US Policy::Articles

Palestinians Declare Independence from U.S.
Henry Siegman
The National Interest - September, 2011
The American insistence on aborting the Palestinians' initiative and returning them to a peace process in which their fate remains dependent on Israel is shameful. It stains America's honor. It will not succeed, for the Palestinian decision to defy the American demand is itself a declaration of independence; that genie cannot be returned to the bottle.
Of "Instructors" and Interests in Iraq
Reidar Visser
MERIP Middle East Report - August, 2011
The Obama administration repeatedly declares that it is "on track" to withdraw all US military forces from Iraq by the end of 2011, in keeping with candidate Barack Obama's signature promise to "end the war in Iraq." But, even as the White House avows this intention, policymakers in Washington repeatedly express their hope that the Iraqi government will ask some US troops to stay, perhaps 10,000 or more, past December.
What Does the U.S. Want to Talk to the Brotherhood About?
Nathan Brown
The National Interest - August, 2011
What is the real U.S. approach to the Brotherhood--the Ikhwan--and why does it have so much trouble explaining itself? Should the United States be choosing this time to wade into struggles for Egypt's political soul by "engaging" the Muslim Brotherhood? Having normal diplomatic contact with the Ikhwan makes sense. But trumpeting the policy in such a way is a mistake--it generates exaggerated expectations and fears all around. More importantly, it risks distracting from the real issue, which is whether Egyptian political forces can engage each other, not whether they can engage the United States.
Syrians must win the revolution on their own
Joshua Landis
Middle East Channel - August, 2011
A growing chorus of policy experts in Washington are calling for the United States to get serious about Syria. They want Washington to take charge of regime change, hastening the downfall of the Assad government. This is bad advice. The U.S. should not try to hit the fast-forward button on the process of revolutionary change overtaking Syria. It will end in tears, and Syria will end up a mess.
MERIP Editorial
The Editors
MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2011
If there is movement toward justice and peace in Israel-Palestine in the remainder of the Obama presidency, history will see these Palestinian undertakings as the impetus. Don't bet on anything else.
A State of Palestine: The Case for UN Recognition and Membership
Victor Kattan
al-Shabaka - May, 2011
Is the strategy of seeking international recognition from and membership of the United Nations (UN) this September for the State of Palestine a meaningful move or just a gimmick? What benefits would UN membership bring given that Israel may still retain de facto control over the occupied Palestinian territories? What would the impact be on the growing movement for a one-state solution?
Post-Mitchell, the air of resignation on Israel-Palestine might linger
Daniel Levy
Middle East Channel - May, 2011
Not all of the blame belongs at Mitchell's door, of course. Throwing an envoy at a problem, even one with a distinguished record, is no substitute for a smart, strategic policy. Apparently the first misstep of the Obama administration on Mideast peace was its failure to step back and conduct a thorough review of what had already been tried, why things were so stuck, and to look at the structural flaws in the peace process they had inherited.
How the Arab Spring presages a shifting world order
Geoffrey Aronson
Middle East Channel - May, 2011
U.S. Policy Toward Iran in a Changing Middle East
Marc Lyncy
Center for a New American Security - May, 2011
What Do Israel's Leaders Really Think About Iran?
Tony Karon
Time - May, 2011
Video: Israel-Palestine: The Consequences of the Conflict
Chas Freeman
Palestine Center - May, 2011
Egyptians Embrace Revolt Leaders, Religious Parties and Military, As Well
Global Attitudes Project
PEW Research Center - April, 2011
Eyes on the Prize
Steven Heydemann
Foreign Policy - April, 2011
Can Al Jazeera English Leverage its 'Egypt Moment' into an American Audience?
William Youmans and Katie Brown
Arab Media and Society - March, 2011
Obama does not get it
Lamis Andoni
Al Jazeera English - March, 2011
Libya: What can and should outsiders do?
