Analysis: Fortress Gaza
By Jonathan Spyer, July 2008.
Since the agreement on the tahadiyeh (lull) was reached between Hamas and Israel on June 19, the border crossings between Israel and Gaza have already been closed six times in response [more]

What's in a Name
By Barry Rubin, July 2008.
We all know--though the Western media often doesn't--that radical Arab nationalists, Islamists, and terrorists lie all the time. They then slander and threaten those who point out the truth [more]

Prisoner Rehabilitated; Fifty Million Die
By Barry Rubin, July 2008.
Each day we're told that radical Islamists, terrorists, and assorted extremists are going to moderate, so why not negotiate with them, appease them, defuse their grievances, have dialogue [more]

Who Goes There? Friend or Foe?
By Barry Rubin, July 2008.
Here's the most important thing I can tell you about the Middle East. For more than a half-century, the region's politics revolved around Arab nationalism. Individual states sought to have [more]

They're Dictators and Terrorists But What Clean Streets!
By Barry Rubin, June 2008.
Hamas celebrated its first anniversary of power in the Gaza Strip amidst massive misinterpretations regarding the situation there. Ironically, Hamas's victory and survival has less to do [more]

Time out
By Jonathan Spyer, June 2008.
On Thursday, June 19, at 6 am, following a furious final burst of activity from Qassam rocket teams against the residents of the towns of the Western Negev, and by Israel's Air force against [more]

Lebanon 2006: Unfinished War
By Jonathan Spyer

The Lebanon war of 2006 failed to resolve any of the issues over which it was fought. Ultimately, the war may be understood as a single campaign within a broader Middle Eastern conflict--between... [more]

Pakistan on The Tightrope
By Isaac Kfir

This article examines Pakistan following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the recent parliamentary elections within the confines of the challenges that arise from the need to embrace democracy. The article accepts that Pakistan must contend with a powerful... [more]

Impediments to Stability in Iraq
By Robert Looney

Of the major contributors to stability in Iraq--military, political, and economic, the economic dimension has received the least attention from both... [more]

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