Previous editions

  • Turmoil in Turkey   Ed. 28 Vol. 6 - July 17, 2008

    • "The deeper problems" -   Soli Ozel
    • "Lawfare in Turkey: Ergenekon versus the AKP" -   Ersin Kalaycioglu
    • ""Chaos" in Turkey " -   Fadi Hakura
    • "Radicalization of a national dialogue" -   Steven A. Cook
  • Sarkozy's Mediterranean union plan   Ed. 27 Vol. 6 - July 10, 2008

    • "A view from Israel" -   Ilan Greilsammer
    • "Nicolas Sarkozy and the politics of continuity" -   Anouar Boukhars
    • "A view from Turkey " -   Meliha Benli Altunisik
  • Lessons from US and EU democratization programs   Ed. 26 Vol. 6 - July 03, 2008

    • "Different approaches arise from different motives " -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Reviving democracy promotion" -   Marina Ottaway
    • "The enigma of democratization " -   Michel Nehme
    • "Partial democracy suits regimes and the West " - an interview with  George Giacaman
  • Denmark and Islam   Ed. 25 Vol. 6 - June 26, 2008

    • "How the Danish cartoons prevent dialogue " -   Toger Seidenfaden
    • "A Jordanian perspective " -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "Confusion of values need not cause conflict" -   Maryam Yasmin Hussain
    • "Blood and blasphemy" -   Irfan Husain
  • The future US role in Iraq   Ed. 24 Vol. 6 - June 19, 2008

    • "SOFA negotiations complicated by internal politics " -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "The determinants of a US drawdown" -   Michael Eisenstadt
    • "Iraqis' unlikely alliance " -   Greg Bruno
    • "Illusions of US power and Iraqi counter-realities" -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
  • Lebanon: the external actors   Ed. 23 Vol. 6 - June 12, 2008

    • "The roots of Iranian involvement" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "The roots of Israeli passivity" -   Itamar Rabinovich
    • "America's victory in Lebanon" -   Mark Perry
    • "Savior and tormentor " -   Murhaf Jouejati
  • The land for peace formula revisited   Ed. 22 Vol. 6 - June 05, 2008

    • "The Syria-Israel track revisited" -   Elias Samo
    • "No case for revision" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Land for peace still the best bet" -   Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
    • "There is no avoiding land for peace" -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "A formula that was never true" -   Yossi Beilin
  • The political effects of rising prices   Ed. 21 Vol. 6 - May 29, 2008

    • "The fallout from rising prices in Jordan" -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "Egypt: social unrest and deteriorating politics" -   Amr Hamzawy
    • "Catch 22 " - an interview with  Leila Farsakh
  • The Lebanon crisis   Ed. 20 Vol. 6 - May 22, 2008

    • "At stake, the state of Lebanon" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
    • "Political gains come at a price" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "Hizballah emerges the clear winner in a murky picture" -   Ferry Biederman
    • "May 2008, birthday of Lebanon's latest civil war?" -   Joseph Bahout
  • Two peace processes: Cyprus and Israel-Palestine   Ed. 19 Vol. 6 - May 15, 2008

    • "How far can leaders lead?" -   Nese Yasin
    • "United Greek Cypriots an example for divided Palestinians" -   Michael Jansen
    • "New openings for a Cyprus settlement?" -   Maria Hadjipavlou
    • "Peace by the end of 2008? " -   Nimrod Goren
  • The Middle East in an Asian century   Ed. 18 Vol. 6 - May 08, 2008

    • "China's energy security " -   Weiming Zhao
    • "Two Asias" -   Yin Gang
    • "An Indian perspective" -   Jasjit Singh
    • "A Japanese viewpoint" -   Kentaro Hirayama
  • Syria and Israel   Ed. 17 Vol. 6 - May 01, 2008

    • "The fear of war, the hope for peace " -   Eyal Zisser
    • "Syria looking for tangible reward " -   Waleed Sadi
    • "New factors both resurrecting and stalling "secret talks"" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "Faking it" -   Rime Allaf
    • "The challenges of normalization" -   Mahdi Abdul Hadi
  • Turkey, Iraq and the PKK   Ed. 16 Vol. 6 - April 17, 2008

    • "A time for moderates?" -   Hiwa Osman
    • "Toward a new era in Turkish-Iraqi relations regarding the PKK" -   Abdulkadir Onay
    • "Turkey's problematic Middle East role" -   Steven A. Cook
    • "New Turkish strategy points the way ahead" -   Bulent Aras
  • Is the West anti-Islam?   Ed. 15 Vol. 6 - April 10, 2008

    • "Days of war" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "No easy answers " -   Ersin Kalaycioglu
    • "It cuts both ways" -   Anders Jerichow
    • "Not yet, but soon without serious dialogue" -   Maryam Yasmin Hussain
  • Doomsday? The predictions of Israel's impending demise   Ed. 14 Vol. 6 - April 03, 2008

    • "Real sanctions will cool off the ayatollahs" -   Yossi Sarid
    • "Israel has no future" - an interview with  Yehya Mousa
    • "On our legitimacy and viability" -   Yossi Alpher
    • "Israel and the Islamist prototype" -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
  • America and Iraq: the next five years   Ed. 13 Vol. 6 - March 27, 2008

    • "A US declaration of intent could mitigate looming dangers" -   Mohammad K. Shiyyab
    • "Kurds hold the key for both Turkey and the US" -   Mustafa Kibaroglu
    • "The US army belongs to Iraq" -   Lawrence Kaplan
    • "No more than a gamble" -   Safa A. Hussein
  • The Damascus Arab summit   Ed. 12 Vol. 6 - March 20, 2008

    • "The summit and Lebanon's political future" -   Oussama Safa
    • "Everyone can brag, nothing will be done " -   Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
    • "Success measured by attendance" -   Rime Allaf
    • "Getting through Damascus " -   Mohamed Abdel Salam
  • Assassinations, part II   Ed. 11 Vol. 6 - March 13, 2008

    • "Iran: the long-term effect of political assassination " -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Assassinations galore " -   George Giacaman
    • "Israel: the assassins are alive and well " -   Yossi Alpher
    • "Political interplay rather than assassination " -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • Assassinations, part I   Ed. 10 Vol. 6 - March 06, 2008

    • "Pakistan's bloody past" -   Irfan Husain
    • "Assassinating terrorists: the bin Laden case" -   Bruce Riedel
    • "Unpredictable consequences " -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Assassination Middle East-style " -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
  • Libya, Europe and regional security   Ed. 9 Vol. 6 - February 28, 2008

    • "European policy is cynical" -   Michael Rubin
    • "Radical change will not occur" -   Dana Moss
    • "Libyan policy is deliberately unpredictable" -   Oliver Miles
    • "Libya and regional security" -   Ahmed A. al-Atrash
  • The US presidential candidates and the Middle East: an interim assessment   Ed. 8 Vol. 6 - February 21, 2008

    • "Does experience matter?" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "Can you see the Mideast from the Midwest?" -   Alon Pinkas
    • "[PAL - ah - STIN -ians]" -   Mark Perry
    • "Some hope for 2008" -   Akram Baker
  • The Egypt-Gaza border   Ed. 7 Vol. 6 - February 14, 2008

    • "The siege cannot continue" -   Ahmed Yousef
    • "Egypt: restore border control and develop a new policy" -   Gamal A. G. Soltan
    • "Lessons of the border breach" -   Ephraim Sneh
    • "Europe and the Rafah border crisis " -   Hanne Foighel
  • The "bottom-up" leadership process in Iraq   Ed. 6 Vol. 6 - February 07, 2008

    • "Securing their own street" -   Jonathan Steele
    • "Developmental politics " -   Gabriel Rose
    • "The answer to Iraq's problems?" -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "Tribal system promises much for a new Iraq " -   Jaber Aljaberi
  • How to run the Israeli-Palestinian peace process   Ed. 5 Vol. 6 - January 31, 2008

