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| February 28 |
| Michael Singh: Urge Damascus to Come Clean on Nuclear
Activity |
| Patrick Seale The Coming U.S.-Iran Dialogue |
| United Arab Emirates: The Immigration Crackdown Begins |
| Raghida Dergham: The Dubai Dream and the Need to Return
to Reality |
| Michael Singh: Urge Damascus to Come Clean on Nuclear
Activity |
| Patrick Seale The Coming U.S.-Iran Dialogue |
| United Arab Emirates: The Immigration Crackdown Begins |
| Raghida Dergham: The Dubai Dream and the Need to Return
to Reality |
| Analysis: Israel's Lurch to the Right Could Be Far
Indeed |
| Dogs of war: Blue helmets and bottom lines |
| Richard Sale: U.S. Retains Hidden Grip on Pakistan's
Nukes |
| Commentary: Appeaseistan |
| Mohammad Salah: Al-Hussein's Incident and the Pursuit of
Death |
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| February 27 |
| Can Israel make peace with Syria without leaving Golan? |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Turkish and Iranian Balance of
Power |
| Iran: The Challenge of Independent Enrichment |
| Dismay at plan to leave 50,000 US troops in Iraq after
2010 |
| Economy: The Implications of Sovereign Credit Downgrades |
| Arms show in Emirates leads to $4.6 billion in deals |
| View From Dubai: Don't Write Us Off Just Yet |
| Jihad El-Khazen: I Have Deliberately Used Israel as an
Example |
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| February 26 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Another Attempt at Arab Unity? |
| Saudi Arabia: Fears of a Shiite Uprising |
| Analysis: Iran can up nuke program |
| The Long Arm of the Lawless - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| Israel killer drone can take out Iran's S-300 anti-air
missile |
| Decline in revenues threatens Iraqi rebuilding and
political stability |
| Libya takes new roles, hopes to lead on Darfur,
Palestinians |
| Gulf States: Labor Policies, Financial Crisis and
Security Concerns |
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| February 25 |
| Jeffrey Gettleman: The Most Dangerous Place in the World |
| Elias Harfoush: The Netanyahu Era |
| Zionists in 1948: Poised for Expansion |
| Jihad El-Khazen: The Deceptive Likud Leader |
| Changing Equations and Arab Constants |
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| February 24 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Public Divisions Among the
Palestinians |
| Rami Khouri: Dangerous Gap in the Middle East |
| Feature: Syria, courted from abroad, remains coy |
| Arab festival opens at Kennedy Center in DC |
| Obama's goad to Damascus |
| UAE: Dubai Issues Bonds |
| Feature: Egypt fears loss of tourist dollars after bomb
attack |
| Background: Hamas's challenge to the PLO |
| Analysis: In a Palestinian unity gov't, Hamas wins |
| A Third Way: Normalizing relations with Iran will help
both sides |
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| February 23 |
| Rift Within al-Qaida? Is Osama About to be Found? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Continuing Cooperation with
Iran |
| Jameel Theyabi: A Letter to Iran… "We Are
Here" |
| Ghassan Charbel: Prelude to the Storm |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Manifesto |
| Sex, drugs and Islam |
| Egypt: Bombings In Cairo |
| Olivier Guitta: Saudi Arabia's Terror Challenge |
| Elliott Abrams: The Path of Realism or the Path of
Failure |
 Countering
transnational threats: Terrorism, Narco-Trafficking, and WMD |
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| February 22 |
| The Nuclear Risk: How Long Will Our Luck Hold? |
| David Ignatius: A Three-Pronged Bet on 'AFPAK' |
| Netanyahu, Once Hawkish, Now Touts Pragmatism |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Netanyahu, Tensions, and Reassurances |
| Mohammad Salah: An Intra-Arab Calm before the Dialogue |
| Jihad El-Khazen: If Obama Succeeds, So Will We |
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| February 21 |
| Israel: The Options for a Netanyahu Government |
