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| December 31 |
| The Middle East: 2008 Goes Out With a Bang |
| Geopolitical Diary: Israel's Strategy in Gaza |
| Israel, Palestinian Territories: A New Rocket |
| Israel's New, Though Deadly, Reality |
| Robert Fisk: The self delusion that plagues both sides
in this bloody conflict |
| Gaza: the rights and wrongs |
| Tim Butcher: Israel has left the peace process in ruins |
| Nir Rosen: Israel, Gaza, and the Logic of Colonial Power |
| Gaza: What next? |
| Michael Freund: The politics of air strikes |
| Tariq Ali : From the ashes of Gaza |
| Ghazanfar Hyderi: Blood for Balochistan |
| Jihad el-Khazen: This is no politics, but suicide |
| Mostafa Zein: Glorifying Impending Death in the Name of
Peace |
| Analysis: Hamas racks up its first diplomatic victory in
Gaza campaign |
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| December 30 |
| Israel declares 'war to the bitter end' as death toll
rises |
| Israeli assault on Gaza risks emboldening radicals |
| Israeli strikes in Gaza risk political win for Hamas |
| Israel, Palestinian Territories: Hamas and the Israeli
Offensive |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Latest Phase of
Israeli-Palestinian Fighting |
| Jessica Ashooh: Israel's latest Middle East action
follows an old rut |
| Analysis: Israeli politics lies behind Gaza attacks |
| Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Gaza Matters |
| Analysis: Israel keeps objectives vague |
| Gaza tactics and long-term goals divide Israeli military
analysts |
| Analysis: Why Israel’s military option is likely to
backfire |
| Analysis: Israel hopes to set new game rules with Gaza
offensive |
| Analysis: Gaza: Flashpoint of violence |
| Commentary: Annus Horribilis 2009 |
| Walker's World: Will the financial crisis end in 09? |
| Feature: Iraq's milestone for new year |
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| December 29 |
| Analysis: With strikes, Israel reminds foes it has teeth |
| Hassan Haidar: The Israeli Trap |
| Gaza: Why Israel and Hamas are trading rocket fire |
| Jackson Diehl: Olmert's Final Failure |
| Gerlad Steinberg: Can Israel win the 'soft power' war in
Gaza? |
| Akiva Eldar: The way out of Gaza |
| Tom Segev: Trying to 'teach Hamas a lesson' is
fundamentally wrong |
| The Short War: Why Israel wants the war in Gaza to be
brief |
| Amira Hass: 'Gaza strike is not against Hamas, it's
against all Palestinians' |
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| December 28 |
| Israel plays for high stakes in Gaza attack |
| Ghassan Charbel: Stopping the Massacre |
| Gideon Levy: The neighborhood bully strikes again |
| Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive
came about |
| Israeli strikes mark new phase of violence with Hamas |
| Israel's hammer blow in Gaza |
| Ian Black: Attacks are only going to strengthen hand of
Hamas |
| Yossi Sarid: Let's hope this time we'll know when to stop |
| Zvi Barel: Delusions of victory in Gaza |
| Analysis: With Gaza raid, Barak is back in the political
ring |
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| December 27 |
| Analysis: Hamas unlikely to be toppled |
| Analysis: IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of
'shock and awe' |
| Analysis: A hard look at Hamas' capabilities |
| The Gaza Air Strikes: Why Israel Attacked |
| Analysis: How did Assad manage to gain international
respect? |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami: Obama’s Middle East |
| Patrick Seale: The Arab World's Grim Prospects for 2009 |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Alice in Pakistan |
| No longer in power, free to talk, Neocons seek to
rewrite history |
| Overlapping Russian and Syrian messages… to
Washington |
| Renewed Power Struggle in Iran as the Presidential
Elections Approach |
| U.S. faces growing threats to Internet from many enemies |
| Atlantic Eye: From Lockerbie to missile defense |
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| December 26 |
| Robert Gates:
A Balanced Strategy: Reprograming Pentagon for a New Age |
| In terror report, 3 areas of prime concern for US |
| The Great Crash, 2008 : A Geopolitical Setback for the
West |
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| December 25 |
| India, Pakistan: Signs of a Coming War |