    • "Study the Past" -   Daniel Kurtzer
    • "Lessons not learned" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Implementing the Annapolis declaration" -   Shaul Arieli
  • Iran's nuclear program after the NIE   Ed. 4 Vol. 6 - January 24, 2008

    • "A topsy-turvy scenario" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Washington--still in search of a coherent Iran policy" -   Ellen Laipson
    • "A view from Tehran" -   Ali Asghar Kazemi
    • "NIE opens new windows of opportunity" -   Mark Fitzpatrick
  • Syria-Israel: the regional and international context   Ed. 3 Vol. 6 - January 17, 2008

    • "The Annapolis opening has closed " -   Itamar Rabinovich
    • "A wonderful day in the neighborhood " -   Mark Perry
    • "Between Moscow and Damascus " -   Vitaly Naumkin
    • "Syria and the Palestinians: A love-hate relationship" -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "Lebanon and the Syrian-Israeli track" -   Mohammad Habash
  • Arab stock markets and economic liberalization   Ed. 2 Vol. 6 - January 10, 2008

    • "Jordan: ASE closes to good cheer" -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "Overview: A two-way street" -   Riad al Khouri
    • "Dubai: Bridging time zones and boosting confidence" -   Christopher Davidson
    • "PSE reflects Palestine's extraordinary circumstances" -   Sam Bahour
  • The Lebanese crisis   Ed. 1 Vol. 6 - January 03, 2008

    • "More uncertainty in the new year" -   Oussama Safa
    • "Dependency politics" -   Alastair Crooke
    • "Much more than Lebanon" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "At stake is the future of Lebanonism" - an interview with  Joseph Bahout
    • "At a crossroads" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • The Dubai phenomenon   Ed. 47 Vol. 5 - December 27, 2007

    • "The hidden costs of Dubai's post-oil diversification strategies" -   Christopher Davidson
    • "Model unmatched in a volatile region" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "Talent, critical mass drive Dubai forward" -   Afshin Molavi
  • Annapolis: the regional perspective   Ed. 46 Vol. 5 - December 13, 2007

    • "The view from Tehran" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Old fears surface again in Jordan" -   Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
    • "Syria gains, Lebanon loses, US flops" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "Across the board, a travesty" -   Akram Baker
  • Pakistani reverberations   Ed. 45 Vol. 5 - December 06, 2007

    • "Musharraf's quest for legitimacy" -   Irfan Husain
    • "A straight line" -   Simon Henderson
    • "Politics of the borderland" -   Faisal Devji
    • "A country under siege" -   Anouar Boukhars
  • A Syrian nuclear program?   Ed. 44 Vol. 5 - November 29, 2007

    • "Ambiguous preemption" -   Emily B. Landau
    • "Killing four birds with one stone" -   Mark Fitzpatrick
    • "The media has gone nuclear about Syria" -   Rime Allaf
    • "The Assads' nuclear itch" -   Ammar Abdulhamid
  • Deteriorating US-Russian relations and the Middle East   Ed. 43 Vol. 5 - November 22, 2007

    • "Global chess" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Shadow of a new cold war" -   Ali Asghar Kazemi
    • "Negative scenarios" -   Robert O. Freedman
    • "Russia's Middle East comeback marks no cold war return" -   Konstantin Eggert
  • What is normalization?   Ed. 42 Vol. 5 - November 15, 2007

    • "A path to peace" -   Walid Salem
    • "Civil society normalization as a step toward peace" -   Ron Pundak
    • "Expanding economic relations play secondary role " -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "A changing concept" -   Mohamed Abdel Salam
  • Annapolis and the Arab world   Ed. 41 Vol. 5 - November 08, 2007

    • "Jordan and the "last chance conference"" -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "Syria and the Annapolis illusion" -   Mohammad Habash
    • "The bumpy road to Annapolis" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • Turkey and the Kurds   Ed. 40 Vol. 5 - November 01, 2007

    • "Is it only about the PKK?" -   Khaled Salih
    • "The smell of war" -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "Turkey, the PKK and regional stability" -   Ahmet O. Evin
    • "Everybody's Kurdish problem" -   Soner Cagaptay
  • Egypt after Mubarak   Ed. 39 Vol. 5 - October 25, 2007

    • "Lessons of continuity" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "A question of moderation" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "US-Egyptian relations post-Mubarak: Plus ca change... " -   Hrach Gregorian
    • "Wondering but not dreaming about the future" -   Mona Eltahawy
    • "Joining the dynasty club" -   Anouar Boukhars
  • The Northern Ireland and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts   Ed. 38 Vol. 5 - October 18, 2007

    • "Similar dynamics propel both struggles" -   Zahbia Yousuf
    • "When foes become friendly: political prisoners" -   Peter Shirlow
    • "Different conflict, different solution" -   Sammy Smooha
  • An American attack on Iran   Ed. 37 Vol. 5 - October 11, 2007

    • "Ramifications of a military strike against Iran" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Dangerous obtuseness" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "Brown's Wilsonian moment" -   Tim Llewellyn
    • "Hizballah's reaction depends on its constituency" -   Nicholas Blanford
  • French Middle East policy under Sarkozy   Ed. 36 Vol. 5 - September 20, 2007

    • "Sarkozy's rebalancing act" -   Claire Spencer
    • "Sarkozy, neo-Gaullist? " -   Eric Rouleau
    • "France and Lebanon" -   Michel Nehme
    • "Sarkozy and Turkey" -   Ahmet O. Evin
  • The future of al-Qaeda in Iraq   Ed. 35 Vol. 5 - September 06, 2007

    • "On dangerous ground" -   Judith S. Yaphe
    • "Iraqi theater is urban war training ground" -   Hussein Solomon
    • "Looking at alternatives" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "A second generation of Iraqi politicians" -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "The empty core in al-Qaeda's vision for Iraq" -   Hrach Gregorian
  • Israel’s Gaza withdrawal: two years later   Ed. 34 Vol. 5 - August 30, 2007

    • "Unilateral disaster " -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Worse than ever" -   Safwat Kahlout
    • "Worst-case scenario for Egypt" -   Mohamed Abdel Salam
    • "A negative balance sheet" -   Yossi Alpher
  • War in Lebanon: one year later   Ed. 33 Vol. 5 - August 23, 2007

    • "What Syria learned from the war" -   Murhaf Jouejati
    • "UNIFIL II - A year after" -   Timur Goksel
    • "Still no easy fix " -   Ferry Biederman
    • "An Israeli perspective" -   Yehuda Ben Meir
  • Hamas: jumped or pushed?   Ed. 32 Vol. 5 - August 16, 2007

    • "A reaction to unacceptable provocation" -   Ahmed Yusuf
    • "Jumped, provoked and pushed" -   Bruce Riedel
    • "The American angle" -   Mark A. Heller
    • "Ideologically inspired" - an interview with  Sufian Abu Zaida
  • Afghanistan and the Middle East   Ed. 31 Vol. 5 - August 09, 2007

    • "A pawn in Iran's nuclear ambitions?" -   Amin Tarzi
    • "An endless war" -   Jasjit Singh
    • "Afghanistan's lessons for Palestine" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Kabul comes to Madison Avenue" -   Mark Perry
  • The future of the PLO   Ed. 30 Vol. 5 - August 02, 2007

    • "A Jordanian perspective" -   Nawaf W. Tell
    • "Hard to revive the PLO " -   Danny Rubinstein
    • "Vital until statehood " - an interview with  Tayseer Nasrallah
    • "A pressing need for reform " -   Ghazi Hamad
  • Reverberations from Pakistan's Red Mosque   Ed. 29 Vol. 5 - July 26, 2007

    • "The Saudi connection " -   Gareth Price
    • "Musharraf and his discontents " -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
    • "Life after Musharraf " -   Irfan Husain
    • "White lies in the Red Mosque " -   Faisal Devji
  • Nahr al-Bared and the Lebanon power vacuum   Ed. 28 Vol. 5 - July 19, 2007

