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May 2009 |
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| May 31 |
| Israel: Preparing for the Worst |
| Iran: Jundallah and the Geopolitics on Iran's Eastern
Flank |
| Caroline Glick: Israel and the Axis of Evil |
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| May 30 |
| Profies:
Iran's 2009 presidential candidates |
| Debunking Myths About Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: What Would Happen if Israel
Attacked Iran? |
| 31% of Muslims in Europe feel discrimination: EU |
| Factfile: Cluster bombs, a deadly legacy |
| James O'Gara: Welcome to Cairo, Mr. President |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: Arabs vs. Iranians |
| Stabilizing Iraq: Intelligence Lessons for Afghanistan |
| The Egypt Speech: Obama's Watershed Moment |
| Michael Moynihan: The Shot Heard Round the World |
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| May 29 |
| Simon Tisdall: Middle East hangs on Obama's words |
| Alon Ben-Meir: Wake Up, Israel |
| Kaveh Afrasiabi: Obama steps into diplomatic minefield |
| Scott MacLeod: Is Obama heading the U.S. toward war With
Iran? |
| Jackson Diehl: Abbas's Waiting Game |
| Inflating the Guantánamo Threat |
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| May 28 |
| Riad Kahwaji: Regional arms race, eventual Arab A-bomb |
| Emily B. Landau: International failure and regional high
alert |
| Sadegh Zibakalam: Psychological significance of the
Iranian nuclear program |
| Mahjoob Zweiri: Nuclear and political policy toward Iran |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Hamas's Rationalism! |
| Matthew Parris: Please uncover your face. It's our
custom |
| Feature: Saudis live in cemeteries! |
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| May 27 |
| Howard Schneider: Abbas's Credibility Problem |
| Daniel Williams: Crippling the Palestinian Cause |
| Yossi Alpher: Obama's order of priorities |
| Ghassan Khatib: An inclusive US policy is already forcing
change |
| Akiva Eldar: Obama seeks Arab approval |
| Mkhaimar Abusada: Walking on hot coal |
| Barry Rubin: June is the Cruelest Month |
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| May 26 |
| Jonathan Spyer: Damascus Gets What it Needs |
| Analysis: Netanyahu brings Israel close to war with Iran |
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is third rate, says daughter's
father-in-law |
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| May 25 |
| Saudi Gay Scene: 'Forbidden, but I can't Help It' |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: The Justice in Hisham Talaat's
Execution |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Saudi Youth and Terrorism…When
Will it End? |
| Diana Mukkaled: Obama and Cautious Optimism |
| Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan: The Three-way Summit |
| Iran Hosts Regional Summit Meeting |
| Fate of Iraqis Gone Missing Haunts Those Left Behind |
| Steven Emerson: The State Department's love affair with
Islamists |
| Julian Glover: We still view the east from the
Crusaders' battlements |
| Uri Avnery: Calm Voice, Big Stick |
| Listening and talking to Syria |
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| May 24 |
| David Ignatius: No Magic Bullet on Iran |
| Have We Already Lost Iran? - Flynt Leverett and Hilary Mann Leverett |
| Zvi Bar'el: Iran will make peace for us |
| U.S. relies more on aid of allies in terror cases - Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti |
| Gideon Levy: Wake up, Israelis, indifference can kill |
| Amira Hass: Hamas' claims of victory show Gaza op was war
on narrative |
| Khatami: The invisible candidate in Iran's presidential
race |
| For Displaced Iraqis, 'No Life' |
| Feature: Killings shattered dreams of rural Iraqi family |
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| May 22 |
| Saudi Arabia: Growing Shiite Assertiveness |
| Iran's Missile Test: A Message to Obama and Netanyahu |
| Patrick Seale: Why Obama Frightens the Israelis |
| The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Analysis and Assessment |
| Bringing Iran In From the Cold |
| Khalil Shikaki: Vote Fatah (or Hamas) |
| Zalman Shoval: The 'peace plan' that isn't - yet |
| Fred Barnes: Obama Blames Bush, and gets into a scrap
with Cheney |
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| May 21 |
| PNA: Schisms Within Hamas Going Critical? |
| Poll rivals line up in Iran – and the bets are on
Ahmadinejad |
| The shadow of history passes over Pakistan |
| John Hannah: Stopping an Iranian Bomb |
| Iran nuclear danger downplayed in reports |
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| May 20 |
| Syria's softer side: The Obamas should embrace the Assads |
| Analysis: Only Obama can nudge Netanyahu |
