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April 2009 |
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| April 30 |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Shia |
| Amir Taheri: Ahmadinejad and the 'Sunrise Power' of
Iran |
| Thomas Friedman: A Torturous Compromise |
| A Chilling Effect on U.S. Counterterrorism - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| Six years after Saddam Hussein, Nouri al-Maliki tightens his grip on Iraq |
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| April 29 |
| Michael Jacobson: Throwing the Book at Tehran |
| Abdullah Iskandar: After the First Hundred Days |
| Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan's Containment Strategy |
| Has Ahmadinejad softened his position on Israel? |
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| April 28 |
| George Friedman: Obama's First Hundred Days and U.S. Presidential Realities |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Is Pakistan another Iran? |
| Abdullah: War in Middle East if no peace deal |
| Jameel Theyabi: The World is Conspiring |
| Stephen Hayes: Cheney vs. Obama |
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| April 27 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Pandemic Possibility |
| Egypt and Lieberman… and Iran! |
| Watchdog warns arms transfers to Mideast rising |
| Iraq: Hindering US Withdrawal |
| Will Shi'ite Militias Seek Revenge in Iraq? |
| Clinton’s Mideast Pirouette |
| Iraq resists pleas by U.S. to placate Hussein’s
party |
| Frank Rich: The banality of Bush White House evil |
| Emanuele Ottolenghi: No discounts for Iran |
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| April 26 |
| Zvi Bar'el: The Iranian threat is just an excuse |
| Analysis: Obama and Netanyahu - Storm Clouds Ahead? |
| Gaza Resistance Destroys Fatah Faction |
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| April 25 |
| Iran, Iraq: An Agreement on an Oil Pipeline |
| U.S., Turkey: Washington's Growing Confidence in Ankara |
| Aluf Benn: Is Netanyahu really on a collision course with
Obama? |
| Jeffrey Sachs: Water wars |
| David Horovitz: Accommodating Ahmadinejad |
| Indonesia’s voters retreat from radical Islam |
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| April 24 |
| Diana Mukkaled: Roxana Saberi… The Hostage? |
| Abdallah El-Ashaal: Peace comes with strength |
| Armenia, Turkey: Dodging the Genocide Question |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Obama vs. Osama |
| Taliban Advance: Is Pakistan Nearing Collapse? |
| Analysis: Iran Hands Israel a Gift |
| Yossi Alpher: Peace With Syria? An Israeli Perspective |
| Nicholas Kristof: Islam, Virgins and Grapes |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Noose Is Tightening |
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| April 23 |
| Can the al-Asad Regime Make Peace with Israel? |
| Disruption vs. Prosecution and the Manchester Plot |
| Geopolitical Diary: Taliban Problem Going Critical in
Pakistan |
| Amira Hass: An Israeli achievement |
| Yossi Alpher: A strategy for dealing separately with the
two Palestines |
| Joseph Loconte: The UN's Platform for Racism |
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| April 22 |
| Israel: A Prompt Defense Against Qassams |
| Cyprus: Post-Election Tensions and Turkey's Position |
| Bassel Oudat: Syria gets the message |
| Obama welcomes his first Arab leader to White House |
| Richard Cohen: Hamas's Bloody Hands |
| Lion's Den: The limits of terrorism |
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| April 21 |
| Feature: Who will take the 104 Yemenis from Guantanamo? |
| George Friedman: Torture and the U.S. Intelligence
Failure |
| Somalia: A Weak Link Between al Qaeda and Somali Pirates |
| Geopolitical Diary: CIA Directors Speak About Memo
Releases |
| Daniel Levy: Traps for George Mitchell |
| David Ignatius: Caught in the Middle |
| Roger Cohen: Israel, Iran and Fear |
| What would Iran's FM say in a meet with Clinton? |
| Ghassan Charbel: Trains That Travel Back to the Past |
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| April 20 |
| The next big thing: More of the same |
| Akiva Eldar: What would Iran's FM say in a meeting with
Clinton? |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Wasted Efforts |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The American Change |
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| April 19 |
| Israel Blackmails Obama… at the Iranian Level |
| Iraqi Sunnis Turn to Politics and Renew Strength |
| What would be the timetable for Israel strike on Iran? |
| Obama's charm offensive for radical rulers abandons
Israel to Iranian threat |
| Secure Enough to Sin, Baghdad Is Back to Old Ways |
| How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates |
| Obama challenges the place of Islam |
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| April 18 |
| The Reawakened Specter of Iraqi Civil War |
| Egypt, Iran, and the Overthrow |
| Bouteflika and Morocco: a new vision? |
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| April 17 |
| Michael Gerson: Is "Christian America" dying? |
| Jon Meacham: The End of Christian America |
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| April 16 |
| Feature: Oman seen close to Iran, wary of Saudi influence |
| When the Mexican Drug Trade Hits the Border - Fred Burton and Ben West |