    • "Lebanon is staring down the abyss " -   Oussama Safa
    • "Lebanese army is best bet " -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "Lebanon's summer of fear " -   Emile El-Hokayem
    • "Sternest challenge since civil war " -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "Fundamentalism brings no benefits to Syria " -   Rime Allaf
  • Egypt and Gaza   Ed. 27 Vol. 5 - July 12, 2007

    • "Egypt plays a crucial role" - an interview with  Ahmed Yousef
    • "Keeping Hamas at arm's length" -   Gamal A. G. Soltan
    • "Just gazing" -   Amir Oren
    • "Multiple interests, few options" -   Daniel Kurtzer
  • Boycotting Israel   Ed. 26 Vol. 5 - July 05, 2007

    • "Boycotter, boycott thyself" -   Alexander Yakobson
    • "Academic boycotts alone are of little use" -   Mark Klusener
    • "The weapon of the weak " -   Ghada Karmi
    • "Boycotts will not achieve the goal" -   Ian Black
  • The future of secular parties in the Arab world   Ed. 25 Vol. 5 - June 28, 2007

    • "Identities in conflict" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Continued decline is not inevitable" -   Marina Ottaway
    • "North Africa: the dilemma of the secularists" -   Anouar Boukhars
    • "Lebanon: secular talk, sectarian practice" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • The refugee/right of return issue in international perspective   Ed. 24 Vol. 5 - June 21, 2007

    • "The ambiguity of 194 is not helpful" -   Maurice Stroun
    • "Absolutely central" - an interview with  Ingrid Gassner Jaradat
    • "The German-Czech declaration as precedent" -   Hillel Shuval
  • Arab-Israel media interaction   Ed. 23 Vol. 5 - June 14, 2007

    • "Please, something different for a change" -   Michael Young
    • "It started with satellite TV" - an interview with  Ehud Yaari
    • "Talking at each other" -   Charmaine Seitz
    • "Arab journalists boycott Israel" -   Smadar Perry
    • "A constant and necessary interaction" -   Safwat Kahlout
  • June 1967, 40 years later: a regional view   Ed. 22 Vol. 5 - June 07, 2007

    • "The forty years war" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Waging peace " -   Saad Hattar
    • "Poor Samson: The IDF between 1967 and 2007" -   Uri Bar-Joseph
    • "The new Syrian syndrome" -   Rime Allaf
    • "It's not just the occupation" -   Ali Abunimah
  • Jordan's renewed peace involvement   Ed. 21 Vol. 5 - May 31, 2007

    • "Jordan and the Arab initiative " -   Asher Susser
    • "Jordan and the Palestinian question" -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "Jordan's excess baggage " -   Riad al Khouri
    • "The rationale of the Jordanian initiative " -   Mahdi Abdul Hadi
  • Israel-Palestine: third party industrial zones   Ed. 20 Vol. 5 - May 24, 2007

    • "The security aspect" -   Ephraim Sneh
    • "Industry for peace" -   Guven Sak
    • "Lessons from the QIZs in Jordan" -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "The political climate must improve" - an interview with  Ali Abu Shahla
  • Israel-Palestine: the role of mediators   Ed. 19 Vol. 5 - May 17, 2007

    • "Jordan's promising role " -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Washington reassessing its role " -   Daniel Kurtzer
    • "Immediate attention, please " -   Ghassan Khatib
    • " Third party involvement: leadership and design " -   Nisreen Haj Ahmad
    • "What outsiders can and cannot do " -   Shlomo Avineri
  • Kirkuk   Ed. 18 Vol. 5 - May 10, 2007

    • "A constitutional issue " -   Khaled Salih
    • "The Kurdish wild card " -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "The Turkish interest " -   Meliha Altunisik
  • Press freedom in the Middle East   Ed. 17 Vol. 5 - May 03, 2007

    • "Cyber activists shape up for the fight" -   Esra'a Al Shafei
    • "The Arab media paradox" -   Marc Lynch
    • "Under more than one kind of fire" -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "Israel: free but selective" -   Amira Hass
  • Saudi Arabia's resurgent diplomacy   Ed. 16 Vol. 5 - April 26, 2007

    • "Freezing the crisis in Lebanon" -   Michel Nehme
    • "The Iran file" -   Afshin Molavi
    • "A new regional leadership" -   Thomas W. Lippman
    • "Driven by a sense of urgency" -   Toby Jones
    • "Saudi Arabia emerges out of the US shadow" -   N. Janardhan
  • Five years to the Quartet   Ed. 15 Vol. 5 - April 19, 2007

    • "Moscow's pragmatism" -   Irina Zvyagelskaya
    • "A simulacrum of internationalization" -   Chris Toensing
    • "The UN: deferring too frequently to the US" -   Edward Mortimer
    • "The EU has to become a mature actor in its neighborhood" -   Almut Moeller
  • If Iran is attacked   Ed. 14 Vol. 5 - April 12, 2007

    • "Not at the risk of regime stability" -   Ehud Yaari
    • "A path fraught with danger" -   Wayne White
    • "Iran at threat?" -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
    • "Hizballah: Unfinished business" -   Ed Blanche
  • The future of al-Qaeda   Ed. 13 Vol. 5 - March 29, 2007

    • "Iraq brought al-Qaeda back to life" -   Lawrence Wright
    • "From al-Qaeda to al-Qaedism" -   Hussein Solomon
    • "Oil: the West's soft underbelly" -   Hrach Gregorian
    • "The globalization of Islam" -   Faisal Devji
    • "Islamist diversity is al-Qaeda's enemy" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
  • Russia's evolving Middle East policy   Ed. 12 Vol. 5 - March 22, 2007

    • "A new momentum" -   Vitaly Naumkin
    • "How serious a challenge?" -   Robert O. Freedman
    • "Back to the Middle East" -   Konstantin Eggert
  • Iran and the nuclearization of the Middle East   Ed. 11 Vol. 5 - March 14, 2007

    • " New wave of nuclear development" -   Jalil Roshandel
    • "The nuclear card in a volatile region" -   Saad Hattar
    • "Regional reactions and responses" -   Dr. Emily B. Landau
  • Arab state fragmentation   Ed. 10 Vol. 5 - March 08, 2007

    • "Jordan and the new realities in the region" -   Nawaf W. Tell
    • "Toward a genuinely new Middle East?" -   Claire Spencer
    • "Failed states: new threat to Egypt's national interest" -   Gamal A. G. Soltan
    • "Value in adding value" -   Riad al Khouri
  • Turkey: election year   Ed. 9 Vol. 5 - March 01, 2007

    • "Turkish foreign policy after the elections" -   Philip Robins
    • "The comfortable bosom of nationalism" -   Soli Ozel
    • "New challenges and old problems" -   Ahmet O. Evin
    • "Turning Turkish heads" - an interview with  Soner Cagaptay
  • A Syria-Israel peace process?   Ed. 8 Vol. 5 - February 22, 2007

    • "Syria can switch camps" -   Alon Liel
    • "Washington is obstructing progress on Syria" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Include Lebanon" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "America's veto on Syrian-Israeli talks is counter-productive" -   Rime Allaf
  • The Arab blogosphere   Ed. 7 Vol. 5 - February 15, 2007

    • "Revolution and change in the internet era" -   Esra'a al-Shafei
    • "Blogging for better understanding" -   Ahmed al-Omran
    • "Arab blogs give youth venting space" -   Mona Eltahawy
    • "The new revolutionaries" -   Ammar Abdulhamid
  • Hamas and the world: one year later (II)   Ed. 6 Vol. 5 - February 08, 2007

    • "Egypt and Hamas" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Hamas' international strategy works" -   Michael Rubin
    • "Stoking the fire" -   Mark Perry
    • "Hubris" -   Omar Karmi
  • Bush's new Iraq policy   Ed. 5 Vol. 5 - February 01, 2007

    • "Victory demands troops" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "Bush's agenda for victory" -   Ali Asghar Kazemi
    • "Debatable aspects of Bush's strategy" -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "More of the same" - an interview with  Geoffrey Aronson
  • The growing Sunni-Shi'ite divide   Ed. 4 Vol. 5 - January 25, 2007

