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| November 16 |
| Yossi Melman: Syria and the Iranian path |
| Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal |
| World leaders unite to restore global growth |
| Aanlysis: Hamas is calling the shots as Israel's leaders
bicker |
| Obama could change dynamics in the Arab world |
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| November 15 |
| U.S.: Redesigning the Bank Bailout |
| Is Obama the Muslim World's Superman? |
| Al-Qaeda's influence is spreading, says CIA chief |
| Robert Fisk: There is no end to the centuries of
savagery in Afghanistan |
| Daniel Levy: Four crises on Obama's horizon |
| Robert Thompson: False Semites |
| Sergio Minerbi: Sacrificing the Jews for Christianity |
| The Way Forward after Doha |
| The Middle East connection that kept BAE airborne |
| The Saudi King's vision for interfaith dialogue |
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| November 14 |
| The problems of engaging with Iran's supreme leader |
| Irwin Stelzer: Obama's Rude Awakening |
| Matthias Küntzel: Defining Jew-Hatred Down |
| Palestinian Factions Torture Opponents |
| Yoram Cohen: Is Hamas Committed to the Ceasefire? |
| Obama's "new" America and the question of Iran |
| Bashar and Obama: a new beginning |
| Aluf Benn: An instinctive concern |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Language of Bridges |
| Henry Siegman: Can the next U.S. president rescue the
two-state solution |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Back to the Future |
| Elias Harfoush: The Leaks by El-Baradei's Agency |
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| November 13 |
| Iran, U.S.: Missile Claims and BMD in Europe |
| Michael Rubin: Syria Can't Be Flipped |
| Britain in push to bring Syria in from the cold |
| Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks |
| Russia, Iran: Learning to Operate With Less |
| Sudan: The Real Meaning of a Cease-Fire in Darfur |
| Russia, Iran: Learning to Operate With Less |
| Obama's plan for Iraq about to meet reality |
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| November 12 |
| Special report: Al-Qaida's Deafening Silence |
| Was the U.S. Right About Syria Nukes? |
| Pundits debate the inevitability of a nuclear Iran |
| Randa Takieddine: Washington's Economic Summit without
Obama |
| Abdullah Iskandar: An Egyptian Offensive? |
| Russia: Organized Crime and an Explosion in Sochi |
| Russia: The Defense Industry Feels the Credit Crunch's
Effects |
| Arabs uneasy about joining Israeli army |
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| November 11 |
| Iran Returns to the Global Stage |
| Is Iran's Ahmadinejad losing chance for vote win? |
| Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan: Where Saudi and U.S.
Interests Diverge |
| Mostafa Zein: An Israeli Negotiating with an Israeli |
| Rahm Emanuel: Truth and Falsehoods |
| Patrick Seale: Obama and Middle East Urgency |
| Michel Morkos: Beyond Obama's Election |
| In Transition: The Obama Administration |
| Geopolitical Diary: Questions About China's Stimulus
Plan |
| Moshe Arens: The Bush legacy |
| Reuven Pedatzur: Why Israel needs more defense systems? |
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| November 10 |
| Walid Phares: Al-Qaida-Iraq's message to the new 'ruler
of the White House' |
| Nehemia Shtrasler: Brutal realities may dim Obama's fire |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Person who Fears no one Frightens no
one |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Profession of Waiting |
| Johannes Simbolon: Obama and 'tyranny of oil'? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Obama's Visit to the White House |
| Elias Harfoush: Is Obama's Victory Also a Victory for Islamist
Movements? |
| Cairo and Washington: Between White and Black |
| David Kilgour: Building Harmony Among Christians,
Muslims, Jews |
| Jerusalem's looming elections: A tale of two cities |
| Jerusalem's looming elections: A tale of two cities |
| Russia: A Fatal Submarine Accident |
| By Daoud Kuttab: Obama's Hope Spreads to the Middle East |
| The Worst Case Scenario: The economic consequences of
hope and change |
| William Kristol: President Obama, now it's our turn to
hope |
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| November 9 |
| Liat Collins: A new world (and world disorder) |
| Report identifies UK terrorist enclaves |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Barack Obama is not George Bush |