| Analysis: West Bank a time bomb waiting to explode |
| Andrew Tabler: Will Mitchell's trip bypass Damascus? |
| Making smugglers pay: Underwriting egyptian border
security |
| Feature: Holy Land hike reveal beauty of conflict
territory |
| Jihad el-Khazen: He Is Another American President |
| Geopolitical Diary: Glimmers of Greater Romania? |
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| April 15 |
| Armenia: Reaching Out to Iran |
| Somalia: Piracy Continues Unabated |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Making of a Taliban Emirate in
Pakistan |
| Geopolitical Diary: Economic Crisis and Growing Unrest
In Asia |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Gulf war jitters |
| Mostafa Zein: Netanyahu's Agenda for US-Iranian
Negotiations |
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| April 14 |
| Israel: Rocket Stoppers Are Ready |
| Iran: A Need for Budget Cuts |
| Claude Salhani: Somali pirates are natural allies of
radical Islam |
| George Friedman: Beneath the U.S. Obsession With Cuba |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Forces Behind Thailand's Chaos |
| Pakistan: A Peace Deal Becomes Law |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The President is Smart and Rarely Errs |
| Ghassan Charbel: Dancing on Serpent Heads |
| Elias Harfoush: What is Left of Egypt's Mediation
between the Palestinians? |
| Jameel Theyabi: Not a "Paper Tiger"! |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Witnessing the Betrayal of the
Awakening Council |
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| April 13 |
| Robert Kaplan: Anarchy on Land Means Piracy at Sea
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| Feature: An Iraqi City Divided by Walls, by Sect, By Bitterness |
| Elias Harfoush: As if Obama had Never Come |
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| April 12 |
| Iran alleges foreign-funded plot to undermine govt |
| Jim Hoagland: The War Within Islam |
| Pakistan: the epicentre of Islamist terror |
| Nushin Arbabzadah: Is the US selling out to the Taliban |
| E.J. Dionne Jr.: A Resilient Christianity |
| An Anti-Iranian Enclave in Iraq Fights to Stay |
| Feature: Palestinian Christian housing faces Israeli
encirclement |
| Why Obama's Saudi Bow was Not a Kow-Tow |
| Jacob Mundy: Bouteflika’s Triumph and
Algeria’s Tragedy |
| Rami Khouri: Colonial values rule again in Palestine |
| Could Iran have nukes in 60 days? |
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| April 11 |
| Patrick Seale: Obama's Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove |
| David Ignatius: A Short Fuse in Pakistan |
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| April 10 |
| Roger Cohen: Israel Cries Wolf |
| Why the pirates are winning the battle of the seas |
| Georgia: Unrest and the Secessionist Regions |
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| April 9 |
| Georgia: The Protests Begin |
| Red Alert: A Possible Revolution Simmering in Georgia |
| Geopolitical Diary: As Summits End, Two Powers Make
Opening Moves |
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| April 8 |
| Explainig political Islam to the west; What to think? |
| Randa Takieddine: No Peace between Israel and the
Palestinians |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Turkey in a Dialogue of Interests |
| Iraq: Obama draws warmer feelings than predecessor |
| Mostafa Zein: Yes to a NATO Turkey, no to a European
Turkey |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Nazi occupation state that will not
willingly withdraw |
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| April 7 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Courting Turkey |
| Obama's Strategy and the Summits |
| If Obama gambit works, 'Tehran's hard-liners would
suffer' |
| After Abdullah: Saudi Arabia's succession remains a
delicate matter |
| Elections in Algeria: Bouteflika Wins, Legitimacy Loses
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| Asli Aydintasbas: Turkey in Full |
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| April 6 |
| Is a US-Russian-Iranian alliance in Afghanistan
possible? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia Moves From Offense to Defense |
| Dubai's rulers say success of the emirate is no mirage |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Arab Extremists Invading
Indonesia |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The Former Sudanese Extremists? |
| Elias Harfoush: The New American Lexicon |
| Jameel Theyabi: Al-Awfi's "Menace" |
| Ghassan Charbel: Obama and the Asian Mine |
| Iraqi babies for sale: people trafficking crisis grows
as gangs exploit poor families and corrupt system |
 Frederic Hof: Mapping Peace
between Syria and Israel |
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| April 5 |
| North Korea: The Launch Occurs |
| Isreal, Iran: Will a war break out |
| NKorea launches rocket, defying world pressure |
| Netanyahu, Lieberman and Barak: A coalition that
offers no bed of roses |
| Abdullah Iskandar: NATO and the Muslims |
| Feature: Iraq's policewomen struggle to change
perceptions |
| Jihad El-Khazen: Everyday is April Fools' Day with
Netanyahu |
| Elias Harfoush: Iran Must Beware of Netanyahu |
| Mohammad Salah: Palestinian deliberateness is sound |
| Was Israel's reported strike in Sudan an exercise in
propaganda? |
| Feature: Admirers, hopeful of change, await U.S.