    • "Iran: the unwelcome consequences of Saddam Hussein's hanging" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Reverberations in Palestine" - an interview with  Ahmed Yusef
    • "Attitudes in Jordan" -   Mohammed Al-Masri
    • "Is a Sunni-Shi'ite thirty years war looming?" -   Iason Athanasiadis
  • Lebanon-Israel, six months later   Ed. 3 Vol. 5 - January 18, 2007

    • "Consolidating the war's achievements" -   Ephraim Sneh
    • "Not easy being Lebanon" -   Frederic C. Hof
    • "Lebanese fault lines make for a bleak outlook " -   Ferry Biederman
    • "Is Israel willing to take on the challenge of peace?" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • The American debate over Israel-Palestine   Ed. 2 Vol. 5 - January 11, 2007

    • "Rice is thinking big, but will it work?" -   David Makovsky
    • "A multilateral peace initiative could work" -   Debra DeLee
    • "Debate? What debate? " -   Michael F. Brown
    • "Hard limits and long-observed taboos" -   Ali Abunimah
  • Jihadi Islam in Africa   Ed. 1 Vol. 5 - January 04, 2007

    • "The case of the GSPC " -   Hussein Solomon
    • "Somalia after the Islamic courts " -   Nicola Pedde
    • "Chasing camels in the desert " -   Ricardo Rene Laremont
    • "Calculating the jihadi threat in the Sahel " -   Hrach Gregorian
  • How Middle East crises interact: II   Ed. 47 Vol. 4 - December 21, 2006

    • "The Middle East's new map" -   Mark Perry
    • "Strategic interdependence or linkage? " -   Anoush Ehteshami
    • "The dominant elements are Islamist and American " -   Yossi Alpher
  • How Middle East crises interact: I   Ed. 46 Vol. 4 - December 14, 2006

    • "Inextricable from each other" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Arabness still alive and kicking" -   Aboubakr Jamai
    • "The linkages point to a Quartet role" -   Christian Hanelt
    • "End of the American era" -   Ghassan Atiyyah
  • If the US talks to Syria and Iran   Ed. 45 Vol. 4 - December 07, 2006

    • "First build confidence" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Concentrate on the Syrian-Israeli issue" -   Murhaf Jouejati
    • "Lessons for a "Grand Bargain" with Iran and Syria" -   Anouar Boukhars
    • "What about the Iraqi Kurds?" -   Henri J. Barkey
    • "Why bringing Iran into Iraq will only escalate the civil war" -   Iason Athanasiadis
  • The Gaza-Sinai border   Ed. 44 Vol. 4 - November 30, 2006

    • "Unilateral action is not the answer" -   Gamal A. G. Soltan
    • "The only way in or out" - an interview with  Stuart Shepherd
    • "Reduce arms smuggling" -   Shlomo Brom
    • "Give the keys back" - an interview with  Saleem Abu Safia
  • Lebanon after the war   Ed. 43 Vol. 4 - November 23, 2006

    • "Uncertainty again clouds Lebanese politics" -   Oussama Safa
    • "Turbulence in Lebanon" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "The pariah who came in from the cold" -   Rime Allaf
    • "Restoring the state" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • The US midterm elections and the Middle East   Ed. 42 Vol. 4 - November 16, 2006

    • "The status quo ante does not solve the problem " -   Danielle Pletka
    • "More important things in Iraq" -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "A little help to an American friend" -   Akiva Eldar
    • "Prepare to be disappointed" -   Ali Abunimah
  • The Quartet conditions on Hamas   Ed. 41 Vol. 4 - November 09, 2006

    • "Why we must insist on the Quartet's conditions " -   Ephraim Sneh
    • "Between Europe, Israel and Palestine" -   Denis MacShane
    • "Unity offers another opportunity" -   Ghazi Hamad
    • "The white man's club" -   Alastair Crooke
  • Ramifications of the North Korean bomb   Ed. 40 Vol. 4 - November 02, 2006

    • "The axis of not quite as evil" -   Mark Perry
    • "Will any lessons be learned?" -   Gerald M. Steinberg
    • "The nuclear syndrome" -   Ali Asghar Kazemi
  • The Arab League initiative   Ed. 39 Vol. 4 - October 19, 2006

    • "An American view" -   Tom Pickering
    • "The US is the key" - an interview with  Nawaf Obaid
    • "Stripping Israel of excuses" -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "The Arabs can do better" -   Yossi Alpher
  • When should the US withdraw from Iraq?   Ed. 38 Vol. 4 - October 12, 2006

    • "Iran and the US military presence in Iraq" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Stay the course?" -   Khaled Salih
    • "Absent US forces, Iraq will lurch into greater chaos" -   Lawrence Kaplan
    • "Maintain solidarity with Iraqis" -   Safa A. Hussein
    • "The third way out" -   Awadh Albadi
  • Peace prospects between Israel, Syria and Lebanon   Ed. 37 Vol. 4 - September 28, 2006

    • "Prospects for resuming a peace process" -   Moshe Ma'oz
    • "Syria at the crossroads" -   Habib C. Malik
    • "No strategic change" - an interview with  Bassma Kodmani
    • "Closer and further away" -   Iason Athanasiadis
  • The Gulf boom: regional implications   Ed. 36 Vol. 4 - September 21, 2006

    • "Industrialization in Saudi Arabia: a new paradigm " -   Jean-Francois Seznec
    • "It makes a difference in Amman" -   Riad al Khouri
    • "Cautiously optimistic" - an interview with  Fadi Ghandour
    • "A quiet economic revolution" -   Elizabeth Drachman
  • The Lebanon ceasefire: regional ramifications   Ed. 35 Vol. 4 - September 14, 2006

    • "Egypt and the Lebanon war" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Turkey: defying public opinion" -   Soli Ozel
    • "Iranian policy divisive" - an interview with  Nawaf Obaid
    • "Damascus should beware delusions of grandeur" -   Rime Allaf
  • The challenge of a nuclear Iran   Ed. 34 Vol. 4 - September 07, 2006

    • "Deadlock or compromise? " -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "End Tehran's free ride" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "A slippage in language" -   Mark Perry
    • "The main test for the free world" -   Efraim Inbar
  • Is the West racist toward Muslims and Arabs?   Ed. 33 Vol. 4 - August 31, 2006

    • "The US should hold Arabs and Muslims to a universal standard " -   Michael Rubin
    • "What of the famous British model of integration? " -   Wendy Kristianasen
    • "Racism and resistance define many West-Middle East encounters" -   Rami G. Khouri
    • "The "new Orientalism"" -   Alastair Crooke
  • Lebanon: the internal dimension   Ed. 32 Vol. 4 - August 24, 2006

    • "Hizballah: where to go from here" -   Oussama Safa
    • "Force will not disarm Hizballah" -   Rhonda Roumani
    • "A symptom of the Lebanese system" -   Ferry Biederman
    • "Whose Lebanon will it now be?" -   Joseph Bahout
  • Syria and the Lebanon conflict   Ed. 31 Vol. 4 - August 17, 2006

    • "Don't hand Syria a political victory " -   David Schenker
    • "Try secret diplomacy " -   Itamar Rabinovich
    • "Russia reestablishes the Damascus connection " -   Konstantin Eggert
    • "Countdown to Armageddon " -   Ammar Abdulhamid
  • Lebanon: regional and international involvement   Ed. 30 Vol. 4 - August 10, 2006

    • "Peacekeeping in Lebanon by a NATO/EU force" -   Jack Segal
    • "Why America can't end the conflict" -   Mark Perry
    • "Why a Hizballah defeat is more important for the US than Israel" -   Henri J. Barkey
    • "Out of the quagmire" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • Hizballah: the Arab popular dimension   Ed. 29 Vol. 4 - August 03, 2006

    • "Saudi Arabia and the war in Lebanon" -   Nawaf Obaid
    • "The danger to Gulf countries" -   Mohammed Abdel Qader Jasem
    • "Israel sans frontieres" -   George Giacaman
    • "Hizballah overshadows the Arab regimes" -   Hassan A. Barari
    • "Between the street and the regimes" -   Mohamed Abdel Salam
  • Iraq: stabilization or disintegration?   Ed. 28 Vol. 4 - July 27, 2006