| Analysis: Bush a catalyst in America's declining
influence |
| Jonathan Freedland: Accord with the Arab world a prize
worth Israel's effort |
| Analysis: Hamas seems to believe Jews 'understand only
force' |
| With Orthodoxy’s revival in Russia, religious media
also rise |
| Axis of Evil gifts: ICBMs from N. Korea to Iran |
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| December 24 |
| David Ignatius: A new partner in Syria? |
| The sad exodus of Christians from the birthplace of
Jesus |
| Palestine and Israel: The ring of terror tightens |
| Randa Takieddine: Happy New Year |
| Mostafa Zein: An Arms Race Bolstered by Ideology |
| Iraq: It could be more than three years to US departure |
| Iraq's Year of Choices |
| Follow the Money |
| Jordanian students rebel by embracing Islam |
| U.S. and Afghans plan to recruit local militias |
| Analysis: The sanctions on Iran are not working |
| Analysis: Hamas is playing the brinkmanship game in Gaza |
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| December 23 |
| Conflicting reports on Iran, Russia missile deal |
| The new Iraq: The bombing goes on, but the building has
begun |
| Can Obama Restore the US Image in the Middle East? |
| Foreign Gifts to White House Staff |
| Geopolitical Diary: Countdown to a Crisis on the
Subcontinent |
| Stemming the Rise of Islamic Extremism in Bangladesh |
| Walker's World: The oil curse |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Bush Administration Taking Its Last
Breaths |
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| December 22 |
| Syria: Terror's made-to-order milieu |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Announcement of a Surge in
Afghanistan |
| 2009's Most Pressing International Issue: Iran |
| Arabs: Glorifying the Shoe |
| Analysis: Selfish Middle East leaders holding region back |
| Elias Harfoush: Gaza between Haniyeh and Barak |
| Fareed Zakaria: Now the Real Test for Obama |
| Yearender: Mideast peace process in doubt as new
year nears |
| Iraq in 2008: Between bloodshed and the ballot box |
| Iran in 2008: Inflation at home, isolation abroad |
| David Ignatius: Turkey's Domino Theory |
| Analysis: Meet the Hamas military leadership |
| Daoud Kuttab: Is the peace process irreversible? |
| Analysis: When it comes to Gaza, Israel must choose
between bad and worse |
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| December 21 |
| Frida Ghitis: Nuclear Iran poses tough challenge for
Obama |
| Somalia's Islamists: The rise of the Shabab |
| Richard Murphy: U.S., Iran Both Need an Attitude Change |
| Let Russia Stop Iran - Oded Eran, Giora Eiland, and Emily Landau |
| Analysis: Syrian illusions |
| Emmanuel Navon: Withdrawing from the Golan talks |
| Analysis: Budget will decide whether Israel attacks Iran |
| Gideon Levy: Talk with Hamas |
| Zvi Bar'el: It's Hamas who decides |
| Jonathan Cook: Bush's Parting Gift to Israel |
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| December 20 |
| Iran Economy: From Bad to Worse? |
| Russia, Israel: Missing the Target |
| Timeline: Milestones in six decades of Middle East |
| Patrick Seale: Bush's Day of Reckoning |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Exploiting the Siege to Target the
Arabs |
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| December 19 |
| Oil: A Counterintuitive Price Drop |
| Geopolitical Diary: India's Invisible War Footing |
| Pakistan: The Perils of Using Islamism to Protect the
Core - Part 1 |
| Pakistan: A Crisis in Indian-Pakistani Relations - Part 2 |
| Pakistan: Making It on Its Own - Part 3 |
| Prospects for Middle East reconciliation appear bleak |
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| December 18 |
| The Lesson of the Iraqi Shoe Thrower |
| Iran’s Regional Security Policy: Opportunities and Challenges |
| The Presidential Inaugural: Challenges and the Home
Field Advantage |
| OPEC: The Largest Cut Ever |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia, Obama and the S-300 to Iran |
| Obama, Bush find common ground on foreign policy |
| A comprehensive approach to the Middle East peace
process |
| Syria offers Israel peace for return of land |
| Walker's World: Could U.S. go bankrupt? |
| UAE to Buy Into U.S. Plan to Deploy Anti-Missile System |