| Netanyahu handed reins of a jittery Israel |
| Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Dana Moss: The President of Africa |
| Is Obama Ready for a Hard-Right Israel? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Europe's Paralysis Over Russia |
| NATO: A Disappointing Summit |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Iran must remember that its House is
made of glass |
| Walid Choucair: The Israeli condition against the
Egyptian role |
| Hasty Interpretations of Developments & of US
Dialogue with Iran and Syria |
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| February 20 |
| UAE: The Financial Crisis and Abu Dhabi-Dubai Relations |
| Iran's Saber Rattling: Real Threat or the Talk of Paper
Mullahs? |
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| February 19 |
| Syria 'rebuilding' chemical weapons capability |
| Jihad TV in Europe |
| Iraqi provincial election results |
| Shaping Up Saudi Arabia |
| Saudi Arabia Changes Course, Slowly |
| Hassan Haidar: Iran and Bahrain… and Saddam's
Lesson |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Israel Is the Mother and Father of
Terror |
| Remittances: Trickle-down economics |
| Mexico: The Third War |
| Greece: A Dud IED and Lessons Learned |
| U.S.: The Obama Mortgage Plan |
| What is happening with Gaza truce talks? |
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| February 18 |
| Syria's strongman ready to woo Obama with both fists
unclenched |
| Analysis: Gulf Arabs fear US-Iran diplomacy at their
expense |
| Thomas Friedman: No way, no how, not here |
| US-Iranian Negotiations and the Absence of the Arabs |
| Saudi Arabia, Yemen: A High-Level Jihadist Surrenders |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Sign of Russia's Renewed
Confidence |
| Analysis: The winner is ... Likud or Likud |
| Commentary: Silent cyberwar |
| Analysis: U.S. strategists need to learn from 1980s Iraqi
army victories |
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| February 17 |
| From Iran's hard-liners, tough talk - but pragmatism as
well |
| Israel launches covert war against Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran the Sacrificial Lamb? |
| U.S., Russia, Iran: A Possible Deal on Missile Defense |
| Rodger Baker: The Emerging Obama Foreign Policy |
| The PLO: Why an Alternative and Why the Panic? |
| Feature: Indians begin to return home as Gulf dreams
crash down |
| Venezuela: Chavez and His Referendum |
| Israel: Waiting to See Who Blinks First |
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| February 16 |
| Gadhafi up to old tricks in new way |
| Are Shi'ite Feuds Driving Iraq's Lingering Violence? |
| Rami Khouri: A Symbiotic Death Dance |
| Geopolitical Diary: The G7's Response to the Financial
Crisis |
| For Livni and Netanyahu, rotating government could be the
only option |
| Fareed Zakaria: Israel's Existential Dilemma |
| Mostafa Zein: Everyone Is against Centralization in Iraq |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Optimism and the Dangers of Relapse |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Talking to the Deaf |
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| February 15 |
| Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah's Bold Move |
| Looking for love: Livni the lonely spy |
| Iraq: Good News Is No News |
| Michael Rubin: Diplomacy by itself won't work with Iran |
| Ayman El-Amir: Hamas's albatross |
| Helena Cobban: Egypt's star rising in regional politics |
| M.D. Nalapart: Strange Shiite bedfellows |
| Dogs of War: Media to contractors: Who are you guys? |
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| February 14 |
| Dubai's six-year building boom grinds to halt |
| Hamas murder campaign in Gaza exposed |
| Claudia Rosett: US commerce department waives Syria
sanctions |
| Andrew Lee Butters: Talking and Listening to Iran |
| Israel: An Election, but Who Won? |
| Claude Salhani: Run, Tzipi, Run! |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Iran |
