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Re-Occupy Iraq?

Jeffrey Stacey | Jul 01, 2007
If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

Ahead of the Curve: Arafat's Poisoned Legacy

Barry Rubin | Feb 20, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert failed to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. It should be unsurprising.

Ahead of the Curve: Roadmap Revival?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ray Takeyh
John C. Hulsman
| Feb 15, 2007
The way forward is to concentrate on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which, because the many problems of the region are so interlinked, can create, in turn, momentum for dealing with the other regional disputes that feed it.

Jigsaw Jihadism

Justine A. Rosenthal | Jan 03, 2007
Ethnic terrorist groups like Hamas can be engaged but there is no negotiating with religious terrorists. A strategy for splitting up the Al-Qaeda network.

Al-Qaeda's Media Strategies

Marc Lynch | Mar 01, 2006
Jihad is as virtual as it is real.

Jihad, Unintended

Dimitri K. Simes | Dec 01, 2005
To err is human. Not to learn from one's mistakes--and to jeopardize the nation's security in the process--is unforgivable.
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Commentary

Losing the Middle East

Benny Morris | Feb 22, 2011
Anti-American—and anti-Israeli—triumphalism as normal and de rigueur. Welcome to the new Arab world.

Palestine: Gaining Currency?

Jonathan Schanzer | Sep 17, 2010
The Palestinians may be losing a chance at their state if they gain a currency.

Peace for Palestine in 2011?

Bruce Riedel | Aug 30, 2010
The peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians may fail, but they are far from doomed. Can President Obama pull it off?
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Blogs

God Speaks to the Republican National Committee

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 24, 2012
An extraordinary new RNC resolution rewrites Israeli history and throws out the separation of church and state. So why haven't you heard of it?

Why Israelis Fear Arab Democracy

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 08, 2011
Democracy in the Arab world is a threat to the U.S.-Israel relationship.

The Tragic Right Turn

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 23, 2010
Golda Meir jokingly lamented Moses's left turn during the Exodus. The real tragedy is modern Israel's ideological shift to the right.
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Books & Reviews

Schemes That Set the Desert on Fire

David Ignatius | Jan 04, 2012
After WWI, Britain and France made the Arab world the object of history, not its subject. James Barr’s new book shows that the Middle East was born crazy. Later misunderstandings and manipulations were laid atop well-worn grooves.

An Officer and a Bedouin

Benny Morris | Feb 23, 2011
Lawrence of Arabia, that romantic, kaffiyeh-wearing, desert-dwelling symbol of Arab nationalism, was nothing more than the ringleader in a sideshow of a sideshow.

Revisionism on the West Bank

Benny Morris | Jun 28, 2010
For many, Israel’s founding is shrouded in mysticism. But there is a battle raging among the historians of the Holy Land. The current stalemate is a story of bad actions on both sides. Beware those who rewrite narratives.
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