| Profile: Mohsen Rezaei: War veteran critical of
Ahmadinejad |
| Profiles: Karroubi: Moderate cleric and underdog in Iran
election |
| Syria moves from pariah to power broker |
| Richard Cohen: In a Nuclear Minefield |
| Stephen Schwartz: The Myth of the Moderate Taliban |
| Wilkerson Strikes Out: Conspiracy theory about Dick
Cheney continues to fall apart |
| Facts about Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad |
| Soner Cagaptay: Behind Turkey's Witch Hunt |
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| May 19 |
| George Friedman: An Israeli Prime Minister Comes to Washington Again |
| Geopolitical Diary: Doubts and Concerns About Pakistan's
Nuclear Arsenal |
| Emphasis Differs for Obama, Netanyahu: For Israel, Iran
Supersedes Peace Effort |
| Analysis: Obama's tough-love approach to Israel |
| Tony Blankley: The two-state 'solution' mirage |
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| May 18 |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: From AFPAK to PAKAF |
| Obama attempts to ward off air strike on
‘nuclear’ Tehran |
| Feature: For Iran's students, election choice is between
bad, worse |
| Factbox: Main issues in Middle East peace |
| Analysis: Netanyahu's problem will be the Palestinians,
not Iran |
| Fareed Zakaria: The Sky Isn't Falling |
| Feature: Dispute Over Land Simmering in Iraq |
| President Obama's first test on Middle East peace |
| Egypt: Move to End Organ Trafficking |
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| May 17 |
| Zvi Bar'el: Netanyahu is good for Obama |
| Maureen Dowd: Cheney, Master of Pain |
| Frank Rich: Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush |
| Featutre: Speculation surrounds first Netanyahu, Obama
meeting |
| Analysis: Modest Successes and Missed Chances in
Pope’s Trip |
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| May 16 |
| Netanyahu's delicate balancing act with Barack Obama |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Obama…The Lost Treasure is in
Syria |
| David Pollock: Kuwait's Deja Vu Election |
| Avner Cohen: Between Natanz and Dimona |
| Analysis: U.S.-Israel Balance Echoes Tensions of 1991 |
| Charles Krauthammer:The Torture Debate, Continued |
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| May 15 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Familiar U.S.-Israeli Course On
Iran |
| Kamran Bokhari: Limits to Exporting the Saudis'
Counterjihadist Successes |
| In Iraq, an exodus of Christians |
| Efraim Halevy:America must deal first with the threat
from Iran |
| Analysis: Now is the time for US to get tough |
| Philip Stephens: A Middle East peace plan puts Netanyahu
on the spot |
| Obama: The next 100 days |
| Mark Katz: Will Russia Help the United States with
Iran? |
| Interview: 'Hamas Against Zionist Ideology, Not Judaism' |
| David Ignatius: Petraeus's Tougher Fight |
| Hassan Nafaa: It's still about Zionism |
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| May 14 |
| Dubai rents plummet amid property slump: study |
| Swine Flu: A New Mutation? |
| Anthony Shadid: An Iraqi Cleric's Swift Rise and Swift
Fall |
| Arnauld De Borchgrave: Peace or war? |
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind: A Middle East miracle might just
happen |
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| May 13 |
| Christians in Mideast Losing Numbers and Influence |
| Pakistan: Nuclear Security and the U.S. Strategy for
Southwest Asia |
| Michael Jacobson: Assessing Progress against the Global Jihadist
Threat |
| Peace or war in the Middle East? |
| Pope Failing the 'Test of Pain' |
| Yonathan Touval: A Recognition Israel Doesn’t Need |
| What if Cheney's Right? |
| New Israeli envoy to U.S.: Soon Jews won't want to live
in Israel |
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| May 12 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Al-Sadr's Return? |
| George Friedman: The Strategic Debate Over Afghanistan |
| Study: Iran's missiles not an existential threat |
| Journalist’s release shows divide among Iran’s
leaders |
| Obama speech, Mubarak visit signal improvement in
US-Egypt relations |
| Claude Salhani: What's cooking in the Mideast |
| Iraq: Hold And Build, Or Lose |
| Selig Harrison: Pakistan's Ethnic Fault Line |
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| May 11 |
| Terrorist traffic via Syria again inching up |
| Jameel Theyabi: Looking into the Roots of Terrorism |
| Jordan King ultimatum: peace now or it’s war next
year |
| Netanyahu meeting with Obama decides Mid-East’s
future, says Abdullah |
| King Abdullah: 'This is not a two-state solution, it is
a 57-state solution' |
| Analysis: Barack Obama aims high on first visit to the
Arab world |
| Amira Hass: Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay |
