Hamas Articles

Fatah Resurrected

Khalil Shikaki | Oct 27, 2009
Abbas sits atop a newly invigorated Palestinian Authority; the West Bank is completely secure. They want peace but will adopt a one-state solution if Netanyahu turns his back on Palestinian progress. Israel must act now.

Slouching Toward Jerusalem

Aaron David Miller | Apr 27, 2009
The United States has been a surprisingly ineffectual Middle East peacemaker. Clinton’s overenthusiasm and Bush’s lack of interest caused us to lose our credibility with both Israel and Palestine.

Xenophobia on the Continent

Andrew Kohut
Richard Wike
| Oct 30, 2008
Anti-Semitism is on the march in Europe. But the European’s new turn toward isolationism goes even further than that.

Levantine Labyrinths

Antony T. Sullivan | May 01, 2007
Sectarian infighting and foreign intervention breed intrigue on the Lebanese political scene. Last summer’s war had a devastating effect—but factional power politics and Hizballah’s rising popularity threaten to make matters worse.

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.

Grasping the Nettle

John C. Hulsman | Nov 10, 2006
As strange as it may seem, now is the best time to push for peace in the Middle East.

The Middle East Waiting Game

Claude Salhani | Mar 01, 2006
Many in the Islamic world experience their own internal class of civilizations.

Her Majesty's Secret Service

Steven Simon
Jonathan Stevenson
| Dec 01, 2005
7/7 tested how the British cope with Islamist terrorism. Were they found wanting?

Blending Democracy

Dov S. Zakheim | Sep 01, 2005
The political soil of the Middle East has not been tilled by the Western Enlightenment. Growing democracy there must take this into account.

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