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Topic: Middle East

Hubbub Over Syria, August 21, 2008

Sentencing Ibrahim, August 6, 2008

Olmert's Shoulders, July 31, 2008

The Saudi Monologue, July 21, 2008

Madrid and New York, July 17, 2008

The Saudi Dialogue, July 11, 2008

The Return of Christopher, June 20, 2008

Caracas Connection, June 19, 2008

Rice Grabs for the Key, June 16, 2008

Teaching Hate, June 12, 2008

Putin and the Palestinians, June 3, 2008

Peace Plaza?, May 27, 2008

Obama's Reassurance, May 23, 2008

The Syrian Mirage, May 22, 2008

Submarines for Syria?, May 21, 2008

The Bush Method, April 30, 2008

An Israeli-Saudi Operation?, April 10, 2008

The Jewish Refugees, April 2, 2008

McCain in Jerusalem, March 13, 2008

Notable and Quotable, March 11, 2008

The War and the Home Front, March 7, 2008

The Northern Front, March 3, 2008

Silence Over Sderot, February 27, 2008

Much Ado About Malley, February 19, 2008

'Realism' in Syria, February 15, 2008

George Habash, January 29, 2008

A Farewell to Gaza, January 24, 2008

... And in Arabia, January 16, 2008

John Granville, January 2, 2008

Redeeming Bhutto, December 28, 2007

Democracy in Damascus, December 18, 2007

Annapolis Dividend, December 12, 2007

Baker-Hamilton Returns, December 6, 2007

Mr. Bush Hangs Back, November 30, 2007

Bush on the Battlefield, November 28, 2007

Clinton Versus the Saudis, November 26, 2007

Beyond Annapolis, November 23, 2007

The Clinton-Obama-Bush Doctrine, November 19, 2007

Ajami's Voice, November 13, 2007

A New York Case, October 29, 2007

Twilight Over Syria, October 24, 2007

Turkish Tinderbox, October 15, 2007

Meanwhile, in Syria, September 12, 2007

A Saudi Strategy, July 30, 2007

Alwaleed's IPO, July 27, 2007

Libya's Other Captives, July 26, 2007

Beyond the Illusions, July 17, 2007

Blair's First Error, June 27, 2007

Betting on Blair, June 22, 2007

Three-State Solution, June 19, 2007

Libya Backslides, June 12, 2007

The Next Iraq War, June 8, 2007

Beyond Tripoli, May 22, 2007

Qaeda and the Palestinians, May 21, 2007

Sarkozy Accedes, May 17, 2007

Ackerman on the Spot, May 16, 2007

Condoleezza Baker, May 10, 2007

Recall Ricciardone, May 3, 2007

‘Battling Boycotts', April 30, 2007

Murder in Malatya, April 24, 2007

Pelosi's Inspiration, April 6, 2007

A Separate Peace?, April 2, 2007

Rice's Amnesia, March 28, 2007

The Saudi Mirage, March 13, 2007

Gall of the Hashemites, March 8, 2007

Road to Damascus, December 14, 2006

A Friend Shows Up, December 8, 2006

Syria's Bloody Fingerprint, November 24, 2006

Kidnappings in Gaza, October 25, 2006

At Ground Zero and Beyond, September 11, 2006

One Important Speech, September 6, 2006

Khatemi at Harvard, August 31, 2006

Captive Journalists, August 28, 2006

Roth's Latest, August 23, 2006

Friends Like These, August 16, 2006

One War, August 14, 2006

The Next Sharon, August 10, 2006

Roth's False God, August 8, 2006

Danger at the U.N., August 7, 2006

Race Against Time, August 2, 2006

Roth's Supersessionism, July 31, 2006

Mideast Scorecard, July 28, 2006

Israel and Iraq, July 25, 2006

Thanks, But No Thanks, July 19, 2006

Bipartisan Backing, July 17, 2006

Wrong Airport, July 17, 2006

Reagan Was Smarter, July 17, 2006

The Risks of ‘Restraint', July 13, 2006

A Nation of Hostages, June 29, 2006

The Red Crystal, June 23, 2006

Bush in Budapest, June 22, 2006

Abdullah's Warning, June 16, 2006

Haditha and Jenin, June 15, 2006

Beware of Reconciliation, June 12, 2006

A Win in the War, June 9, 2006

Fischer's Folly, May 30, 2006

Bush and Olmert, May 24, 2006

Awaiting Olmert, May 19, 2006

Casus Belli, May 16, 2006

Iran Declares War, May 11, 2006

The Staying-Power Issue, May 9, 2006

Ill-Timed Excuses, April 18, 2006

Truth About Tunisia, April 12, 2006

Jihad in Jordan, November 10, 2005

Scowcroft's Realism, October 27, 2005

Autophagy of the Times, October 24, 2005