Helena Cobban
Just World News - February, 2011
Understanding Obama's Settlement Posture
Nadia Hijab
Huffington Post - February, 2011
Obama's Choice
Henry Siegman
FMEP/London Review of Books - February, 2011
Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war
Martin Chulov and Helen Pidd
The Guardian - February, 2011
U.S. policy and Egypt after Mubarak's resignation
Helena Cobban
The Hill - February, 2011
In an information age, soft power wins
Joseph Nye
CNN - February, 2011
The US-Egyptian Breakup
Steven A. Cook
Foreign Affairs - February, 2011
Obama's Still Trying for Egyptian Change
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - February, 2011
Too Late for Reform Now
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment - February, 2011
US can blame itself for anger in the Middle East, and start making peace
Graham Fuller
Christian Science Monitor - February, 2011
U.S. Trying to Balance Israel's Needs in the Face of Egyptian Reform
Helene Cooper and Mark Landler
New York Times - February, 2011
After Mubarak
Adam Shatz
London Review of Books - February, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood After Mubarak
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
Foreign Affairs - February, 2011
Egypt Endgame
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - February, 2011
Time for Obama to press Mubarak
William Quandt
Politico - February, 2011
Tunisia's Spark and Egypt's Flame: the Middle East is Rising
Phyllis Bennis
IPS - February, 2011
Complicating the transition in US-Egyptian relations
Daniel Levy
Foreign Policy - February, 2011
Why Washington is so blind on Egypt
Helena Cobban
Salon - January, 2011
Dead-Enders on the Potomac
MERIP - January, 2011
Obama's know-nothings discuss Egypt
Helena Cobban
Just World News - January, 2011
American Policy on the Brink
Juan Cole
Tomgram - January, 2011
US threat to Palestinians: change leadership and we cut funds
Seumas Milne and Ian Black
The Guardian - January, 2011
A dangerous shift on 1967 lines
Ali Abunimah
Al-Jazeera, English - January, 2011
The Post Tunisia World
James Traub
Middle East Channel - January, 2011
Tutu, Carter: Time to move on Mideast peac
Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu
USA Today - December, 2010
The Delusions of the Peace Process
Richard Falk
Al-Jazeera English - December, 2010
A U.N. Plan for Israel
Robert Wright
New York Times - December, 2010
Imbalanced on Israel
Amjad Atallah
The National Interest - November, 2010
Palestine at the UN: An Alternative Strategy
Mouin Rabbani
The Hill - November, 2010
The Peace Process's Last Hurrah?
Nathan Brown
Foreign Policy - November, 2010
Loose Ends: Iraq's Security Forces Between U.S. Drawdown and Withdrawal
International Crisis Group - October, 2010
Chas Freeman: Engaging the Middle East  after the Cairo speech
Chas Freeman
War in Context - October, 2010
They Hate Us for Our Occupations
Glenn Greenwald
Salon - October, 2010
The Road to Tehran Runs through Ankara
Geneive Abdo
The Middle East Channel - October, 2010
U.S.-Saudi Security Cooperation and the Impact of U.S. Arms Sales
Anthony Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - September, 2010
It's Time the US Talked to Hamas
Noam Sheizaf
972 Magazine - September, 2010
Needed: An Off-Ramp for Iran Policy
Marc Lynch
The Middle East Channel - Foreign Policy - September, 2010
Our Man in Palestine
Nathan Thrall
New York Review of Books - September, 2010
America and Iran: Strikes, Sanctions and Scapegoats
Gary Sick
Blog - September, 2010
US Hamas Policy Blocks Middle East Peace
Henry Siegman
Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre - September, 2010
Is This the Road to Israeli-Palestinian Peace?
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - August, 2010
Can Obama Please Both Arabs and Israelis?
Shibley Telhami
Foreign Policy - August, 2010
Armistice and Governance in the Iraqi Government-Formation Process: The US Position
Reidar Visser
Historiae.org - August, 2010
The Bomb-Iran Debate From Hell
Tony Karon
Tom Dispatch - August, 2010
Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks: The Case for a Regional Approach
Marwan Muasher
Carnegie Endowment - August, 2010
Military Action against Iran: Impact and Effects
Paul Rogers
Oxford Research Group - August, 2010
2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll: Results of Arab Opinion Survey Conducted June 29-July 20, 2010
Shibley Telhami
Brookings Saban Center - August, 2010
Iraq: The Impasse
Joost Hilterman
New York Review of Books - August, 2010
The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War
Andrew Bacevitch
Tom Dispatch - July, 2010
Building Cooperation in the Eastern Middle East
Paul Salem
Carnegie Endowment - July, 2010
Worth It - Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions by Joy Gordon
Andrew Cockburn
London Review of Books - July, 2010
Lessons We Should Have Learned from the Iraq Sanctions
Joy Gordon
The Middle East Channel - July, 2010
CENTCOM Thinks Outside the Box on Hamas and Hezbollah
Mark Perry
The Middle East Channel - June, 2010
Who Wins, Who Loses if Israel Ends Its Gaza Siege?
Tony Karon
Time Magazine - June, 2010
Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis Is Not a Surprise--It's What We Wanted
Geoffrey Aronson
The Middle East Channel - June, 2010
Syria's New Alliances
Helena Cobban
The Middle East Channel - June, 2010
The EU Must Show Real Courage on the Middle East
Chris Patten
The Guardian - June, 2010
Those Complicit in the Siege Are Now its Curious Critics
Tony Karon
The National - June, 2010
The False Religion of Mideast Peace
Aaron David Miller
Foreign Policy - June, 2010
A Two-State Solution Requires Palestinian Politics
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment - June, 2010
Israel as a Strategic Liability?
