Gaza protests trigger regional realignment
LONDON: The deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla bringing relief to besieged Gaza has brought the simmering crisis to a dangerous boil. One swift move deprived Israel of ... [Full Article Text.]
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The Truth About Drones (View on Newsweek.)
They are inspiring homegrown terror.
Failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad says he was driven by anger over dozens of unmanned drone attacks that he witnessed during hi... [Full Article Text.]
Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East by David Hirst (View on The Guardian.)
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - The Guardian
Fawaz A Gerges on a survey of the troubles of the Middle East
Beware of Small States is a history of the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the prism of its impact on the internal development of neighbouring... [Full Article Text.]
Iraqi Elections Have Not Set Off a Democracy Contagion (View on YaleGlobal Online.)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - YaleGlobal Online
Sectarian divisions continue to haunt Iraqi politics
LONDON: The second Iraqi parliamentary elections – rare in an Arab country – proved to be a damp squib. Contrary to the expectations about how a succes... [Full Article Text.]
Iraq's delayed democracy (View on The Guardian .)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - The Guardian
Although Iraq's second parliamentary elections sinc... [Full Article Text.]
Lone wolves signal al Qaeda's weakness (View on CNN.com.)
London, England (CNN) -- The heads of major U.S. intelligence agencies told a Senate committee Tuesday that an attempted terrorist attack on the nation in coming months is "certain."
Coinciding with the first anniver... [Full Article Text.]
The Muslim Brotherhood: new leadership, old politics (View on The Guardian.)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - The Guardian
There is no better way to take the temperature of Arab politics than to examine the state of the Muslim Brotherhood, the most powerful religiously-organised opposition movement in Egypt and the Arab world. With branches in seve... [Full Article Text.]
Al Qaeda has bounced back in Yemen (View on CNN.com.)
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- Al Qaeda is benefiting from civil unrest and economic woes in Yemen, says Fawa... [Full Article Text.]
The Transformation of Hamas (View on The Nation.)
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - The Nation
Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic, a moderating trend that, if nourished and engaged, could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process. There are unmistakable signs that the religiously ... [Full Article Text.]
Afghanistan is mission impossible (View on CNN.com.)
London, England (CNN) -- President Obama's decision to deploy an additional 30,000 soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan by early 2010 was not a surprise. In Obama's War Cabinet meetings, the question wa... [Full Article Text.]