| Akiva Eldar: What are we, Arabs? |
| Robert Dreyfuss: US General Builds A Palestinian Army |
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| May 10 |
| Amir Taheri: Why Washington is Waiting for Mussavi |
| Abdullah Iskandar: Islamists and the Pope's Trip |
| Elias Harfoush: A Papal Visit and Then It's Over! |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The problem is not with one newspaper |
| Pope Benedict's Latest Take on Islam |
| Hossein Askari: Are the stars aligned for change in
Tehran? |
| Feature: Forbidden pleasures return to streets of
Baghdad |
| Iran: The view from the streets' |
| Zvi Bar'el: Easing Gazans' plight is political necessity
for Israel |
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| May 9 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Shifting Relations with
Washington and Warsaw |
| Robert Fisk: If every picture tells a story, what do
they say to each other? |
| Obama vs. Netanyahu: Who Wins? |
| Charles Krauthammer: The Hamas 'Peace' Gambit |
| West Bank: Commerce in a Time of Occupation |
| Hassina Sherjan: Talked to Death |
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| May 8 |
| Despite U.S. Outreach, Syria Affirms Iran Ties |
| Israel: The Old Bibi or A New One? |
| Yemen: Intensifying Problems for the Government |
| Somalia: Al Shabaab Preparing for 'All-Out War'? |
| The Shi‘a of Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads |
| Rasool Nafisi: How Ahmadinezhad helped Israel |
| Gerald Steinberg: Arab peace or Durban war? |
| Yoel Marcus: Even a blizzard begins with tiny snowflakes |
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| May 7 |
| Ghassan Charbel: Arabs have no interest in a US-Iranian
war |
| Hassan Haidar: Where Will Israel Respond? |
| Zuheir Kseibat: Applaud! |
| Palestinian Paralysis |
| Yisrael Harel: Once again, the big losers will be the
Palestinians |
| Ghassan Khatib: Netanyahu is throwing obstacles in the
way of peace |
| Yossi Alpher: Palestinians will have to find a formula |
| Somalia: The Pirates Are Winning |
| The Wonder Weapon That Wasn't |
| Here she comes: Saudi's Miss Beautiful Morals |
| Ari Shavit: Nation building for Palestine |
| 'Dear
Mr. Lieberman, in General, You Are not Welcome Here' |
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| May 6 |
| Elias Harfoush: When Israel Manipulates the Iranian
Nuclear Weapon |
| Randa Takieddine: The Racist Lieberman in Europe |
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| May 5 |
| Feature: Pope arriving at time when Christians are
leaving |
| U.S., Pakistan, Afghanistan: Seeking a Trilateral
Solution |
| Pakistan on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policies |
| Michel Morkos: The Economic Burden of Epidemics |
| A War No Longer on Autopilot: What if Iraq Unravels? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Crisis Deepens |
| The Geopolitics of Pandemics |
| Analysis: Global urban threats |
| Ahmed Rashid: Pakistan's Critical Hour |
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| May 4 |
| Amir Taheri: As the U.S. Retreats, Iran Fills the Void |
| Insurgency Gains in South Yemen |
| Ghassan Charbel: One President and Many Wars |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran Reaches an Impasse |
| Jameel Theyabi: The Iranian "Thorn" |
| Elias Harfoush: The Iranian-Turkish Umbrella |
| Analysis: Israel faces a hard sell in bid to shift
policy |
| Jackson Diehl: A Crisis Out of Reach? |
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| May 3 |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Arab vulnarability, not Iran's might,
scares me |
| Matthew Shaer: The Prince of Washington |
| Zvi Bar'el: Obama is no Chamberlain |
| Egypt: Bad Businessmen |
| Jihad el-Khazen: These People Are Terrorists Not
Peacemakers |
| David Ignatius: Moment of Truth in Pakistan |
| Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy |
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| May 2 |
| Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Intelligence
Imperative |
| Gideon Levy: Isreal's 10 tribes |
| Profiles: Ex-Spy Sits Down With Islamists and the West |
| Iraq: Key figures since the war began |
| Hamas: U.S. Diplomacy's Final Frontier |
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| May 1 |
| Patrick Seale: Is this the Palestinians' Last Chance? |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Our Duty Here Is To Meet Barack Obama
half way |
| Turkey: A Failed Suicide Bombing in Ankara |
| Kamran Asdar Ali: Pakistan’s Troubled
“Paradise on Earth” |
| The emerging US-Iran dynamic: Where do we go from here? |
| The emerging US-Iran dynamic:The answer is always
Clausewitz |
| The emerging US-Iran dynamic: Just the beginning |
| The emerging US-Iran dynamic: The first 100 days |