Anthony Cordesman
CSIS - June, 2010
The Gaza Raid: No Help to U.S. Mideast Diplomacy
Tony Karon
Time Magazine - June, 2010
The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
Peter Beinart
New York Review of Books - May, 2010
The Turkey-Brazil-Iran Deal: Can Washington Take "Yes" for an Answer?
Trita Parsi
The Middle East Channel - May, 2010
Obama's Middle East Straddle - Time to Get Off the Fence
William Quandt
The Middle East Channel - Foreign Policy - April, 2010
Security for Peace: Setting the Conditions for a Palestinian State
Andrew Exum, Scott Brady, Richard Weitz, Kyle Flynn, Robert Killebrew, James Dobbins, Marc Lynch
Center for a New American Security - April, 2010
Bad Faith in the Holy City
Rashid Khalidi
Foreign Affairs - April, 2010
Analysis: Ethnic Cleansing By Any Other Name
Yousef Munayyer
Palestine Center - April, 2010
An Obama Middle East Peace Plan: Is it Real? Is it Smart?
Daniel Levy
The Middle East Channel - April, 2010
Taking Sides
John Mearsheimer
London Review of Books - March, 2010
How Can So Many Israelis Back the Construction Freeze
Yehuda Ben Meir
Haaretz - March, 2010
Getting to the Territorial Endgame of an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Settlement
Edward P. Djerejian
James A. Baker III Institute - March, 2010
Israel and Palestine: Two States for Two Peoples. If Not Now, When?
Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace - March, 2010
Biden, Netanyahu, and Papering over the Grand Canyon
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - March, 2010
Statement by General Petreaus before Senate Armed Services Committee
US Senate - March, 2010
The Petraeus Briefing: Biden's Embarrassment Is Not the Whole Story
Mary Perry
Foreign Policy - March, 2010
Iraq's Uncertain Future: Elections and Beyond
International Crisis Group - February, 2010
Shi'i Politics: Preparing for Victory and for the Next Battle
Marina Ottaway & Danial Kaysi
Carnegie Endowment - February, 2010
How Washington Can Really Help the Greens in Tehran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - February, 2010
Blacklisted in Baghdad
Reidar Visser
Foreign Affairs - February, 2010
Obama and Human Rights in the Middle East: Suggestions for Act Two
Joe Stork
Arab Reform Bulletin - January, 2010
The Settlement Freeze That Isn't
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - December, 2009
Negotiating with Iran: Reflections from Personal Experience
James Dobbins
The Washington Quarterly - December, 2009
Anatomy of a Nuclear Breakthrough Gone Backwards
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - December, 2009
After Abu Mazin? Letting the Scales Fall From Our Eyes
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - November, 2009
Obama Fails in Middle East
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - November, 2009
Pragmatists in Tehran
Hillary Mann Leverett
Foreign Policy - October, 2009
Iran: The Revenge
Anonymous
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Iraq on the Edge
Joost Hilterman
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Talking With Tehran
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - October, 2009
Palestinian Support Wanes for American-Trained Forces
Charles Levinson
Wall Street Journal - October, 2009
The Latest Blow to Palestinian Unity Efforts
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - October, 2009
Israel & Palestine: Can They Start Over?
Hussein Agha, Robert Malley
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
In Evin Prison
Claire Messud
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Inside the 2010 Iraqi Elections
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Iran, the United States, and the Gulf: The Elusive Regional Policy
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Interview: The Iranian Regime Is Now More Vulnerable Than Ever Before
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Palestine: Salvaging Fatah
International Crisis Group - October, 2009
Diplomacy and Iran May Yet Have Potential to Break Out
Tony Karon
The National - October, 2009
A Precarious Peace in Northern Iraq
Quil Lawrence
MERIP Middle East Report - October, 2009
US Strategy in Iran Talks
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - September, 2009
Keeping Iran Honest
Scott Ritter
The Guardian - September, 2009
Iraq's New Battlefront: The Struggle over Ninewa
International Crisis Group - September, 2009
How to Press the Advantage With Iran
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
New York Times - September, 2009
How to Keep Iran in Check Without War
Gary Sick
The Daily Beast - September, 2009
Little Progress from the Trilateral Meeting
Interview with Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2009
More Than Just a Photo-Op
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - September, 2009
Making Big Money on Iraq
Pete W. Moore
MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
Ahmadinejad's Nuclear Folly
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
EU Sources: Terms Set for Renewal of Israel-PA Talks
Akiva Eldar
Haaretz - September, 2009
Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with 'Unsettled' Iran
Ray Takeyh
Council on Foreign Relations - September, 2009
Two More Years for Two States?