    • "Iran and the destabilization of Iraq" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Without US troops Iraq has no future" -   Lawrence Kaplan
    • "No end to the violence" -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "The outcome is not clear" -   Safa A.Hussein
  • Lebanon and Israel: the regional dimension   Ed. 27 Vol. 4 - July 20, 2006

    • "A Lebanese initiative" -   Chibli Mallat
    • "Israel's response is proportional to Hizballah's challenge " - an interview with  Efraim Halevy
    • "The risks of winning" -   Akram Baker
    • "Could Tehran emerge as the ultimate winner?" -   Iason Athanasiadis
    • "As Lebanon burns, Syria finds supporters again " -   Rime Allaf
  • Refugees   Ed. 26 Vol. 4 - July 13, 2006

    • "North Africa and Europe: African forced migrations" -   Ferruccio Pastore
    • "Collective aspiration" -   Karma Nabulsi
    • "Between Iraq and Syria" - an interview with  Panos Moumtzis
    • "I need help and protection" - an interview with  Ali
  • Bush's promise to defend Israel against Iran   Ed. 25 Vol. 4 - July 06, 2006

    • "The US defends its allies " -   Michael Rubin
    • "No real change in policy " -   Jalil Roshandel
    • "A parallel strategy can free Washington " -   Trita Parsi
    • "US needs to assuage everyone's fears " -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Confronting Iran: A US security guarantee for Israel?" -   Chuck Freilich and Richard Rosecrance
  • The Shebaa Farms: options and risks   Ed. 24 Vol. 4 - June 29, 2006

    • "Hizballah's excuse " -   Eyal Zisser
    • "No short cut to Arab-Israel peace" -   Murhaf Jouejati
    • "Only a package solution" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "Working through the National Dialogue" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • What if all Arab countries had free and democratic elections   Ed. 23 Vol. 4 - June 22, 2006

    • "Lessons from four elections" -   Jonathan Steele
    • "The long haul in Morocco" -   Anouar Boukhars
    • "Pushing Islamists to the center" -   Hassan A. Barari
    • "No "one size fits all"" -   Deborah Amos
  • The Middle East and Bush's low approval rating   Ed. 22 Vol. 4 - June 15, 2006

    • "The wages of American exceptionalism" -   Clay Risen
    • "Bush's Armageddon?" -   Ian Black
    • "A mixed Middle East legacy" -   Yossi Alpher
    • "No appetite for more adventures" -   Ali Abunimah
  • A new Libya?   Ed. 21 Vol. 4 - June 08, 2006

    • "Libya's emerging elites" -   Amal Obeidi
    • "Libya's example one of patience and creativity" -   Jon B. Alterman
    • "Problematic balance sheet" -   Roberto Aliboni
  • If the Palestinian Authority collapses   Ed. 20 Vol. 4 - June 01, 2006

    • "Getting worse quickly " - an interview with  David Shearer
    • "By choice or by the devil " -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "A Palestinian choice " -   Danielle Pletka
    • "So what! And then? " -   Christian Berger
  • The Media and Authority   Ed. 19 Vol. 4 - May 25, 2006

    • "Struggling for renewal, remaining prisoner to the system" -   Nabil Khatib
    • "9/11 was a turning point" -   Aboubakr Jamai
    • "Democracy on the defense" -   Rachel Dolev
    • " The Iraq war and the truth--between blog and corporate media" -   Faiza al-Arji
  • Turkish-Iranian relations   Ed. 18 Vol. 4 - May 18, 2006

    • "Cooperate to survive " -   K. Gajendra Singh
    • "An uneven relationship" -   Jalil Roshandel
    • "Competition over Iraq" -   Safa A.Hussein
    • "The myth of 1639 and Kasri Sirin" -   Soner Cagaptay and Duden Yegenoglu
    • "Mercury rising: Turkey's Iran dilemma" -   Iason Athanasiadis
  • The trial of Saddam Hussein   Ed. 17 Vol. 4 - May 11, 2006

    • "Arab public opinion" -   Shibley Telhami
    • "No expectations in the Arab world" -   Bassma Kodmani
    • "Who is trying whom?" -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "The debacle" -   Curtis F.J. Doebbler
    • "Neither Nuremberg nor Jerusalem: The faltering first steps of the Iraqi High Tribunal" -   Nehal Bhuta
  • The Arab world and Hamas   Ed. 16 Vol. 4 - May 04, 2006

    • "Moderating Hamas: Egyptian policy " -   Gamal A.G. Soltan
    • "One eye on Hamas, the other on the Brotherhood " -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "A new model for Islamic movements " - an interview with  Ghazi Hamad
    • "A Saudi perspective " -   Anwar Majid Eshki
  • The US & Iran: toward confrontation   Ed. 15 Vol. 4 - April 27, 2006

    • "Nuclear crisis" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "The greater threat is US strikes" - an interview with  Nawaf Obaid
    • "The US will act alone if it has to" -   Joshua Muravchik
    • "Turkish dilemmas" -   Kemal Kirisci
    • "Compromise still possible" -   Ephraim Kam
  • Jordan between Iraq and Palestine   Ed. 14 Vol. 4 - April 20, 2006

    • "Hardly a savory combination" -   Asher Susser
    • "The dangers of instability " -   Mohammad K. Shiyyab
    • "Eggs in a basket " -   Waleed Sadi
    • "A unique position, for better or worse" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Jordan's eastern neighbor " -   Safa A.Hussein
  • Russia and radical Islam   Ed. 13 Vol. 4 - April 06, 2006

    • "The situation inside Russia" -   Alexey Malashenko
    • "Russia, sole winner of the Iran crisis " -   Yin Gang
    • "Ambiguity triumphs " -   Konstantin Eggert
  • If Iraq breaks apart (III)   Ed. 12 Vol. 4 - March 30, 2006

    • "Kurdistan's future " -   Khaled Salih
    • "Not because of our blue eyes " -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "And the war came " -   Ghassan Attiyah
  • If Iraq breaks apart (II)   Ed. 11 Vol. 4 - March 23, 2006

    • "Strategic consequences for the US " -   Judith S. Yaphe
    • "The negative fallout for Israel " -   Asher Susser
    • "Russia's limited role " - an interview with  Yelena Suponina
    • "Syria: Real fears or crocodile tears? " -   Rime Allaf
  • If Iraq breaks apart (I)   Ed. 10 Vol. 4 - March 16, 2006

    • "Economic ramifications in Jordan " -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "A worst case scenario " -   Ali-Asghar Kazemi
    • "Turkey's options " -   Bulent Aras
    • "A Shi'ite revival and the Gulf " -   Mohammed Abdel Qader Jasem
  • Legislating Islam   Ed. 9 Vol. 4 - March 09, 2006

    • "Hamas and sharia law " -   Yehya Mousa
    • "Between the hammer of conservatives and the anvil of Islamists " -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "Halal Turkey " -   Soner Cagaptay and Duden Yegenoglu
    • "The dialectics of Islam " -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
  • State involvement in Islamist militant organizations   Ed. 8 Vol. 4 - March 02, 2006

    • "Let them starve " -   Mark Perry
    • "What constitutes terrorism? " - an interview with  Nawaf Obaid
    • "Victims of group-think " -   Laurie Mylroie
    • "Chickens coming home to roost " -   Irfan Husain
  • Democratic reform status report   Ed. 7 Vol. 4 - February 23, 2006

    • "Lebanon: where democratic values thrive best" -   Habib C. Malik
    • "The winds of change " -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "A democratic experiment in Palestine " -   May Jayyusi
    • "Morocco: the picture is not that rosy " -   Aboubakr Jamai
  • The cartoon affair   Ed. 6 Vol. 4 - February 16, 2006

