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July 2009 |
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| July 31 |
| Iran and Russia: No Love Lost |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Killing of a Sect Leader and
Nigerian Central Control |
| Nigeria: An Islamist Sect Leader is Killed |
| Al Jazeera's new US challenge |
| Seumas Milne: There can be no Middle East settlement
without Hamas |
| Muhammad Diyab: The Bold Red Line |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: How Will the Arab World Wake Up? |
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| July 30 |
| Iran: Ahmadinejad's Hard-line Opposition |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iraq, Turkey and the Kurdish Issue |
| Iraq: The Raid on the MeK |
| Robert Fisk: Why does life in the Middle East remain
rooted in the Middle Ages? |
| Arnaud de Borgrave: Afghan exit scenario? |
| Laurence Sellini: Counterinsurgency challenges |
| Feature: Rocket-battered Israeli border town enjoying
calm |
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| July 29 |
| U.S., Iraq: The U.S. withdrawal and future military
assistance |
| Iraq raids camp of exiles from Iran: Move seen as sign
Tehran is eclipsing US influence |
| Feature: For some Palestinians, peace is a day at the
beach |
| Ramzy Baroud: The Israeli Dilemma |
| Jerry Weinberger: Change Comes to Kurdistan |
| Elections bring ‘change’ to Kurdistan but to
what result? |
| Exclusive: Defense analyst in Israeli spy case was FBI
double agent |
| Aluf Benn: Why won’t Obama talk to Israel? |
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| July 28 |
| Germany Openly Warns of Terror Threat |
| Geopolitical Diary: Washington's Options on Iran |
| George Friedman: The Russian Economy and Russian Power |
| Fareed Zakaria: The Brest Iran Policy? Do Nothing |
| US steps up efforts to calm Israel's fears over Iran's
nuclear aspirations |
| Iran's Protesters: Phase 2 of Their Feisty Campaign |
| Strong Words From Iran’s Opposition |
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| July 27 |
| New Kurdish Party Could Destabilize Northern Iraq |
| U.S., Syria: Damascus Gets Relief From Sanctions |
| Robert Fisk: As Iran protests go global, the regime
reacts |
| Worries about a Kurdish-Arab conflict move to fore in
Iraq |
| Aladdin Elaasar: Is Egypt Stable? |
| 'Change' makes inroads against Kurdistan's dominant
parties |
| Iraq:
Governorate Profiles - March - July 2009 |
| Editorial: US-Syria thaw |
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| July 26 |
| Egypt intel chief named most powerful in Mideast |
| Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa: Let's talk peace with the
Israelis |
| Akiva Eldar: Iran threat pushing Arabs closer to
normalization with Israel |
| Right Wing US conspiracists question Obama's birth
certificate |
| Fatah's Leadership crisis deepens |
| US-Iraq: Al-Maliki dons mantle of seasoned statesman |
| Azadeh Moaveni: Iran's revolution has a vacancy at the
top |
| Thomas Friedman: The Losers Hang On |
| Analysis: How far is Syria ready to go to appease the US? |
| Chaim Gans: Arab recognition of a Jewish state |
| Zvi Bar'el: Painting Obama as an enemy will hurt Israel
badly |
| Ifat Ma’oz: The psychological-cognitive barriers to
peace |
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| July 25 |
| Obama Surpasses Clinton in Dealing with Syria |
| Amir Taheri: Ali and the Quartet |
| The Kaddumi bombshell |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: No Fear of Iran |
| Editorial: Now is the time to confront Iran |
| U.S., Afghanistan: A New Class of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles |
| Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi: The Gulf states already have
links with Israel |
| Egypt: Roadmap to the presidency |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Nuclear Umbrella in the Middle
East? |
| Corruption fatigue fuels critics of Kurdistan's twin
dynasties |
| Akram Baker: No normalization under occupation, just do
the right thing |
| Oded Eran: The US and confidence-building measures |
| Anouar Boukhars: Let the diplomatic games begin |
| Galal Nassar: In praise of coalition |
| Hassan Nafaa: UNDP credibility |
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| July 24 |
| Israel's own rifle gives the bullet to US-made M-16 |
| Israel, Syria: The price of a deal at any price |
| Hamas shifts from rockets to public relations |
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| July 23 |
| Thomas Friedman: The Class Too Dumb to Quit |