David Halperin
Israel Policy Forum - August, 2009
After Sadr-Badr Compromise in Tehran, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) Is Declared
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - August, 2009
Egypt's Next Strongman
Issandr Amrani
Foreign Policy - August, 2009
Obama's America Is Not Delivering the Goods
Gideon Levy
War in Context - August, 2009
Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies
Rand Corporation - August, 2009
A Settlement Freeze . . . Or More of the Same?
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace Settlement Report - July, 2009
Make Them Wait: The Case for a Tactical Pause with Iran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - July, 2009
The Making of an Iran Policy
Roger Cohen
New York Times - July, 2009
22 July 2009: Uneasy Anniversary for Iraq's Inter-Sectarian Opposition Front
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - July, 2009
Israel's Religious Right and the Question of Settlements
International Crisis Group - July, 2009
Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
Roger Cohen
New York Review of Books - July, 2009
The UNSC's Responsibility for Middle East Peace
Henry Siegman
US Middle East Project - July, 2009
Patience with Iran
The Nation
Robert Dreyfuss - July, 2009
Withdrawal from Iraq: What are the Regional Implications?
Middle East Policy Council - July, 2009
Window of Opportunity for a Two-State Solution
Brian Katulis, Marc Lynch, Robert C. Adler
Center for American Progress - July, 2009
Iraq and the Kurds: Trouble Along The Trigger Line
International Crisis Group - July, 2009
Biden, US Policy in Iraq and the Concept of Muhasasa
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - July, 2009
Settlement Freeze Redux
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace - June, 2009
Tehran, June 2009
Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian and Norma Claire Moruzzi
MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment - June, 2009
How Not to Support Democracy in the Middle East
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - June, 2009
10 Comments on Obama in Cairo: Still Accumulating, Not Expending Capital
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - June, 2009
Changing the Discourse: First Step toward Changing the Policy?
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - June, 2009
U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
International Crisis Group - June, 2009
Disputed Territories in Iraq: The Practical Argument against Self-Determination in Kirkuk
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - May, 2009
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel et al
Rand Corp - May, 2009
Visions of the Endgame: A Strategy to Bring the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Swiftly to an End
Tony Klug
Oxford Research Group - May, 2009
Interview: Core Differences Remain After Netanyahu-Obama Meeting
Steven A. Cook
Council on Foreign Relations - May, 2009
Here's How Israel Would Destroy Iran's Nuclear Program
Reuven Pedatzur
Haaretz - May, 2009
Obama and the Middle East
Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
New York Review of Books - May, 2009
Misreading the Map: The Road to Jerusalem Does Not Lead Through Tehran
Leon Hadar
Foreign Affairs - May, 2009
Martyrdom's Strategy: Suicide Bombers Target Obama's Withdrawal Plan
Steve Niva
Foreign Policy in Focus - May, 2009
Nuclear Issue Unites Conservatives and Reformists
Geneive Abdo
Iran Election Bulletin - April, 2009
Potential Traps for George Mitchell
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - April, 2009
How Soon Is Safe? Iraqi Force Development and "Conditions-Based" US Withdrawals
Anthony Cordesman and Adam Mausner
Center for Strategic and International Studies - April, 2009
The Reawakened Specter of Iraqi Civil War
Michael Wahid Hanna
MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2009
The Gathering Storm
Nir Rosen
The National - April, 2009
Path to Peace Needs New Realism on All Sides
Helena Cobban
IPS News - March, 2009
More than "Shiites" and "Sunnis": A Post-sectarian Strategy for Iraq
Iraqi Policy Specialists
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) - March, 2009
A Last Chance for a Two-State Israel-Palestine Agreement
US Middle East Project - March, 2009
Iran's Role in Post-Occupation Iraq: Enemy, Good Neighbor, or Overlord?
Reidar Visser
Century Foundation - March, 2009
America's Intelligence Assessment on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Ephraim Kam
Mideast Peace Pulse - March, 2009
Obama's Overtures to Iran
Daniel Brumberg
Washington Post - March, 2009
On Khamenei's Response to Obama
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment Global Affairs - March, 2009
Obama's Middle East Moment of Truth
Gary Kamiya
Salon Magazine - March, 2009
Can the Two-State Solution be Salvaged?
Middle East Policy Council - March, 2009
Re-Imagining the Lebanon Track: Toward a New U.S. Policy
Nicholas Noe
Century Foundation - March, 2009
Is the Two-State Solution Viable after Gaza?