president in Turkey |
| The Master of Misdirection: How Obama maintains his
popularity |
| Feature: Iraqi militias caught between al-Qaeda and the
police |
| Obama’s Big, Bold Bet |
| Big powers moving in on Gaza |
| Anthony Shadid: In Iraq, Political Ambiguity |
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| April 4 |
| David Ignatius: A Mideast Play's Uncertain Script |
| Barack Obama's New World Order |
| Analysis: Obama's Lieberman Problem |
| Israel Anticipated a Stronger Hamas in Gaza War |
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| April 3 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Summit Without Guarantees |
| Israel's hawkish new leaders: Still open to a Syrian
peace? |
| Patrick Seale: Obama's Israel-Palestine Nightmare |
| Walid Choucair: The Coming Test for Reconciliations |
| Jihad El-Khazen: The Insane Is the Breadwinner of the
Imbecile |
| George Hishmeh: Last Chance for Peace |
| New Wave of Violence Targets Christians in Iraq |
| U.S.: A Change to the 'Mark to Market' Rule |
| Turkey, Armenia and the Global Summits |
| A Ripe Opportunity for Obama to Intervene in the Middle
East |
| Obama in Turkey: Enticing Ankara Westward |
| Jonathan Spyer: Arab summit, Iranian agenda |
| Israel's Hawkish New Leaders: Still Open to a Syrian
Peace? |
| Syria finds right ingredients to start a stock market
from scratch |
| Analysis: Jordan struggles with its role vis a vis new
Israeli govt |
| Hassan Haida: One Qadhafi Is Enough for Us |
| Feature: Egyptian Baha'is still face trouble after court
victory |
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| April 2 |
| Red Alert: Redefining the Global System |
| The Structure of the G-20 |
| Why Maghreb Matters: Terrorism Increases 400 Percent |
| Gareth Porter: US sinks deeper into Sunni-Shi'ite struggle |
| Introducing Algeria’s President-for-Life - Ahmed Aghrout and Yahia H. Zoubir |
| Scott MacLeod: The Doha Spectacle |
| Sunni rumblings in Baghdad against dominant Shi'ite
security forces |
| Reza Fiyouzat: The Iran-U.S. rapprochement dance |
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| April 1 |
| Gas-rich Qatar annoys Arabs with pro-Iran policy |
| Desert Schism: Prince Nayef Bids for Saudi Throne |
| Iran, U.S.: An Unplanned Diplomatic Meeting? |
| Can Barack Obama Turn Defeat into Victory? |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Netanyahu and Arab peace |
| Analysis: World waits for new Israeli government's first
actions |
| Can Obama win Russia's cooperation on Iran? |
| Militants show new boldness in cities of Iraq |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Fasten your Seat Belts, Bibi is
Back |
| Amir Oren: Withdrawal and change in the Golan |
| Netanyahu offers conciliation, but not concessions |
| Profile: Netanyahu caps political comeback with
premiership |
| A look at key members of Israel's new government |
| Factfile: Israel's new government lineup |
| Feature: Tzipi Livni warms the opposition benches |
| Turkey's Local Elections: Liberal Middle-Class Voters
Abandon AKP |