| Why a Jerusalem standoff threatens Obama's Mideast peace
plans |
| Why Did the Palestinian Dialogue Fail? |
| Paris 1968 to Tehran 2009 |
| The Khomeini Dream and the Arab Nightmare |
| Veiled Threat: France against the burqa |
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| July 22 |
| Russia eyes Med naval base in Syria |
| Saudi efforts to combat terrorist financing |
| Ramzy Baroud: The Arafat Assassination Plot |
| Jameel Theyabi: "The Arab Mercenaries"! |
| Specter of give-and-take looms over Maliki's visit to
U.S. |
| Will Islamic opposition movements seize the day? |
| Maliki heads to Washington stronger than ever |
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| July 21 |
| George Friedman: Russia, Ahmadinejad and Iran Reconsidered |
| Israel trains SAM battalion for Iron Dome |
| Roger Cohen: Iran’s Tragic Joke |
| Meghan L. O'Sullivan: Issues Before Identity in Iraq |
| Obama's next step in his Mideast peace plan |
| Commentary: The Middle East is changed forever |
| Middle East Christians hit the road |
| H.D.S. Greenway: Bad Timing for Middle East peace |
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| July 20 |
| Israel: Iron Dome Works |
| Geopolitical Diary: 'Death to Russia' on the Streets of
Tehran |
| The Middle East chess game Obama needs to win |
| Thomas Friedman Teacher, Can We Leave Now? No |
| Amir Oren: Netanyahu-Obama spat harming IDF capability on
Iran |
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| July 19 |
| Analysis: Iranian Critic Quotes Khomeini Principles |
| 'How This Ends': Iraq's Uncertain Path toward National
Reconciliation |
| David Ignatius: The Big Decisions to Come |
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| July 18 |
| Amir Taheri: The Real Losers in Iran |
| What Went Wrong in Iran? |
| Ehud Olmert: How to Achieve a Lasting Peace |
| Editorial: Iraq cannot afford to lose its Christians |
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| July 17 |
| Iran: Sermon as Symbolic Protest |
| Iran: Friday Prayers and Anti-Russian Slogans |
| A Shiite Schism On Clerical Rule |
| Kurdish Leaders Warn Of Strains With Maliki |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: 9/11 Cover Is Blown |
| Q+A: Could Israel-Iran standoff turn violent? |
| Targeting Human Rights Abuse in Iran: A Postelection
Strategy |
| Michael Singh: And If Iran Doesn't Want To Talk? |
| Thomas Friedman: Goodbye Iraq, and Good Luck |
| Amnon Lord: Obama's calculations were wrong |
| George Giacaman: Is a US-Israel clash inevitable under
Netanyahu? |
| Debra DeLee: Obama means what he says |
| Ali Abunimah: No decisive shift in US policy |
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| July 16 |
| Iran is years away from a nuclear weapon |
| Israel: The Israeli Navy and Iran |
| Syria, U.S.: A Slow Rapprochement |
| Defense: Israel's Iron Dome's anti-rocket system aces
first live trial |
| Defense: Israel anti-missile system passes live fire test |
| U.S.: Reaction to the CIA Assassination Program |
| Geopolitical Diary: A New Deadly Benchmark in
Afghanistan |
| Pakistan: Al Qaeda Feels the Heat |
| Analysis: Syria receptive to US advances |
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| July 15 |
| Palestinian leader helped Israel kill Arafat: Qaddoumi |
| Arrnaud De Borchgrave: Islamic emirate nightmare |
| In Israel, US envoy maps peace with Syria |
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| July 14 |
| George Friedman: Strategic Calculus and the Afghan War |
| Our World: Syria's hour of triumph |
| Defense: Iran worried over Israel's F-35 plans |
| Profile: A Palestinian Technocrat Rises Steadily, but
Questions Persist |
| C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders |
| Could the Crackdown Give the U.S. New Leverage in Iran? |
| Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: Loss of Credibility |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Do the Iranians Differ from the
Arabs? |
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| July 13 |
| Iran's Invisible Nicaragua Embassy |
| Amira Hass: Israeli Jewish worldview sanctifies West Bank
inequality |
| Akiva Eldar: Obama's settlement talks are insulting to
Abbas |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Continuing Fight in Afghanistan |
| Mansoor Moaddel: Anatomy of a Revolution |
| Eric Margolis: Hitting the Restart Button! |
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| July 12 |
| Misreading Iran's unrest |
| Amir Taheri: Biden and the Iran Attack Scenario |
| Zvi Bar'el: Will warmer U.S.-Syria ties lead Israel to