Michael Walzer
Dissent - March, 2009
Middle East Peacemaking Has Failed
Nathan Brown
Foreign Policy - March, 2009
We're Really Leaving Iraq
Juan Cole
Salon - March, 2009
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and the Obama Administration
Brian Katulis
Century Foundation - February, 2009
Repairing American Public Diplomacy
William Rugh
Arab Media and Society - February, 2009
America and Israel: Will the Relationship Change? Yes it Can
The Economist - February, 2009
Engaging Syria? U.S. Constraints and Opportunities
International Crisis Group - February, 2009
Despite Paralysis in Israeli Politics, U.S. Peace Efforts Crucial
Daniel Kurzer
Council on Foreign Relations - February, 2009
Mitchell's Shocking Failure!
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - February, 2009
President Obama, the United States and the Middle East
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - February, 2009
Hamas is a Mideast Reality
Fawaz Gerges
Los Angeles Times - January, 2009
No Magic Required
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - January, 2009
Obama Taking Hands-On Approach to Mideast
Helena Cobban
IPS - January, 2009
A Litmus Test for Iraq
Reidar Visser
MERIP - Middle East Report - January, 2009
The Continuity of Obama's Change
Mouin Rabbani and Chris Toensing
Middle East Report OnLine - January, 2009
Iraq's Provincial Elections: The Stakes
International Crisis Group - January, 2009
Can George Mitchell Astound the Skeptics, Again?
Daniel Levy
Huffington Post - January, 2009
Is Mitchell Up to the Task?
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2009
Pointers for the Obama Administration in the Middle East: Avoiding Myths and Vain Hopes
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - January, 2009
Basra, the Failed Gulf State, Part II: Wail Abd al-Latif Concedes Defeat
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - January, 2009
How to Deal with Iran
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - January, 2009
Engaging Syria? Lessons from the French Experience
International Crisis Group - January, 2009
Memo to Obama: Leave 'War on Terror' Behind and Talk to Hamas and Taliban
Olivier Roy
New Perspectives Quarterly - January, 2009
Briefing Book: How to Get Out of Iraq
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - January, 2009
After Pharaoh
Issandr Amrani
Foreign Policy - January, 2009
The Gaza War: Antecedents and Consequences
Augustus Richard Norton and Sara Roy
Real Instituto Elcano - January, 2009
Once More Into the Breach
Ussama Makdisi
MERIP Interventions - January, 2009
The Anbar Awakening: An Alliance of Incentives
John A. McCary
The Washington Quarterly - January, 2009
Beyond Iraq: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East
Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk
Foreign Affairs - December, 2008
Review: Presumed Innocent: Lessons of the Past for the New Middle East
L. Carl Brown
Foreign Affairs - December, 2008
Iraq in the Obama Administration
US Institute of Peace - December, 2008
The Basra Federalism Initiative Enters Stage Two
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - December, 2008
The Quality of Justice: Failings of Iraq's Central Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch - December, 2008
The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Freedom Agenda in the Middle East
Michele Dunne
Washington Quarterly - December, 2008
America Concedes
Patrick Cockburn
London Review of Books - December, 2008
Evaluating Iraq's Provincial Reconstruction Teams While Drawdown Looms
USIP - December, 2008
Palestinian Presidential Follies
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - December, 2008
Obama's Middle East Policy: What the Arab World Expects
Amr Hamzawy, Farah Choucair
Carnegie Endowment - December, 2008
Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President
Brookings Institution - December, 2008
Songs for the Mahdi Army
Nir Rosen
Mother Jones - December, 2008
A Tipping Point Realized? Nuclear Proliferation in the Persian Gulf and Middle East
James A. Russell
Contemporary Security Policy - December, 2008
The 'Demand-Side': Avoiding a Nuclear-Armed Iran
Bradley L. Bowman
Council on Foreign Relations - December, 2008
Iraq's Displaced: Where to Turn?
Roberta Cohen
Brookings - November, 2008
The "Withdrawal Treaty" Is Passed
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - November, 2008
Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21
Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski
Washington Post - November, 2008
Nuclear Overreaction
F Gregory Gause
The National - November, 2008
Imagining the Next Occupation
Jason Brownlee
MERIP - Middle East Report - November, 2008
Editorial - Shrinking Capital: The US in the Middle East
MERIP - Middle East Report - November, 2008
Iranian Imbroglios Revisited
Nikki Keddie
World Policy Journal - November, 2008
President-elect Obama and the Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada - November, 2008
Syria Seeks Change: On Its Own Terms
Bilal Y. Saab
Brookings - November, 2008
Book Review: Iraq: Before & After, and Now
Joshua Hammer
New York Review of Books - November, 2008
Four Crises on Obama's Horizon
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - November, 2008
Turkey and Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?
International Crisis Group - November, 2008
Review: 'The Much Too Promised Land'
Benjamin Tua
Foreign Policy in Focus - November, 2008
Can Cairo Reassemble Palestine?