| Iraq to be an early test for Obama |
| Thomas Friedman: Show Me the Money |
| Zvi Bar'el: Obama won't fix it |
| Gideon Levy: Let's hope Obama won't be a 'friend of
Israel' |
| Al Gore: The Climate for Change |
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| November 8 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran and an Obama Administration |
| Saudi Arabia: Expanding Surplus, Falling Oil Prices
& Riyadh's Sway |
| Cesar Chelala: What Obama's election means to America
and the World |
| Patrick Seale: Reinventing America and reinventing the
world |
| After the carnage, life returns to Baghdad bazaars |
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| November 7 |
| Obama and the Presidential Security Challenge |
| Raghida Dergham: Will Obama be Reagan or Gorbachev? |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Bush is no more, but he is not over yet |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Obama the "Crossover" |
| Might Israel strike at Iran before Obama takes over? |
| Analysis: Syrians Ambivalent over Obama Victory |
| Ghassan Charbel: Bin Laden and Obama's Ghazwa |
| Geopolitical Diary: Medvedev's Carefully Timed Address |
| U.S., Russia: The Future of START |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Exacerbating Budget Deficit |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Arab Dream |
| Hassan Haidar: American Pioneering |
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| November 6 |
| Win, Lose, or Draw: Iraq Decisions Await President-Elect |
| George Friedman: Obama’s Challenge |
| Analysis: For Peace, the U.S. Will Have to Change |
| Irwin Stelzer: Europe Hopes for Change |
| Claude Salhani: Change Came to America and the World |
| Randa Takieddine: Will Obama Carry Out Change? |
| Iran sends mixed signals on Obama victory |
| Feature: The writing on the wall is West Bank restaurant
menu |
| Factbox: Condoleezza Rice's Middle East shuttle diplomacy |
| The Resurrection of the American Dream |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Making the World Safer |
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| November 5 |
| Geopolitical Diary: President-Elect Barack Obama |
| Iran also ripe for change |
| US elections: The winner must now take off the blindfold |
| Why the next U.S. president will be a wartime leader |
| U.S.: Al Qaeda and the Quiet Election Year |
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| November 4 |
| Syrian anger ebbs as Damascus is implicated in deadly
U.S. raid |
| Al-Qaida 'termination' approved by Syria |
| Geopolitical Diary: The 'World Electoral Map' |
| John Zoghbi: Democratic Reform Is Coming |
| Michel Morkos: KSA and China to the Rescue of the World! |
| The Face of America Is Changing - Is the World Changing? |
| Walker's World: America's choice |
| William Kristol: McCain Versus the Juggernaut |
| The Other U.S. Presidential Candidates… |
| Ghassan Charbel: The man who ruined the gathering |
| Damascus - Washington: Awaiting a new language! |
| Iraq: Key figures since the war began |
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| November 3 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Disquieting Scenario for the
Election |
| What is Assad's Next Move? |
| Yonah Alexander: Syria After the U.S. Helicopter Raid |
| Iraqi city calls for US raids on Syria |
| The prophets of Iranian regime split won't find it in
the fury of the bazaar |
| Deaths in Iraq Decline, but Pain of Losses Does Not |
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| November 2 |
| Questions raised over Syrian complicity in US raid |
| Syria: Supporting jihadists comes at a price |
| Thomas Friedman: Vote for ( ) |
| Syria and `the law of the jungle' |
| Obama and Bush booby traps overseas |
| Tzipi Livni's choice, now Israel's choice |
| Analysis: Al-Maliki stressing US departure |
| Robert Fisk: Arabs have to rely on Britain and Israel
for their history |
| Abu Dhabi - The new billionaires on the block |
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| November 1 |
| Leaders' False Assurances Doom Kuwaiti Investors |
| Patrick Seale: The Future of Oil |
| A Chance for new ideas about the Middle East after US
elections |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Capitalism Kaput? |
| Caroline Glick : Running against Bush |
| Ariel Cohen: 'Tsipi, King of Israel' |
| Mark MacKinnon: High times in the Axis of Evil |
| Jihad el-Khazen: McCain and His Anger Spells |