Victory in Iraq, October 17, 2005

A Country of Concern, August 11, 2004

'Focus on Your Job', August 9, 2004

What the UAE Bought, August 5, 2004

Harvard's Example, August 3, 2004

Kerry and Arafat, July 27, 2004

The Saudi 'Amnesty', July 15, 2004

Turkey's Accession, June 24, 2004

What Were They Thinking?, June 16, 2004

The Saudi Influence, May 13, 2004

No Flip-Flopping for Bush, May 6, 2004

The Stability Fetish…, April 20, 2004

Sharon and Bush, April 15, 2004

Sharon in Washington, April 13, 2004

Fathi al-Jahmi's Fate, April 7, 2004

The Sharon Summit, March 29, 2004

Choosing Life, March 26, 2004

One War, March 23, 2004

Jerusalem, Israel, February 27, 2004

Border Blunder, February 17, 2004

Holding Syria to Account, December 29, 2003

Justice for Gadhafi, December 24, 2003

Territorial Compromise, December 22, 2003

Bush and Abdullah, December 4, 2003

The Carter Fallacy, December 2, 2003

Geneva and Baghdad, November 28, 2003

Holding Syria Accountable, November 12, 2003

Palestinian Poll, October 24, 2003

The Saudi Bomb, October 23, 2003

Yom Kippur War, October 6, 2003

Alamoudi and His Defenders, October 1, 2003

Neutral Ground, September 24, 2003

Yasser Arafat, Inc., September 22, 2003

The Oslo Tragedy at 10, September 12, 2003

After Abbas, September 9, 2003

…And Bloomberg's, August 27, 2003

Rice Misfires, August 26, 2003

What Would Be Lost, August 22, 2003

Finish the War, August 20, 2003

Buzzing the Syrians, August 18, 2003

Blood Money, August 14, 2003

Tragedy of the Hashemites, August 8, 2003

A League of Their Own, August 6, 2003

Forget the Past?, July 29, 2003

Covering for the Saudis, July 25, 2003

Bush and Abbas, July 22, 2003

Fences and Neighbors, June 30, 2003

Sarah's Saga, June 25, 2003

The Other Cycle of Violence, June 12, 2003

A Troubled Bush, June 11, 2003

Eyes Wide Shut, June 10, 2003

Handshakes and Hand Grenades, June 5, 2003

Reservation 10, May 30, 2003

The Road Taken, May 27, 2003

Saudis on the Spot, May 14, 2003

Oslo II, May 12, 2003

Jordanian Justice, April 28, 2003

Indyk's Errors, April 23, 2003

The Syrian Demarche, April 17, 2003

Abbas in Our Hands, April 16, 2003

The Next War, April 7, 2003

The Palestinian Front, April 2, 2003

Remember the Palestinians, March 17, 2003

The Abu Mazen Myth, March 10, 2003

Second Time Around, March 10, 2003

'The Filth of the Jews', March 6, 2003

False Note, February 28, 2003

Free Ibrahim Hamid, January 7, 2003

Saudi Spending, January 6, 2003

Joseph of Arabia, January 3, 2003

Saudi P.R., December 30, 2002

The Bushes and the Saudis, December 27, 2002

The Cohen Questions, December 12, 2002

A Democracy Specialist, December 5, 2002

Cynicism of the Saudis, November 25, 2002

The Company They Keep, November 13, 2002

The Art of War, November 12, 2002

The Turkish Example, November 5, 2002

Hellfire, November 5, 2002

Use Your Seichel, October 30, 2002

Bush, Sharon, and the War, October 15, 2002

The Battle of Jerusalem, October 3, 2002

Damascus Demonstration, October 1, 2002

Lebanon's Threat, September 25, 2002

…Minister in the Mud, September 19, 2002

The Saudi Factor, September 10, 2002

Iklas Khouli, September 3, 2002

Abu Dhabi Demarche, August 29, 2002

A Question the E.U. Might Ask, August 27, 2002

Cut Mubarak Loose, August 16, 2002

The Eastern Province, August 8, 2002

Neutrality of the Times, August 6, 2002

Who Lost Jordan?, August 5, 2002

Too Kind, August 2, 2002

Wages of War, July 24, 2002

The Right Target, July 12, 2002

Hizzoner Is Had, July 2, 2002

Sharansky's Weapon, June 20, 2002

Handmaidens of Terror, June 19, 2002

Rumsfeld's Advance, June 18, 2002

America Held Hostage, June 12, 2002

The Sum of All Fears, June 10, 2002

The CIA and Arafat, June 7, 2002

Al-Hayat's Scoop, June 5, 2002

Parsons's Partners, June 4, 2002

Libya Lobby, May 30, 2002

Second Time Around, May 10, 2002

Scoop on the Saudis, May 6, 2002

Powell's Progress, April 19, 2002