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - November, 2008
October Report to Congress on Iraq
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
- October, 2008
Status of Forces Agreement between US and Iraq (latest)
Raed Jarrar, trans.
AFSC - October, 2008
Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2008
Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq (Book Review)
Chris Toensing
The Nation - October, 2008
Israel Gets Real on Iran
Trita Parsi
Rootless Cosmopolitan - October, 2008
Understanding the U.S.- Iran Crisis
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2008
Time for a U.S.-Iranian 'Grand Bargain'
Flynt Leverett
New America Foundation - October, 2008
How to Leave a Stable Iraq
Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, and Kenneth M. Pollack
Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
The Latter-Day Sultan: Power and Politics in Iran
Akbar Ganji
Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
The United States and Iraq: Still Getting it Wrong
Reidar Visser
Open Democracy - October, 2008
Political Situation in Iraq is 'A House of Cards'
Interview with Marc Lynch
Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2008
Is This a 'Victory'?
Peter Galbraith
New York Review of Books - October, 2008
Review: The Making of Recent U.S. Middle East Policies
Bill and Kathleen Christison
Counter Punch - September, 2008
No Friends but the Kurds? The Biden Problem in Democratic Iraq Policy
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - September, 2008
Iraq's Nouri Maliki breaking free of U.S.
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - September, 2008
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
International Atomic Energy Agency - September, 2008
The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq
Julie Montgomery
US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
Reconciliation Strategies in Iraq
David Steele
US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
9/11 Plus Seven
Andrew J. Bacevich
Tom Dispatch - September, 2008
Book Review: Outside the Green Zone, the Human Dimension
Lee Hamilton
New York Times - September, 2008
Iraq's Political Transition after the Surge
Brian Katulis, Marc Lynch, and Peter Juul
Center for American Progress - September, 2008
Iraq: What to Watch for Now
Phebe Marr
Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
Official American Sadism
Anthony Lewis
New York Review of Books - September, 2008
The United States and Libya: Where Do We Go From Here?
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
Draft US - Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Raed Jarrar, translator
AFSC - September, 2008
How to Leave a Stable Iraq
Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, and Kenneth M. Pollack
Foreign Affairs - August, 2008
Canceling Iraq's Blank Check
Colin H. Kahl, John A. Nagl, Shawn Brimley
Foreign Policy Magazine - August, 2008
Big Three Block Iran Attack
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
Institute for Science and International Security - August, 2008
The Iranian Chess Game Continues
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
The Devastation of Iraq's Past
Hugh Eakin
New York Review of Books - August, 2008
The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence
John Brennan
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - July, 2008
Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: The U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf
Lawrence Korb
The Century Foundation - July, 2008
Playing Games with Iran
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - July, 2008
The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S.
Marina Ottawa, Mohammed Herzallah
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - July, 2008
The Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments
Anthony Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - July, 2008
Still No Clear Path for Integrating 'Sons of Iraq' into Iraqi Government
Michael Hanna
World Politics Review - July, 2008
Preparing the Battlefield
Seymour Hersh
The New Yorker - July, 2008
Embedded in Iraq
Michael Massing
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
Iran: The Threat
Thomas Powers
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
Democratization and Its Discontents: Should America Push Political Reform in the Middle East?
Eva Bellin
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
When to Leave Iraq: Today, Tomorrow or Yesterday?
Colin H. Kahl and William E. Odom
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq
Commonwealth Institute
Taskforce for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq - June, 2008
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - June, 2008
Sunset for the Two-State Solution?