| Don't Dumb Down Afghanistan - Gary Schmitt & Daniel Twining |
| Syrian-Iranian Ties: Deterioration or Activation? |
| Raghida Dergham: No Deals or Impunity under Obama |
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| February 13 |
| Patrick Seale: America's Troublesome Ally |
| Saudi Arabia: Jihadist Revival Unlikely Anytime Soon |
| Dubai: Feeling the effects of economic slump |
| U.S, Russia: The Implications of a Collision in Space |
| U.S., Russia: A Mysterious Satellite Collision |
| Daniel Larison: Turkey's Israel problem |
| Feature: Fatwa banning membership in Islamist groups
stirs debate |
| Ghassan Charbel: Waiting in Tunnels |
| Mohammad Salah: Israeli Elections and Arab Democracy |
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| February 12 |
| Israel: Deadlock in the Knesset |
| Feature-Iraqi refugees in Syria reluctant to return |
| Afghanistan: A Demonstration of the Taliban's Reach |
| Iran, Russia, U.S.: The BMD link |
| Israel: An election that raises Syria's appetite |
| Engaging Syria: U.S. constraints and opportunities |
| Analysis: Iran's top diplomat weighs influence in Iraq,
tests US |
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| February 11 |
| Iran:
Meddling in the Hamas Rivalry |
| Jihad El-Khazen: The Manifesto of Daily Lies |
| Analysis: Coalition options wide open after Israeli
election |
| Geopolitical Diary: Renewed Drive in Washington |
| U.S.: Obama's Economic Recovery Plan |
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| February 10 |
| Syria: Iran's
Role in the Muslim Brotherhood Talks |
| George Friedman: Munich and the Continuity Between the Bush and
Obama Foreign Policies |
| Israel Election: Politics of Paralysis |
| Commentary: 'Wired for War' |
| Inside the Gaza tunnels |
| As Israelis vote, it's all about war and peace |
| Mostafa Zein: Jabotinsky Wins the Israeli Elections |
| Analysis: Erdogan is Arab world's new hero |
| Geopolitical Diary: Quiet Moves in the Great Game |
| Shimon Peres: One Region, Two States |
| The World's Many Conflicts |
| Khomeini revered as Iran's revolution hits 30 |
| Right-winger Emerges as Israel's Kingmaker |
| Atoms for What? The U.S.-UAE Nuclear Accord |
| As Israelis head to polls, anxiety and fatigue rule |
| Israel's elections: Shifting to the right by both sides |
| After Iraqi elections, next big test is acceptance |
| Washington and Tehran: From Wrestling to Chess? |
| Jameel Theyabi: Iran "Succeeds" Brazenly |
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| February 9 |
| For the first time, Christians in Qatar worship in
church |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Continuing U.S.-Iranian Stall |
| Israel: A Promise of War |
| Israeli elections pitch large parties against small |
| Olivier Guitta: United Against Islamists? |
| Feature: Arab Israelis poised between boycott and protest
vote |
| Analysis: Likud resurgent as Israelis want
"strong" leader |
| What Is the Shape of the Future Israeli Government? |
| Analysis: Actions and reactions |
| Tunnels, Crossing-Points and Funds |
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| February 8 |
| Steven Lee Myers: America’s Scorecard in Iraq |
| Analysis: U.S. looks warily to Israeli election |
| Analysis: US-Iran ties tense after Obama offer |
| LaRouche: Stop Dope, Inc.'s Takeover of World Economy |
| Thomas Friedman: Peace won't be possible without
stability in West Bank |
| Netanyahu stokes fears to take poll lead |
| Elias Harfoush: The Crisis between the Jews and the
Vatican |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Israel Does Not Need an Excuse in the
First Place |
| On the trail of torture |
| Analysis: Bibi Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni need to woo
Yvette Lieberman |
| A World of Trouble: America in the Middle East by Patrick
Tyler |
| Israeli Elections: Do They Really Matter? |
| Analysis: Hamas Is Not Going Away |
| Analysis: A Truce Too Big to Fail? |
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| February 7 |
| Israel: Taking a Harder Line Against Iran |
