Editorial Articles
Is Iraq the next Lebanon? (View on The World Newser.)
Thursday, March 30, 2006 - The World Newser
Last night on World News Tonight, Dan Harris asked me if the current sectarian violence in Iraq resembles that of the Lebanese civil war in its first phase. Dan did not know that I lived through the Lebanon war's early days - 1975... [Full Article Text.]
Bin Laden is losing the big battle (View on Baltimoresun.com.)
Sunday, February 12, 2006 - Baltimoresun.com
Osama bin Laden and his militant Islamist cohorts are waging an ideological war for Muslim hearts and minds, one they consider as important as their military campaign and one they may be losing. Bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-... [Full Article Text.]
Making Sense of the Cartoon Controversy: From Protests to Recent Elections, Islamists Hold Sway (View on ABC News.)
World leaders were caught off guard by Muslim outrage over 12 cartoons negatively depicting Prophet Mohammed in the European press. A torrent of anger and protest has rocked Muslim countries from Indonesia to tiny Lebanon, at time... [Full Article Text.]
Let Iraq's Sunnis chase Al Qaeda out (View on Christian Science Monitor.)
Thursday, December 15, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor
Bronxville, N.Y. — President Bush's "Plan for Victory" refuses to set a timetable for withdrawing US troops from Iraq on the basis that a premature departure could turn the country into "a safe haven for terrorism and a laun... [Full Article Text.]
Insurgency Expert Gerges: 'Turning Point' Occurring in Muslim World, With Growing Hostility Toward Zarqawi and Al-Qaeda (View on The Council on Foreign Relations.)
Monday, December 5, 2005 - The Council on Foreign Relations
Interviewee: Fawaz A. Gerges Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman
Fawaz A. Gerges, an expert on the insurgency movement in Iraq and on the jihad movement in the Muslim world, says... [Full Article Text.]
Buried in Amman's Rubble: Zarqawi's Support (View on The Washington Post.)
Sunday, December 4, 2005 - The Washington Post
Amid the continuing bloodshed in Iraq, there is evidence of fresh thinking. The change is, ironically, brought about by Abu Musab Zarqawi himself, whose indiscriminate terrorism appears to have succeeded in uniting people there ag... [Full Article Text.]
Al-Qa'ida turns jihad into war by media: To gain Muslim support, Bin Laden's outfit is fighting a multimedia battle, says Fawaz Gerges (View on The Independent.)
Monday, October 24, 2005 - The Independent
A fortnight ago, the US government released a letter that it had intercepted from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy and confidant. It had been addressed to al-Qa'ida's "emir" in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and it sheds i... [Full Article Text.]
Democracy in the Middle East: Disentangling Myth from Reality (View on The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding: Policy Brief #10.)
Gerges examines the current winds of democractic changes sweeping the Middle East and assesses their potential opportunities and risks. He also addresses the notion of chaos theory advanced by neoconservatives to see if it would w... [Full Article Text.]
Build on the Momentum
Thursday, February 10, 2005 - The Baltimore Sun
The Summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders was a welcome first step in a long, complex and risky journey.
Its importance is symbolic and psychological, not substantive, since the two parties could not agree on a joint d... [Full Article Text.]
Israel and Palestinians Plan Conditional Pledges to Halt Fighting
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 - WashingtonPost.com
Fawaz Gerges, Christian Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Relations, was online Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the truce talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
"The importance of today's summit is ... [Full Article Text.]