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| December 17 |
| Fouad Ajami: The Return of Realpolitik in Arabia |
| Iran: Economic Isolation and Crisis |
| Risks to rise in 2009 among Israelis and Palestinians |
| Jeffrey White: The Challenges of Israeli Military Action
in Gaza |
| Jihad El-Khazen: The Flying Shoes Sum Up the Opinion of
the Majority |
| Randa Takieddine: The New OPEC Era in Oran |
| Abdullah Iskandar: In Praise of "the Way of the
Shoe" |
| Barack Obama's Washington: who's who in US politics |
| Middle East needs Obama’s touch - Richard Haass and Martin Indyk |
| Michael Freund: Bush's December surprise |
| Alexander Yakobson: Where's the Israeli initiative? |
| Feature: Iranians hit by Dubai property slide |
| Patrick Seale: Will Obama Talk to Hamas? |
| Hamas: Not built for surprises |
| The Ahab syndrome: Why Olmert should resign now |
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| December 16 |
| Egypt: Good intentions fail to fill diplomatic void |
| Falling Fortunes, Rising Hopes and the Price of Oil |
| Pakistan: Islamists & the Benefit of Indo-Pakistani
Conflict |
| The Face of the World in 2025 |
| Claude Salhani: The U.S. View of the World |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Maybe Mountazer Al Zeidi's Shoe Will be
Gilded Someday |
| Ghassan Charbel: Obama and the Global Approach |
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| December 15 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Strategic Costs of the War in
Iraq |
| Ideological clash of two jihadi titans shakes Al Qaeda |
| Michel Morkos: Globalization of the Crisis |
| Elias Harfoush: Gates's "Carrot" and the Gulf
"Stick"! |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Arab Newspapers Will Survive |
| Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
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| ‘Hard Lessons: The Iraq
Reconstruction Experience’ |
| Analysis: Bush's Iraq trip highlights war unwon |
| Why the U.S. Will Scale Down Its Goals in Afghanistan |
| Feature: For some Mahdi Army fighters in Iraq the pen is
mightier |
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| December 14 |
| Obama faces heady challenges, and they're growing |
| Greek riots spark fear of Europe in flames |
| Jihad el-Khazen: I expect Russia to Regain its Standing
as a Superpower |
| Feature: Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo
bars |
| Interview: Top US diplomat urges effective diplomacy on
Iran |
| Saudi Arabia: More than just peace with the Taliban |
| Caroline Glick: Netanyahu's grand coalition |
| Analysis: Cruelty and silence in Gaza |
| Jackson Diehl: The door that Bush kept open |
| Charles Krauthammer: The Real Obama |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: Our Pakistan Problem |
| Feature: Gaza families eat grass as Israel locks border |
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| December 13 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Significance of Pirates |
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| December 12 |
| Will Israel Dare Attack Iran? |
| Claude Salhani: Modern day piracy worries security
experts |
| The Zarqawi Generation: The New Schism in the Jihadist
Movement |
| David Schenker: The EU and Syria Move Closer |
| AP Interview: General says Iraq work far from over |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The "Weapon" of Human
Rights |
| Analysis: War at sea swells to new heights |
| Jack Goldstone: How Will Iran Answer Obama? |
| Is Obama Ready to Strike Deals or will he Cling to
Principles? |
| In Her Own Words: Hillary Clinton on the Middle East |
| Victor Davis Hanson: Blame Bush, Barack, or Us? |
| Tariq Ramadan: Europe’s Islam Question |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami: Obama’s Middle East |
| Roger Cohen: A U.S.-Iranian Conversation |
| Special Report: A Marshall Plan for Africa |
| West Bank Hardball: Fatah's Offensive Against Hamas |
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| December 11 |
| Rami Khouri: Bush-Rice: A Legacy of Lies and Delusion |
| Ari Shavit: An Israeli tragedy |
| Seumas Milne: Britain leaves Iraq in shame. The US won't
go so quietly |
| Factbox: Israeli political parties |
| Feature: A young life changed forever by Iraq's war |
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| December 10 |