| Netanyahu:
The leader who struts like a superpower |
| Iran: Unemployment and inflation dim the glow of
30-year-old new dawn |
| A look at top PM candidates in Israel's election |
| Peter Berkowitz: Waltzing Among the Rockets |
| Michael Rubin: An Opening to Iran? |
| Iraq: A Drama-Free Election |
| Geopolitical Diary: Hard Choices for the Obama Team |
| Pakistan: The Politics of A.Q. Khan's Release |
| Iraq: The Provincial Elections and Al-Maliki's New
Prospects |
| Samir Sumaida'ie: The Promise In Iraq's Rebirth |
| Patrick Martin: Israeli politics and the prime minister
is ... |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Why, Mr. Ajami? |
| Walid Choucair: Are Rockets a Response to
Reconciliations? |
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| February 6 |
| Political Divide Between Hamas, Fatah Deepens |
| Tulin Daloglu: This Isn't Your Mother's Turkey |
| Chaim Landau: Gaza and the Quest for Peace |
| Nigel Ashton: Bibi's Separate Peace |
| Usama Khalidi: What Saudi Arabia Should Do |
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| February 5 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A U.S. Treasury Move Signals to Iran |
| Sneak Preview of the Iranian Revolution |
| George Hishmeh: Are the Tables Turning on Israel? |
| Tehran-Cairo and the Heated Confrontation |
| Russia: An American Olive Branch |
| Obama and the Treatment of Terrorist Suspects |
| David Morgan: The permanence of Persia |
| How not to fund Hamas: Scrutinize those who receive U.S.
aid |
| Much at stake for Egypt in Palestinian-Israel talks |
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| February 4 |
| Israel and Hamas Prepare for the Next Gaza War |
| Iran: A Successful Satellite Launch? |
| John Bolton: Iraq's victory, Iran's loss |
| David Makovsky: Another Israeli Election Down to the Wire |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Exporting the Isalmic Revolution via
Palestine |
| Randa Takieddine: Positive American Indicators |
| Claude Salhani: Middle East Road Map for George Mitchell |
| Soner Cagaptay: Can Obama Break Turkey's EU Impasse? |
| U.S. oil dependency and the diminishing wealth of Arab
oil exporters |
| Erdogan and Neo-Ottomanism! |
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| February 3 |
| PLO: The
Palestinian umbrella that does not include Hamas |
| Geopolitical Diary: Implications of Iraq's Elections |
| Analysis: Ahmadinejad does it again |
| Analysis: Iraq still faces hurdles after election |
| George Friedman: Erdogan's Outburst and the Future of the Turkish State |
| Qatar Challenges Washington on Hamas |
| The Great Crash, 2008: A Geopolitical Setback for the
West |
| Geopolitical Diary: NATO Members Free To Seek Iran's
Assistance |
| Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's Turn from the West |
| Iran… and the Treacherous Alliance |
| Winners and losers in Gaza: A Palestinian perspective |
| Iraq: Key figures since the war began |
| PLO: The Authority and the Program |
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| February 2 |
| Obama's Mideast Challenges: The Coming Crises |
| Claude Salhani: The Mouth That Roared |
| Jihad El-Khazen: The Tragedy is that the Entire Nation
is at Rock Bottom |
| Caroline Anning: Bibi Netanyahu and a Fading Peace |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Whenever a summit discusses a
disagreement, it intensifies |
| Roger cohen: The Other Iran |
| Talk to Iran. Then What? |
| Feature: Old Damascus struggles to cope in the new Syria |
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| February 1 |
| Analysis: Qatar at heart of Mideast `cold war' |
| Analysis: U.S. needs Iran's help to fight Afghan war |
| Iraq: Elections could be a telling signpost |
| Galal Nassar: Who wants velayat el-faqih? |
| David Ignatius: Humbled Masters At Davos |
| Nicholas Kristof: Obama’s Long Shot for Peace |
| Thomas Friedman: Elvis Has Left the Mountain |
| Amira Hass: Life in the Gaza Strip is not 'back to
normal' |
| Abdel-Moneim Said: Gaza crisis lessons |