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - May, 2008
The Roadmap Revisited
Naomi Chazan
Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
A Roadmap to Nowhere
Joharah Baker
Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
Selling the War with Iran
Nir Rosen
The Washington Note - May, 2008
Iraq After the Surge I: The New Sunni Landscape
International Crisis Group - April, 2008
Iraq after the Surge II: The Need for a New Political Strategy
International Crisis Group - April, 2008
The New Walls of Baghdad
Steve Niva
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll
Shibley Telhami
University of Maryland - April, 2008
Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath
Joseph J. Collins
National Defense University - April, 2008
The Price of the Surge: How U.S. Strategy Is Hastening Iraq's Demise
Steve Simon
Foreign Affairs - April, 2008
Pious Populist: Understanding the Rise of Iran's President
Abbas Milani
Boston Review - April, 2008
Washington's New Arms Bazaar
Sean L. Yom
MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2008
Petraeus-Crocker Hearing: Political Theater on Message
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
Thinking Strategically about Iraq: Report from a Symposium
Colin H. Kahl, Brian Katulus, & Marc Lynch
MIddle East Policy - April, 2008
Roundtable: Iran's Strategic Concerns and U.S. Interests
Gary Sick, Trita Parsi, Chas Freeman, Barbara Slavin, Ray Takeyh
Middle East Policy - April, 2008
Iraq After the Surge: Options and Questions
Daniel Serwer and Sam Parker
US Institute of Peace - April, 2008
Iraq: Dark Shadows of Things to Come
Wayne White
Middle East Institute - April, 2008
Grab More Hills, Expand the Territory
Henry Siegman
London Review of Books - April, 2008
Dealing with Iran's Hardliners
Patrick Disney and Danny Hosein
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
Why al-Maliki Attacked Basra
Juan Cole
Salon - April, 2008
The Next President and the Middle East
Daniel Levy
The American Prospect - March, 2008
In Iraq, U.S. Caught in Middle of Shiite Rivalry
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - March, 2008
The Case for Conditional Engagement in Iraq
Colin Kahl and Shawn Brimley
Center for a New American Security - March, 2008
The Al-Qaeda Media Nexus
Daniel Kimmage
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - March, 2008
The World Beyond Iraq
Barack Obama
- March, 2008
Iraq's "Hidden" Conflict
Raed Jarrar
Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
Rule, Not Reconciliation
Dahr Jamail
Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
Debating Devolution in Iraq
Reidar Visser
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - March, 2008
Iran-Iraq Ties Show US the Way
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - March, 2008
The 'Laptop of Mass Destruction"
Gareth Porter
Asia Times - March, 2008
The Gaza Bombshell
Ken Silverstein
Vanity Fair - March, 2008
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - March, 2008
A Solution for the US-Iran Nuclear Standoff
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, and Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - February, 2008
Iran in the Crosshairs
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
The New Middle East
Marina Ottaway, Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, Karim Sadjadpour, Paul Salem
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February, 2008
The Road Out of Gaza
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - February, 2008
IAEA's Latest Report on Iran: Time to Move On
Farideh Farhi
Global Affairs Blog - February, 2008
The Myth of the Surge
Nir Rosen
Rolling Stone - February, 2008
Latest Iran Safeguards Report Delivered to IAEA Board
International Atomic Energy Agency - February, 2008
The Enduring Trap in Iraq
Adil Shamoo
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
Who Will Stop the Bulldozers?
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - February, 2008
Counting Iraqi Casualties -- and a Media Controversy
John Tirman
Editor and Publisher - February, 2008
A Strike in the Dark
Seymour Hersh
New Yorker - February, 2008
Iraq's Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge
International Crisis Group - February, 2008
Iran Tries to Make Up Lost Ground
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - February, 2008
Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
Daniel Serwer and Rend al-Rahim
US Institute for Peace - January, 2008
The Iraq Project
Paul Rogers
Open Democracy - January, 2008
Arming the Middle East
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
360 Days
M.J. Rosenberg
Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
What Does It Mean To Be the Pro-Israel Candidate?
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - January, 2008
Ali Abunimah Discusses US Presidential Candidates on Democracy Now!
Electronic Intifada - January, 2008
US Military Breaks Ranks
Mark Perry
Asia Times - January, 2008
Bush and Palestinian-Israeli Peace Efforts
Charles D. Smith
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - January, 2008
GCC-Iran Watch
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark Blog - January, 2008
Still No Peace
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
Iran Sanctions: Impact in Furthering U.S. Objectives Is Unclear and Should Be Reviewed
General Accounting Office - January, 2008
Four Comments on Bush's Visit to Israel
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - January, 2008
Stairway to Paradise & Obama's Religion
M.J. Rosenberg
Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
New Study Estimates 151 000 Violent Iraqi Deaths Since 2003 Invasion
World Health Organization - January, 2008
Bush's Israel Problem -- And Ours
Ira Chernus
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
Israel's False Friends
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
LA Times - January, 2008
As Iraqis See It
Michael Massing
New York Review of Books - January, 2008
An American in Iran
Max Rodenbeck
New York Review of Books - January, 2008
Why US Strategy on Iran Is Crumbling
Marc Lynch
Christian Science Monitor - January, 2008
Dependency Politics
Ahmad Khalidi
Conflicts Forum - January, 2008
The Costs of Containing Iran: Washington's Misguided New Middle East Policy
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
Can the War on Terror Be Won?
Philip H. Gordon
Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
It's Time to Talk to Iran
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
Can Israel Accept the Price of Peace?
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace - December, 2007
Muqtada al-Sadr's Power Grab
Mohamad Bazzi
The Nation - December, 2007
The Israel Lobby Revisited
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: Report to Congress
US Dept of Defense - December, 2007
Political Progress in Iraq During the Surge
Rend Al-Rahim Francke
US Institute of Peace - December, 2007
Iraq's Danger Signals
Paul Rogers
Open Democracy - December, 2007
GWOT: Egypt
Negar Azimi
The Nation - December, 2007
Between Annapolis and Bush's Presidential Visit to Israel
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
Will Iraq's Great Awakening Lead to a Nightmare?