cede Golan? |
| Damian Reilly: How the mighty have fallen |
| OBAMA'S WAR: The Surge Begins |
| Patrick Seale: The New U.S.-Russian Entente |
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| July 11 |
| Analysis: Can Iran's protesters keep momentum? |
| Iran: On Top of a Volcano |
| Feature: Conflict-worn Palestinians carve out niches of
joy |
| New 'Arab Street' Polls: United States Gaining Ground,
Iran Losing |
| Yemen: Problems Go Far Beyond Narrow U.S. Focus on
Terror |
| Feature: Hamas arranges mass wedding for 100 Gaza widows |
| Defense: Israel to get US stealth planes to counter
threat |
| Analysis: Syria's way out of the 'Shi'ite Axis of Evil' |
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| July 10 |
| The US takes to the shadows in Iraq |
| The Eroding Foundations of American Power |
| Iran, U.S.: Negotiations and the Diplomats' Release |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Lackluster U.S.-Russian Summit |
| Feature: Egypt succession battle heats up online |
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| July 9 |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Shiite Clerical Establishment Supports
Khamenei |
| Thomas Joscelyn: Saddam's Stenographers |
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| July 8 |
| In Iran, a Struggle Beyond the Streets |
| George Friedman: The U.S.-Russian Summit Turns Routine |
| Defense: Israel develops a glide bomb |
| Russian defense system sale to Iran undermines military
balance in Middle East |
| Ramzy Baroud: Iraqi Freedom Deferred |
| Nikolas Gvosdev: What the Russians Want |
| Yossi Alpher: Test Hamas intentions separately |
| Ghassan Khatib: The stick-and-stick approach with Hamas
has failed |
| Shlomo Brom: Try including Hamas |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Unresolved Issues Between
Washington and Moscow |
| U.S.-Russian Summit: Building an Air Bridge to
Afghanistan |
| Mostafa Zein: America and the Events in Iran |
| Jameel Theyabi: The Saudis and the Occurrence of
Violence |
| Economic Analysis: The burdens of the crisis may well
last until the middle of the century |
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| July 7 |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: Mullahs on My Mind |
| Iran's Assembly of Experts has power to remove Ayatollah
Khamenei |
| Analysis: America searches for means of influence in
Iraq |
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| July 6 |
| Moussawi detalis alleged electiom fraud in Iran |
| U.S. wants Iran to know it can be attacked |
| U.S. armed forces stretched thin |
| Why Obama's Afghan War is Different |
| Israel approaches moment of decision on Iran's nuclear
threat |
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| July 5 |
| Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran |
| Will Israel help NATO police the Mediterranean? |
| Iran goes abroad in search of Westerners to destroy |
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| July 4 |
| John Bolton: Time for Israeli strike on Iran? |
| Claude Salhani: Religion as a Weapon! |
| Naomi Wolf: Ayatollahs’ Tipping Point |
| Fareed Zakaria: Iran regime has become a 'naked
dictatorship' |
| Amotz Asa-El: What next in Iran? |
| Iraq: The Biden-Suleimani Battle? |
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| July 3 |
| Israel's 'angel of destruction' is gambling on Iran |
| For Mousavi: Three Roads Ahead |
| Iraq: A Telling Oil-Auction Failure |
| Analysis: Future of Fatah in Doubt |
| Iran's Ahmadinejad faces diplomatic isolation |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Waiting for al-Qaida's Godot |
| Ramzy Baroud: Hamas’ Political Impasse |
| Amir Oren: The Mossad chief as fighter pilot |
| Iraq: Challenges and opportunities |
| Iraq: Redeployment is only part of a vast mosaic |
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| July 2 |
| Geopolitical Diary: America's Indivisible Imperatives |
| In Iran, conspiracy theories flourish as regime tries to
win back legitimacy |
| Is Facebook an Israeli plot to control the world? |
| Is a crushed Israel in America's best interest? |
| EA: The Return of Classical Greek Terrorism |
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| July 1 |
| Geopolitical Diary: American Interests and Iraqi
Realities |
| After the crackdown: Iran's opposition down but hardly
out |
| How Israel's naval blockade denies Gazans food, aid |
| Iraq: U.S. Forces Withdraw From Cities |
| US-IRAQ: Troops leave cities, as questions remain |
| Iraq: Mission not yet accomplished |