    • "The need for mutual understanding " -   Mousa Qous
    • "The relevance for Jews and Israelis" -   Dina Porat
    • "Governments playing with fire" -   Anders Jerichow
    • "The art of expressing yourself" -   Zubair Butt Hussain
    • ""Eastern rules" in the West?" -   Robert S. Leiken
  • Regional ramifications of the Palestinian elections   Ed. 5 Vol. 4 - February 09, 2006

    • "Hamas can set an example " -   Khader Khader
    • "Pragmatic, but uncomfortable " -   Omar Karmi
    • "An Egyptian view " -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "A Lebanese perspective " -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • A nuclear Iran? (part 2)   Ed. 4 Vol. 4 - February 02, 2006

    • "No moral high ground " -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Iran's nuclear challenge " -   Ramin Jahanbegloo
    • "The Persian bomb: forbidden by all " -   Yin Gang
    • "The Iranians will find a solution " - an interview with  Helena Dunaeva
  • When should the US leave Iraq?   Ed. 3 Vol. 4 - January 26, 2006

    • "Finishing the job" -   Frederick W. Kagan
    • "The Russian perspective" -   Konstantin Eggert
    • "The bloody cost of hugging "good intentions" " -   Alastair Crooke
    • "In an unenviable position " -   Hassan A. Barari
    • "A South Korean withdrawal" -   Sawsan Assaf
  • Saudi Arabia under Abdullah   Ed. 2 Vol. 4 - January 19, 2006

    • "The virtuous king " -   Adel al-Toraifi
    • "Security turnaround" - an interview with  Nawaf Obaid
    • "Abdullah emerges as a reformist " -   Afshin Molavi
    • "Saudi succession " -   Simon Henderson
    • "King Abdullah and the Royal Saudi Court " -   John R. Bradley
  • A nuclear Iran?   Ed. 1 Vol. 4 - January 05, 2006

    • "Iranian nationalism and the nuclear issue" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "The Israeli perspective" -   Zeev Schiff
    • "Wagging the wolf" -   Mark Perry
    • "A challenge to Israel's strategic primacy" -   Trita Parsi
    • "Uneasy neighbors" -   Irfan Husain
  • The US and the Middle East in 2006   Ed. 47 Vol. 3 - December 29, 2005

    • "Meet the Islamist vanguard" -   Charmaine Seitz
    • "Not much better than 2005" -   William B. Quandt
    • "Three devastating failures" -   Yossi Alpher
    • "No reason for optimism" -   Ali Abunimah
  • The West, Islam and Islamophobia   Ed. 46 Vol. 3 - December 22, 2005

    • "Why the American reluctance?" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "The main concern is terrorism" -   Thomas R. Pickering
    • "A worldwide phenomenon" - an interview with Sheikh  Kamal Khateeb
    • "Stoking the fire" -   Zubair Butt Hussain
    • "A view from London " -   Rosemary Hollis
    • "A view from France " -   Alain Dieckhoff
  • Jordan and Iraq   Ed. 45 Vol. 3 - December 15, 2005

    • "Post-Saddam Iraq and the threats facing Jordan " -   Oraib Al Rantawi
    • "The US angle" -   Scott Lasensky
    • "Common goals or different directions? " -   Sa'ad F. Hariz
    • "The Jordanian option for solving the Iraq case " -   Ghassan Atiyyah
  • Ramifications of high oil prices   Ed. 44 Vol. 3 - December 08, 2005

    • "Kuwait: will oil devastate traditional thinking or strengthen it?" -   Mohammed Abdel Qader Jasem
    • "GCC: learning from the past" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "Winners and losers in MENA" -   Yusuf Mansur
    • "The Dubai model" -   Afshin Molavi
  • Iraq and Arab unity   Ed. 43 Vol. 3 - December 01, 2005

    • "Back to the Fold " -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Arab nationalism is a misnomer " -   Eric Rouleau
    • "Nationalism v Pan-Arabism: A continuing tug of war" -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "An Islamic predicament " -   Ghazi Hamad
  • Ten years of the Barcelona process   Ed. 42 Vol. 3 - November 24, 2005

    • "The failure of a collective security system? " -   Dorothee Schmid
    • "Provide economic incentives " - an interview with  Aboubakr Jamai
    • "What next?" -   Christian Hanelt
    • "Labor migration is not a special concern " - an interview with  Matyas Eorsi
    • "Mediterranean disillusions " -   Joseph Bahout
  • Syria-Lebanon after the Mehlis report   Ed. 41 Vol. 3 - November 17, 2005

    • "An adventurous course" -   Mustapha Kamal al Sayyid
    • "Fallout of the Mehlis report: some legal considerations" -   Chibli Mallat
    • "Who rules in Damascus?" -   Bassma Kodmani
    • "Syria must choose pragmatism over isolation" -   Rime Allaf
  • Can Jordan follow Egypt in Palestine?   Ed. 40 Vol. 3 - November 10, 2005

    • "A sensitive issue" - an interview with  Hisham Ahmed
    • "Can Jordan play a role in Palestine?" -   Hassan A. Barari
    • "The return of a (limited) Jordan option" -   Gerald M. Steinberg
  • Iraqi federalism after October 15   Ed. 39 Vol. 3 - October 27, 2005

    • "Kurdistan: from threatened entity to constituent unit" -   Khaled Salih
    • "Pseudo-federalist vendetta" -   Molly McKew
    • "Iraq's imperfect constitution is still a victory" -   Ibrahim al-Marashi
    • "An incomplete constitution " -   Ersin Kalaycioglu
  • US Middle East policy overview   Ed. 38 Vol. 3 - October 06, 2005

    • "The president is tired" -   Danielle Pletka
    • "The "Islamist" challenge" -   Omar Karmi
    • "End of an empire?" -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "Excerpts from George W. Bush and the World (2035)" -   Frederic C. Hof
  • Arab democracy update   Ed. 37 Vol. 3 - September 30, 2005

    • "The birth pangs of democracy in Lebanon" -   Habib C. Malik
    • "Democracy in the Arab world: an assessment" -   Rami G. Khouri
    • "Egypt: dynamics of regime and opposition" -   Amr Hamzawy
    • "Palestinian parliamentary elections are pivotal" - an interview with  George Giacaman
  • Pakistan and Israel   Ed. 36 Vol. 3 - September 22, 2005

    • "Islamabad's flirtations with Israel out in open" -   Jasjit Singh
    • "Testing the waters" -   Irfan Husain
    • "An undeserved prize" - an interview with  Ghazi Hamed
    • "Why, and why now?" -   Shmuel Bar
  • The Iraqi federal constitution: a regional assessment   Ed. 35 Vol. 3 - September 15, 2005

    • "Fragmentation and unity" -   Waleed Sadi
    • "Iraq's Iranian connection" -   Afshin Molavi
    • "Iraq and Turkey " -   Melisa Benli Altunisik
  • Egypt, Israel, and Gaza   Ed. 34 Vol. 3 - September 08, 2005

    • "A non-zero sum" -   Khalil Shikaki
    • "Politically fraught but potentially win-win" -   Nuala Haughey
    • "The war on terror is paramount" - an interview with  Amos Gilad
    • "Security interdependence" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
  • Reform: economic vs. political   Ed. 33 Vol. 3 - September 01, 2005

    • "An overview: politics first" -   Alvaro Vasconcelos
    • "Palestine: political will is absent " - an interview with  Abdel Rahman Tamimi
    • "Turkey: the Kemalist roots " -   Duygu Bazoglu Sezer
    • "Syria: from authoritarianism to benevolence" -   Murhaf Jouejati
  • Turkey, the PKK, and the US   Ed. 32 Vol. 3 - August 25, 2005

    • "Armed confrontation not likely" -   Khaled Salih
    • "Will the PKK renounce violence?" -   Soner Cagaptay
    • "Erdogan creates an opportunity" -   Henri J. Barkey
    • "Turkey is no exception when it comes to terrorism" -   Mensur Akgun
  • What does al-Qaeda want?   Ed. 31 Vol. 3 - August 18, 2005