| Greece: Riots and the Global Financial Crisis |
| Jaime Daremblum: A Perfect Storm in Latin America |
| Luke Harding: Back to the USSR |
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| December 9 |
| Next Steps in the Indo-Pakistani Crisis |
| India: Assessing the Counterterrorism Picture |
| Clerical Terror: The roots of jihad in India |
| Analysis: While the Arab world slept |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Afghanistan Surge and the
Pakistanis' Role |
| Gaza fishermen play cat and mouse with Israeli navy |
| India: Assessing the Counterterrorism Picture |
| The Deficit Turns $1 Trillion |
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| December 8 |
| Robert Kablan: Trouble in the Other Middle East |
| Ghassan Charbel: Leading amidst Thick Fog |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Why Should Obama Thank Bush? |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Gaza Siege in the Brotherhood's
Call |
| The Latter-Day Sultan: Power and Politics in Iran |
| Michel Morkos: The US Contagion |
| The next chapter in the shadow war between the US and
Al-Qaeda |
| Analysis: Israeli deterrence against Hamas is weakening |
| Moshe Arens: Nothing learned, no regrets |
| Geopolitical Diary: Too Little, Too Late for Pakistan? |
| Pakistan's Jihad - Bill Roggio & Thomas Joscelyn |
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| December 7 |
| Dubai, the Glittering Emirate, Revisited |
| Karl Rove launches 'Bush legacy project' with Iraq war
claim |
| The Issue of Palestine was the Original Sin |
| What do the financial crisis and US Middle East policy
have in common? |
| Leo Mirani: The meaning of Mumbai |
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| December 6 |
| Robert Fisk: Whenever I'm in Tajikistan, my mobile phone
says I'm in Dubai |
| Russia: The Death of the Patriarch and the Struggle
Ahead |
| Iraq: Pacts with Iraq signal hope for change in the Arab
sphere |
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| December 5 |
| Patrick Seale: The Mystery of Arab Impotence |
| Libya: Succession Scenarios Still Unclear |
| Obama's Middle East challenge |
| Are Al Qaeda's fingerprints on the Mumbai attack? |
| US-Middle East: Regional Players Key to Salvaging Peace
Process |
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| December 4 |
| From the New York Landmarks Plot to the Mumbai Attack |
| George Hishmeh: A U.N. Role for U.S. Pullout from Iraq |
| India, Pakistan: The Dynamics of Conflict |
| Matthew Levitt: Financial Setbacks for Hamas |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Unholy war culture |
| Walker's World: Our Great Depression |
| Feature: Another high-profile murder heats Egyptian
tempers |
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| December 3 |
| Claude Salhani: PLO agees to proceed to statehood
without waiting for Gaza |
| Jim Lobe: Obama Urged to Quickly Engage Iran, Syria |
| Preview: Peace process hangs by a thread as Mideast
enters new year |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Accelerating Crisis on the
Subcontinent |
| Pakistan: Choosing Civil Strife Over War With India |
| Obama’s team of stars: Can he manage it? |
| Thomas Friedman: Calling All Pakistanis |
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| December 2 |
| Dis-appointments for Arabs, Iranians |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Challenges Awaiting Obama's
Foreign Affairs Team |
| George Friedman: Strategic Motivations for the Mumbai Attack |
| Analysis: Settlers may be Israel's toughest battle |
| Mumbai: Islamist Terror's New Modus Operandi |
| Pakistan: Assessing Military Options |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Mumbai Crisis |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Fateh Islam in India? |
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| December 1 |
| Patrick Seale: Obama and the Arabs |
| Walker's World: Semi-state terror |
| Analysis: The danger of 'losing Turkey' |
| Thomas Friedman: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance |
| Fareed Zakaria: Wanted: A New Grand Strategy |
| William Kristol: Before Bush Goes |
| The Obama Jolt: Is Barack a secret centrist? |
| Amos Harel The war against terror has changed |
| Editorial: Iraq must ensure Christians return |
