London (CNN) -- On a recent visit to Indi... [Full Article Text.]
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Why Pakistan plays a double game (View on CNN.com.)
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.]
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.]
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.]
Commentary: Mideast peace talks going nowhere (View on CNN.com.)
Poor Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas! He returned to Palestine empty-handed and politically weakened after the tripartite summit this week with President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The New ... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Sick man of the Middle East (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says the U.S. downplayed the serious political and economic difficulties of Egypt's regime.
After smiling broadly for the TV cameras and complimenting one another, U.S. President Barack Obama and Egyptian President... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's sons and daughters will win (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says Iran's sons and daughters will probably win their bid for greater freedom in the long run.
As the dust settles on battered Iranian streets, the ultra-conservative ruling mullahs appear to have won the first ro... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's hardliners are the real losers (View on CNN.com.)
With an apparent political coup in Iran by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters over the weekend, the ruling mullahs have dispensed with all democratic pretense and joined the ranks of traditional dictators in the Midd... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Iran's nuclear work will go on (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says Iran's elite is united on the country's foreign policy, which they view as successful.
Regardless of who wins the Iranian election, continuity will be the hallmark of Iran's foreign affairs and nuclear program... [Full Article Text.]
Commentary: Ahmadinejad's problem with women (View on CNN.com.)
Fawaz Gerges says Iran's president is vulnerable on the economy and broken promises of women's rights.
In Iran, as in every country, all politics is local. While there exist few substantive differences among leading presidentia... [Full Article Text.]