    • "Between ideology and strategy" -   Reuven Paz
    • "Through the lens of Iraq" -   Robert S. Leiken
    • "Spreading insecurity" -   Kayhan Barzegar
  • Iran-Iraq relations   Ed. 30 Vol. 3 - August 11, 2005

    • "A Shi'ite alliance is taking shape" -   Kamran Taremi
    • "Security and secular democracy" -   Murat Somer
    • "A long and complex history" -   Saad Jawad
    • "Creating an Iran-Iraq axis" -   Peter W. Galbraith
  • Lebanon after elections   Ed. 29 Vol. 3 - August 04, 2005

    • "Continuity and change" -   Farid el Khazen
    • "Uncomfortable moments" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "Syrian-Lebanese relations are not a zero-sum game" -   Rime Allaf
    • ""Impossible" options" -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • Women in politics   Ed. 28 Vol. 3 - July 28, 2005

    • "Women politicians or pseudo men?" -   Ghada Karmi
    • "Tokenism or real participation?" -   Haleh Esfandiari
    • "Can there be democracy with marginalization? " -   Rola Dashti
  • The EU crisis and the Middle East   Ed. 27 Vol. 3 - July 21, 2005

    • "A failure of confidence" - an interview with  Charles Shamas
    • "Is the EU truly in crisis?" -   Ahmet O. Evin
    • "With Turkey, Europe may thwart al-Qaeda " -   Soner Cagaptay
    • "Powerful conservative trends " -   Roberto Aliboni
  • The decline of secularism   Ed. 26 Vol. 3 - July 14, 2005

    • "Predisposed to think the worst " -   Edward S. Walker, Jr.
    • "Is Arab secularism still alive?" -   Khalil al-Anani
    • "Part of a worldwide trend" - an interview with  Ikrama Sabri
    • "The struggle for Islam's soul " -   Irfan Husain
    • "Secularism cannot offer identity " -   Rosemary Hollis
  • Iran and the region after elections   Ed. 25 Vol. 3 - July 07, 2005

    • "New conservative power grip" -   Ali-Asghar Kazemi
    • "What does Admadinezhad's victory mean?" -   Ramin Jahanbegloo
    • "Expect trouble from Iran's Putin" -   Patrick Clawson
    • "No role for Iran in Palestine" - an interview with  Nifaz Azzam
    • "America's Iraqi follies, Iran's opportunities" -   Ghassan Atiyyah
  • The international media and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict   Ed. 24 Vol. 3 - June 30, 2005

    • "Covering Palestine" -   Graham Usher
    • "In weakness there is strength" -   Joshua Muravchik
    • "Israel should clean up its own house" -   Hirsh Goodman
    • "Gross misinformation" -   Ali Abunimah
  • The Red-Dead project   Ed. 23 Vol. 3 - June 24, 2005

    • "Recognition of equal rights" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "We don't know what's going to happen" - an interview with  Mark Bernstein
    • "What is theirs is ours" -   Lamis Andoni
    • "Will it save the Dead Sea?" -   Gidon Bromberg
  • Russia and the Middle East   Ed. 22 Vol. 3 - June 16, 2005

    • "Putin beneath the pyramids " -   Jerzy Zdanowski
    • "A view from Moscow " -   Vitaly Naumkin
    • "A necessary counterbalance " -   Naim al Ashhab
  • The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon   Ed. 21 Vol. 3 - June 09, 2005

    • "The first priority" - an interview  Saji Salameh
    • "From neglect to participation" -   Karma Nabulsi
    • "Pawns, victims, and an obstacle to peace" -   Riad Kahwaji
    • "The democratic solution" -   Hillel Frisch
  • Should the US recognize Arab Islamist movements   Ed. 20 Vol. 3 - June 02, 2005

    • "Islamists are intrinsically anti-democratic " -   Michael Rubin
    • "Listening and talking" -   Mark Perry
    • "The West and moderate Islamism" -   Amr Hamzawy
    • "Hamas and the West " -   Ghazi Hamad
  • Media and reform   Ed. 19 Vol. 3 - May 26, 2005

    • "A vicious cycle" -   Amin Tarzi
    • "Satellite TV and democracy " -   S. Abdallah Schleifer
    • "The Jordanian experience " -   Amy Henderson
    • "Palestine: Without the media reforms will fail" - an interview with  Wafa Abdul Rahman
  • Is the NPT still relevant for the Middle East?   Ed. 18 Vol. 3 - May 19, 2005

    • "Iran and the NPT" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "On the edge of extinction" -   Gerald M. Steinberg
    • "The dissonance of the NPT is getting louder" -   Imad Khadduri
    • "Overall, a success story" - an interview with  Robert Einhorn
  • The role of third party intelligence in Palestinian-Israeli relations   Ed. 17 Vol. 3 - May 12, 2005

    • "Where diplomacy has failed" -   Yossi Melman
    • "US intelligence: pivotal player?" -   Ellen Laipson
    • "Tinkering will no longer help" -   Omar Karmi
    • "Apply sparingly" -   Alastair Crooke
  • The politics of Middle East energy   Ed. 16 Vol. 3 - May 05, 2005

    • "Energy, US national security and the Middle East" -   R. James Woolsey
    • "Gas potentially more unifying than oil" -   Nigel J. Lucas
    • "Iraqi oil: black gold or curse?" -   Jaafar Altaie
  • Third party involvement in Gaza disengagement   Ed. 15 Vol. 3 - April 21, 2005

    • "Palestinian economic revival " -   Nigel Roberts and Stefano Mocci
    • "Unilateralism is the problem" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Third party scramble " -   Jarat Chopra
    • "A unique opportunity" -   Shlomo Brom
    • "Egypt: more than a "third party" " -   Mohamed Ahmed Abd Elsalam
  • Turkish-American tensions   Ed. 14 Vol. 3 - April 14, 2005

    • "Only Iraq and the PKK" -   Ersin Kalaycioglu
    • "Winning Turkey's heart " -   Soner Cagaptay
    • "A momentary hiccup " -   Henri J. Barkey
    • "Perhaps a charm offensive " -   Mensur Akgun
  • The Iran-Syria alliance   Ed. 13 Vol. 3 - April 07, 2005

    • "An alliance of doubtful utility " -   Karim Sadjadpour
    • "The only remaining anti-Israel front " -   Yossi Alpher
    • "The last option " -   Nizar Abdel-Kader
  • The US, democracy and elections   Ed. 12 Vol. 3 - March 31, 2005

    • "Burning down the house " -   Mark Perry
    • "Bush ill-served in Iraq by his bureaucracy " -   Laurie Mylroie
    • "Coups at the ballot " -   Caise D. Hassan
    • "Is the Arab democratization wave real? " -   Amr Hamzawy
  • The future of Lebanon   Ed. 11 Vol. 3 - March 24, 2005

    • "Lebanon's future looks more promising " -   Farid el Khazen
    • "The end of sectarianism in Lebanon?" -   Kim Ghattas
    • "Syrian military pullout could backfire " -   Israel Elad Altman
    • "Syria's stake in Lebanon" -   Rime Allaf
  • Is the US failing in Iraq?   Ed. 10 Vol. 3 - March 17, 2005

    • "America's failure may lie in its own success " -   Trita Parsi
    • "The abject bankruptcy of a colonial occupation" -   Imad Khadduri
    • "Failure too tragic to contemplate " -   Toby Harnden
    • "Americans beginning to awake " -   Ray Hanania
    • "Neither a failure nor a success " -   Shlomo Avineri
  • Reform, republics and monarchies   Ed. 9 Vol. 3 - March 10, 2005

    • "The people v the intelligence services " -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "They're all reforming under pressure " - an interview with  Hisham Kassem
    • "Morocco: a nuanced view " -   Aboubakr Jamai
    • "Young monarchs and old presidents " -   Michele Dunne
  • The fragmentation of the Arab world   Ed. 8 Vol. 3 - March 03, 2005

    • "White Arabism" -   Chibli Mallat
    • ""Clean breaks" and false dawns " -   Khader Khader
    • "Fragmentation presages popular awakening " -   Rosemary Hollis
  • Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan   Ed. 7 Vol. 3 - February 24, 2005