Douglas Macgregor
Mother Jones - December, 2007
Iraq Calmer But More Divided
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - December, 2007
Reading the NIE in Tehran
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - December, 2007
Is Iran NIE a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?
Trita Parsi
Antiwar.com - December, 2007
The Costs of Containing Iran
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Real Clear Politics - December, 2007
New Intelligence Estimate Calls for Credible Diplomatic Option to Extend Iran's Nuclear Weapons Halt
Cara Ong
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
Why Bush's Troop Surge Won't Save Iraq
Juan Cole
Salon - December, 2007
The Failure of Annapolis
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
"Follow Us, Not Them" - The Ramallah Model: Washington's Palestinian Failure
Geoffrey Aronson
- November, 2007
Broken Peace Process
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - November, 2007
War Is Peace, Sanctions Are Diplomacy
Carah Ong
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - November, 2007
Annapolis: The Cost of Failure
Henry Siegman
New York Review of Books - November, 2007
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Annapolis and After
International Crisis Group - November, 2007
Inside the Surge: The American Military Finds New Allies, But at What Cost?
Jon Lee Anderson
The New Yorker - November, 2007
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
Director General
IAEA - November, 2007
National Intelligence Estimate - Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities
National Intelligence Council
- November, 2007
Kahl-Katulis Debate on Iraq
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark Blog - November, 2007
Syria and the Peace Process
Joshua Landis
Syria Comment Blog - November, 2007
A Wall of Mistrust
Maziar Bahari
Newsweek - November, 2007
The Iranian Challenge
Trita Parsi
The Nation - November, 2007
Strategic Drift in Iraq
John Podesta, Lawrence J. Korb, Brian Katulis
Center for American Progress - October, 2007
Quarterly Report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, October 2007
Stuart B. Bowen
Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2007
Engaging Syria: We'd Be Crazy Not To
Shana Marshall
Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2007
New Unilateral Sanctions against Iran: What Do They Mean?
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - October, 2007
Ask the Iraqis
Lawrence Wright
New Yorker - October, 2007
Muting the Alarm over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The New York Times versus Haaretz, 2000-06
Jerome Slater
International Security - October, 2007
When Promoting Democracy Is Counterproductive
Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak
Chronicle of Higher Education - October, 2007
The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know
John H. Richardson
Esquire - October, 2007
A Guide to a Successful November International Conference
Israel Policy Forum - October, 2007
Media Matters: The Arab Portrayal of the United States
Hosam Mohamed
Arab Insight - October, 2007
Beyond Media 'Dialogues': Time to Put Away the Champagne Flutes
Lawrence Pintak
Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
Shifting Targets: The Administration's Plan for Iran
Seymour M. Hersh
The New Yorker - October, 2007
The Iranian Conundrum
Peter Galbraith
New York Review of Books - October, 2007
A Diplomatic Road to Damascus: The Benefits of U.S. Engagement with Syria
Leon T. Hadar
Independent Institute - October, 2007
Bravely Stating the Obvious: Egyptian Humor and the Anti-American Consensus
Walter Armbrust
Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
After Neoconservatism
Francis Fukuyama
Political Concepts - September, 2007
The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
Trita Parsi and Ervand Abrahamian
Democracy Now - September, 2007
Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Got to War Without 'Em: Private Military Contractors and Counter Insurgency
P. W. Singer
Brookings Institute - September, 2007
The World Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
Martin van Creveld
Jewish Daily Forward - September, 2007
The Terrorism Index
Foreign Policy Magazine - September, 2007
Iraq in 2012: Four Scenarios
Volker Perthes
Open Democracy - September, 2007
Surge Has Failed - Iraqi Poll
BBC, ABC News and NHK - September, 2007
Iraq: Time for a Change
Daniel Serwer
US Institute of Peace - September, 2007
Planning for Defeat
George Packer
New Yorker - September, 2007
The Battle for Iraq is About Oil and Democracy, Not Religion!
Joshua Holland and Raed Jarrar
Alternet - September, 2007
The Surge in Iraq Has Failed
Jessica Matthews
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2007
Missed Opportunities: Cooperation and Confrontation in the US-Syrian Relationship
David W. Lesch
The Century Foundation - September, 2007
"The Israel Lobby" in Perspective
Mitchell Plitnick and Chris Toensing
MERIP - Middle East Report - July, 2007
Culture Knowledge and the Violence of Imperialism: Revisiting the Arab Mind
Frances S. Hasso
MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies - May, 2007
Iran: Consequences of a War
Paul Rogers
Oxford Research Group - February, 2006