Blogs
Helena Cobban- Just World News
Middle East Strategy at Harvard
The Ground Truth in Iraq - EPIC
Organizations
American Task Force on Palestine
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Council on Foreign Relations-Middle East Section
Foreign Policy in Focus - Middle East
Iraq Reports - Institute for Policy Studies
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Iraq Intelligence - McClatchy
US Policy::Articles
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New York Review of Books - May, 2008
In Iraq and Afghanistan alike the Americans have been trying to establish a government of convenience--friendly to the West, moderate in politics, predictable in business, open to peace with Israel, hostile to Islamic fundamentalists. The United States has been trying to establish such governments in the Middle East for sixty years.
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Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
The "Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" highlights both the good intentions and the misplaced conceptions of its promulgators. Five years after its adoption, it lingers not as a tool for the achievement of a sustainable agreement but as a burdensome impediment to its realization.
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Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
As long as the roadmap, or any other agreement--and we have all witnessed the demise of the Oslo accords--does not unequivocally address and demand an end to Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, nothing will ever come good.
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The Washington Note - May, 2008
The truth is, most allegations about Iran's role in Iraq and the region are unfounded or dishonest. Iran was responsible for ending the recent fighting in Basra and calming the situation after Iraqi parliamentarians who backed Prime Minister Maliki approached it.
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International Crisis Group - April, 2008
In the U.S., much of the debate has focused on whether to maintain or withdraw troops. But this puts the question the wrong way, and spawns misguided answers. The issue, rather, should be whether the U.S. is pursuing a policy that, by laying the foundations of legitimate, functional institutions and rules of the game, will minimize the costs to itself, the Iraqi people and regional stability of a withdrawal that sooner or later must occur - or whether it is simply postponing a scenario of Iraq's collapse into a failed and fragmented state, protracted and multilayered violence, as well as increased foreign meddling.
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International Crisis Group - April, 2008
But on their own, without an overarching strategy for Iraq and the region, these tactical victories cannot turn into lasting success. The mood among Sunnis could alter. The turn against al-Qaeda in Iraq is not necessarily the end of the story. While some tribal chiefs, left in the cold after Saddam's fall, found in the U.S. a new patron ready and able to provide resources, this hardly equates with a genuine, durable trend toward Sunni Arab acceptance of the political process. For these chiefs, as for the former insurgents, it mainly is a tactical alliance, forged to confront an immediate enemy (al-Qaeda in Iraq) or the central one (Iran).
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
The new "surge" strategy in Iraq, led by General David Petreaus, has been heavily marketed as an example of the U.S. military's application of the "lessons of history" from previous counterinsurgencies to Iraq, foremost among them the need to win the population over from insurgents through cultivating human relationships, addressing popular grievances and providing security
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University of Maryland - April, 2008
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National Defense University - April, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - April, 2008
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Boston Review - April, 2008
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MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
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MIddle East Policy - April, 2008
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Middle East Policy - April, 2008
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US Institute of Peace - April, 2008
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Middle East Institute - April, 2008
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London Review of Books - April, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
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Salon - April, 2008
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The American Prospect - March, 2008
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Los Angeles Times - March, 2008
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Center for a New American Security - March, 2008
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - March, 2008
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- March, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
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MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - March, 2008
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Asia Times - March, 2008
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Asia Times - March, 2008
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Vanity Fair - March, 2008
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The Nation - March, 2008
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New York Review of Books - February, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment - February, 2008
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Global Affairs Blog - February, 2008
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Rolling Stone - February, 2008
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International Atomic Energy Agency - February, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
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The American Prospect - February, 2008
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Editor and Publisher - February, 2008
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New Yorker - February, 2008
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International Crisis Group - February, 2008
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Asia Times - February, 2008
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US Institute for Peace - January, 2008
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Open Democracy - January, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
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Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
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The American Prospect - January, 2008
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Electronic Intifada - January, 2008
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Asia Times - January, 2008
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Informed Comment: Global Affairs - January, 2008
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Abu Aardvark Blog - January, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
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General Accounting Office - January, 2008
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Prospects for Peace - January, 2008
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Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
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World Health Organization - January, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
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LA Times - January, 2008
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New York Review of Books - January, 2008
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New York Review of Books - January, 2008
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Christian Science Monitor - January, 2008
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Conflicts Forum - January, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
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Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
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Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
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Foundation for Middle East Peace - December, 2007
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The Nation - December, 2007
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Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
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US Dept of Defense - December, 2007
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US Institute of Peace - December, 2007
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Open Democracy - December, 2007
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The Nation - December, 2007
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Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
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Mother Jones - December, 2007
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Los Angeles Times - December, 2007
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Informed Comment: Global Affairs - December, 2007
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Antiwar.com - December, 2007
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Real Clear Politics - December, 2007
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New Intelligence Estimate Calls for Credible Diplomatic Option to Extend Iran's Nuclear Weapons Halt
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
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Salon - December, 2007
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Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
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- November, 2007
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Foreign Policy in Focus - November, 2007
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MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - November, 2007
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New York Review of Books - November, 2007
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International Crisis Group - November, 2007
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The New Yorker - November, 2007
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IAEA - November, 2007
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- November, 2007
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Abu Aardvark Blog - November, 2007
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Syria Comment Blog - November, 2007
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Newsweek - November, 2007
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The Nation - November, 2007
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Center for American Progress - October, 2007
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Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2007
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Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2007
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Informed Comment: Global Affairs - October, 2007
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New Yorker - October, 2007
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International Security - October, 2007
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Chronicle of Higher Education - October, 2007
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Esquire - October, 2007
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Israel Policy Forum - October, 2007
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Arab Insight - October, 2007
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Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
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The New Yorker - October, 2007
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New York Review of Books - October, 2007
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Independent Institute - October, 2007
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Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
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Political Concepts - September, 2007
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Democracy Now - September, 2007
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Brookings Institute - September, 2007
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Jewish Daily Forward - September, 2007
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Foreign Policy Magazine - September, 2007
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Open Democracy - September, 2007
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BBC, ABC News and NHK - September, 2007
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US Institute of Peace - September, 2007
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New Yorker - September, 2007
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Alternet - September, 2007
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Carnegie Endowment - September, 2007
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The Century Foundation - September, 2007
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MERIP - Middle East Report - July, 2007
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MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies - May, 2007
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Oxford Research Group - February, 2006
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