    • "Vision, trust and leadership required" -   Murat Somer
    • "A dilemma or a breakthrough? " -   Hiwa Osman
    • "Show them death and they will love the fever " -   Peter Galbraith
  • NATO and the Middle East   Ed. 6 Vol. 3 - February 17, 2005

    • "The NATO-Med dialogue: An initiative that must succeed" -   Mohammad K. Shiyyab
    • "A role for NATO in the Gulf?" -   Christian Koch
    • "An opportunity we cannot miss" -   Gunther Altenburg
    • "Israel, NATO and the Euro-Atlantic Community" -   Uzi Arad
  • The future of Sudan   Ed. 5 Vol. 3 - February 10, 2005

    • "The unfinished big leap" -   Gamal A.G. Soltan
    • "Necessary but not sufficient" - an interview with  Sadiq al-Mahdi
    • "People don't change their mindsets overnight" - an interview with  Ross Herbert
    • "The Naivasha enigma" -   Robert O. Collins
    • "A microcosm of Africa" - an interview with  Hasan Abdin
  • The "Shi’ite crescent"   Ed. 4 Vol. 3 - February 03, 2005

    • "An Iranian perspective" -   Kamran Taremi
    • "A crude generalization" -   Omar Karmi
    • "Much ado about nothing" -   Mourhaf Jouejati
    • "Iraq transitional phase will determine the future" -   Saad Hattar
  • The Iraqi elections   Ed. 3 Vol. 3 - January 27, 2005

    • "The future of Iraq is through the ballot box" -   Sadegh Zibakalam
    • "Flawed but a landmark" -   Joshua Muravchik
    • "Wrong place at the wrong time" -   Saad Jawad
    • "In Turkey's interest" -   Meliha Altunisik
  • The Egyptian-Israeli rapprochement   Ed. 2 Vol. 3 - January 13, 2005

    • "Understanding the Egyptian paradox" -   Abdel Monem Said Aly
    • "Egyptian role is welcome but not at the expense of our rights" - an interview with  Ismail Haniyeh
    • "Pulling strings discreetly" -   Smadar Perry
    • "Bread and butter" -   Paul Schemm
  • The Middle East in 2005   Ed. 1 Vol. 3 - January 07, 2005

    • "Chaos or renewal?" -   Ghada Karmi
    • "Another year of violence" - an interview with  Kamran al-Karadaghi
    • "Uncertainties and challenges" -   Ramin Jahanbegloo
    • "The view from Turkey" -   Saban Disli
  • The Syrian peace initiative   Ed. 45 Vol. 2 - December 30, 2004

    • "Grab the outstretched hand" -   Terje Roed-Larsen
    • "Playing two tracks against each other" - an interview with  Ali Jarbawi
    • "Syria can wait" -   Efraim Inbar
    • "Possibility of resuming talks is remote" -   Nicholas Blanford
  • Iran, Israel and the Middle East   Ed. 44 Vol. 2 - December 16, 2004

    • "Whither the Persian-Jewish alliance?" -   Trita Parsi
    • "The significance of the Iranian threat" -   Ephraim Kam
    • "The neo-conservative factor " -   Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
    • "Iranian dynamics in the Middle East" -   Wael Al-Assad
  • Christian minorities in the Middle East   Ed. 2 Vol. 43 - December 09, 2004

    • "Jordan's Muslims and Christians face the same challenges" -   Rana Sabbagh-Gargour
    • "The plight and future of Christian Arabs " -   Habib Malik
    • "An Arab culture of denial " -   Saad Eddin Ibrahim
    • "Reflections of a Jerusalem Christian " -   George Hintlian
  • The second Bush administration and the Middle East   Ed. 42 Vol. 2 - December 02, 2004

    • "No radical shift" - an interview with  Itamar Rabinovich
    • "A Turkish perspective" -   Ersin Kalaycioglu
    • "Confronting the rulers, accommodating the people. " -   Anders Jerichow
    • "Little will change" -   Ray Hanania
  • The Arab world after Arafat   Ed. 41 Vol. 2 - November 25, 2004

    • "Will the opportunity be captured this time?" -   Gamal A.G. Soltan
    • "A Jordanian Perspective: What lies ahead?" -   Hassan A. Barari
    • "Arafat's death: a Lebanese perspective " -   Joseph Bahout
    • "Unshakeable" -   Mustafa Aarab
  • Turkey and the EU   Ed. 40 Vol. 2 - November 04, 2004

    • "Securing Turkey for secularism and democracy" -   Philip Robins
    • "Ramifications for the Middle East and Islam" -   Eberhard Rhein
    • "Under the radar" -   Ghassan Khatib
    • "Why Europe needs Turkey" -   Soner Cagaptay
  • The tenth anniversary of Jordan-Israel peace   Ed. 39 Vol. 2 - October 28, 2004

    • "A bad deal for Palestinians" -   Daoud Kuttab
    • "Back to the previous pattern" - an interview with  Abdel-Elah al-Khatib
    • "Across the Jordan River" -   Oded Eran
    • "Ten years of cold peace" -   Hasan Abu Nimah
  • The Shi'ite factor in Iraq   Ed. 38 Vol. 2 - October 21, 2004

    • "America's Shi'ite dilemma: whose Iraq is it?" -   Judith S. Yaphe
    • "A diverse but united community" - an interview with  Kamran al-Karadaghi
    • "The Shi'ite network in the new Middle East order" -   Anoush Ehteshami
    • "The most to gain" -   Ferry Biederman
  • Bush, Kerry and US Middle East policy   Ed. 37 Vol. 2 - October 14, 2004

    • "Thin pickings from November 2" -   Tim Llewellyn
    • "Divergent worldviews" -   Scott Lasensky
    • "Will the US change policy toward the conflict?" -   Eytan Gilboa
    • "The prevalence of irrational ideas " - an interview with  Albert Aghazerian
  • Hizballah and the Lebanon-Israel border   Ed. 36 Vol. 2 - September 23, 2004

    • "Still playing by the rules " -   Daniel Sobelman
    • "Syria's last trump card" -   Rhonda Roumani
    • "Irritating Israel" -   Nicholas Blanford
    • "A note on Hizballah " -   Hussein Agha
  • Iran's regional ambitions   Ed. 35 Vol. 2 - September 09, 2004

    • "The view from Tehran" -   Karim Sadjadpour
    • "Iran and the war in Iraq " -   David Menashri
    • "Iraq's occupation presents both opportunities and threats to Iran " -   Saad N. Jawad
    • "Iraq and Iran: A formidable alliance? " -   Irfan Husain
  • The threats to Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount   Ed. 34 Vol. 2 - September 02, 2004

    • "Constant threat" -   Ikrama Sabri
    • "The maligning of Islamic civilization in the US" -   Caise D. Hassan
    • "The faithful and the eccentric" -   Carmi Gillon
    • "US Christian evangelicals raise the stakes" -   Chip Berlet
  • The 9/11 report and US Middle East strategy   Ed. 33 Vol. 2 - August 26, 2004

    • "Little impact" -   Matthew Levitt
    • "Difficult times ahead" -   Rami Khouri
    • "Eyes wide shut" -   Akram Baker
    • "A study in pragmatism" -   Uzi Arad
  • The Darfur crisis in Sudan   Ed. 32 Vol. 2 - August 19, 2004

    • "First test for the African Union" -   Modibo Goita
    • "On the frontiers of Islam" -   Robert O. Collins
    • "Not even close to genocide" - an interview with  Khidir Haroun Ahmed
  • Arab and Jewish activism in the US   Ed. 31 Vol. 2 - August 12, 2004

    • "A community finding its feet" - an interview with  James J. Zogby
    • "Why American Jews stand strongly with Israel" -   Abraham H. Foxman
    • "More comfortable as endorsers" -   Leonard Fein
    • "Break the taboos" - an interview with  Ali Abu Nimah
  • Palestinian-Arab relations   Ed. 30 Vol. 2 - Aug