Regional Policy Overview: Near East & North Africa
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Recently Added Documents
This section contains the ten most-recently added documents to this Regional Policy Overview. All recently-included items can also be found by subject division below.

• [13 Nov 09] U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
  Foreign Press Center briefing by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• [10 Nov 09] Small War or Big Problem? Fighting on the Yemeni-Saudi Border
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [8 Nov 09] Is Mahmoud Abbas Becoming Chairman Arafat?
  Hillel Frisch. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [Nov 09] Between Government and Opposition: The Case of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform
  Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Nov 09] Lebanon's Unstable Equilibrium
  Mona Yacoubian. United States Institute of Peace
• [Oct 09] "Fixing Broken Windows": Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen
  Yezid Sayigh. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [12 Nov 09] Palestine: Salvaging Fatah
  International Crisis Group
• [10 Nov 09] Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the New Lebanese Government
• [10 Nov 09] America and the Middle East in a New Era
  Remarks by William J. Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, at the Middle East Institute
• [9 Nov 09] Rethinking a Two-State Solution
  Robert Malley. Council on Foreign Relations

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White House

• [10 Nov 09] Statement by the Press Secretary on the New Lebanese Government
• [22 Sep 09] Remarks by the President at Beginning of Trilateral Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas
• [16 Sep 09] Joint Statement by Vice President Biden and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq
• [4 Sep 09] Statement by the Press Secretary on Israeli Settlements
• [18 Aug 09] Remarks by President Obama and President Mubarak of Egypt During Press Availability
• [3 Aug 09] Remarks of President Obama and His Highness Sheikh Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait
• [14 June 09] Remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian Situation
  Excerpts of an interview by Vice President Joseph Biden on NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory
• [8 June 09] Statement by the President Regarding the Elections in Lebanon
• [5 June 09] Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in Press Availability
  NOTE: Remarks detailing U.S. policy in the Middle East can be found in the last half of the transcript
• [4 June 09] Roundtable Interview of the President with Regional Reporters
• [4 June 09] Remarks by the President on a New Beginning - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
• Read and watch the President's speech in additional languages
• [4 June 09] Remarks by President Obama and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt before Bilateral Meeting
• [3 June 09] Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Speechwriter Ben Rhodes, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough
• [28 May 09] Remarks by President Obama and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in Press Availability
• [22 May 09] Remarks by the Vice President after Meeting with President Sleiman of Lebanon
• [22 May 09] Remarks by the Vice President at the Announcement of the U.S. Shipment of Equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces
• [21 May 09] Message from the President to the Congress of the United States
  NOTE: Contains the text of a proposed agreement between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates on peaceful uses of nuclear energy
• [18 May 09] Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel in Press Availability
• [5 May 09] Remarks by the Vice President at the Annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
• [28 April 09] Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Israel's Independence
• [21 April 09] Remarks by President Obama and King Abdullah of Jordan in Joint Press Availability
• [26 March 09] Statement by the President on the 30th Anniversary of the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel
• [27 Feb 09] Readout on the President's Call to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman
• [12 Feb 09] Statement by the President on the Anniversary of the Assassination of Rafiq Hariri
• [26 Jan 09] Interview of the President by Hisham Melhem, Al Arabiya
• [2 Jan 09] President's Radio Address - Situation in Gaza
• [31 Dec 08] Proclamation by the President: To Extend Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Agricultural Products of Israel and for Other Purposes
• [29 Dec 08] Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Johndroe
  NOTE: Pertains to the conflict between Hamas and Israel
• [29 Dec 08] To Implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
• [19 Dec 08] President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• [7 Dec 08] Interview of the President by Nadia Bilbassy-Charters of MBC TV (Middle East Broadcasting Center)
• [5 Dec 08] President Bush Attends Saban Forum 2008
• [5 Dec 08] Fact Sheet: Progress in the Middle East: Freedom, Prosperity, and Hope
• [24 Nov 08] President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Olmert of Israel
• [31 Oct 08] Executive Order: Settlement of Claims Against Libya
• [25 Sep 08] President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• [25 Sep 08] President Bush Meets with President Sleiman of Lebanon
• [4 June 08] President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Olmert of Israel
• [18 May 08] President Bush Attends World Economic Forum
• [18 May 08] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley
• [15 May 08] President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset
• [14 May 08] President Bush Visits Jerusalem
• [14 May 08] President Bush Arrives in Israel, Welcomed by President Peres and Prime Minister Olmert
• [14 May 08] President Bush Meets with Israeli President Peres
• [14 May 08] President Bush Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert
• [7 May 08] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the President's Trip to the Middle East
• [24 April 08] President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• [9 April 08] Statement by the Press Secretary on Egyptian Local Council Elections
• [25 March 08] President Bush Meets with His Majesty King Hamad Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain
• [24 March 08] Vice President's Remarks at a Roundtable Interview by Traveling Press
• [23 March 08] Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Palestinian Authority President Abbas
• [23 March 08] Remarks by Vice President Cheney and President Peres of Israel in Press Availability
• [22 March 08] Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel in Press Availability
• [4 March 08] President Bush Meets with His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan
• [16 Jan 08] President Bush Meets with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
• [14 Jan 08] Press Gaggle by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley
• [13 Jan 07] President Bush Discusses Importance of Freedom in the Middle East
• [13 Jan 08] Fact Sheet: Fostering Freedom and Justice in the Middle East
• [12 Jan 08] President Bush Arrives in Bahrain
• [12 Jan 08] President's Radio Address - Middle East
• [10 Jan 08] President Bush Discusses Israeli-Palstinian Peace Process
• [10 Jan 08] President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas Participate in Joint Press Availability
• [10 Jan 08] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
• [9 Jan 08] President Bush and Prime Minister Olmert Participate in Joint Press Availability
• [9 Jan 08] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley
• [5 Jan 08] President's Radio Address - Middle East
• [3 Jan 07] Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the President's Upcoming Trip to the Middle East
• [28 Nov 07] Remarks by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the Middle East and Freedom Agenda
• [27 Nov 07] Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference
• [27 Nov 07] President Bush Attends Annapolis Conference
• [26 Nov 07] President Bush Attends Secretary of State's Dinner with Annapolis Conference Participants
• [25 Nov 07] Statement by the President Welcoming Participants to the Annapolis Conference
• [25 Nov 07] Press Briefing by Teleconference with National Security Advisor Steve Hadley on Annapolis Conference
• [5 Oct 07] Interview of the President by Al Arabiya
• [24 Sep 07] President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• [24 Sep 07] Egypt: Setbacks on Press Freedom and Civil Society
• [28 Aug 07] President Bush Addresses the 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion
• [28 Aug 07] Making America Safer by Defeating Extremists in the Middle East
• [16 July 07] President Bush Discusses the Middle East
• [27 June 07] President Bush Rededicates Islamic Center of Washington
• [19 June 07] President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Olmert of Israel
• [14 May 07] Interview of the Vice President by Bret Baier, FOX News  – Aqaba, Jordan
• [8 May 07] Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria
• [2 May 07] President Bush Welcomes President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen to the White House
• [13 Dec 06] President's Statement on the Government of Syria
• [13 Nov 06] President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Olmert of Israel to the White House
• [20 Sep 06] President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• [23 May 06] President Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel Participate in Joint Press Availability
• [18 April 06] President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Siniora of Lebanon to the White House
• [8 Feb 06] President Bush Welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House
• [25 April 05] Joint Statement by President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah

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• [current] United States Central Command
• [current] United States European Command
• [17 Sept 09] State of the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility: A Strategic Assessment
  Remarks by GEN David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, at the Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture
• [27 July 09] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak
• [27 July 09] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates in Amman
• [7 July 09] CSIS: Statesmen's Forum: "Security and Stability in the Broader Middle East: A Comprehensive Approach"
  Remarks by Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [23 June 09] U.S. CENTCOM Gulf States Chiefs of Defense Conference
  Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [5 May 09] Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates at Cairo, Egypt
• [14 Feb 09] The Emerging Regional Security Network
  Remarks by GEN David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum
• [23 April 08] DoD News Briefing with Secretary Gates from the Pentagon
  NOTE: Nomination of General Petraeus for CENTCOM Commander
• [11 March 08] DoD News Briefing with Secretary Gates from the Pentagon
  NOTE: Acceptance of the resignation of the CENTCOM Commander
• [8 Dec 07] Manama Dialogue
  Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [19 April 07] Media Availability with Secretary of Defense Gates from Tel Aviv, Israel
• [18 April 07] Press Availability with Secretary of Defense Gates and Minister Peretz from the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Tel Aviv, Israel
• [18 April 07] Media Availability with Secretary Gates from Cairo, Egypt
• [17 April 07] DoD Press Conference With Secretary of Defense Gates After Meeting With King Abdullah II Of Jordan
• [22 Jan 07] Town Hall Meeting with Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England in Bahrain
• [18 Jan 07] Press Availability with Secretary Gates Following Meeting with Leaders in Saudi Arabia and Qatar from Bahrain

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• [current] Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
• [current] Near Eastern Affairs: Countries and Other Areas
• [current] USAID: Regional Programs in the Middle East and North Africa
• [13 Nov 09] U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
  Foreign Press Center briefing by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
• [10 Nov 09] America and the Middle East in a New Era
  Remarks by William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, at the Middle East Institute
• [5 Nov 09] Explanation of a Vote on the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
  Alejandro Wolff, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [4 Nov 09] Remarks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 Nov 09] Briefing En Route Cairo
  Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• [3 Nov 09] Interview with Michel Ghandour of Al Hurra Television
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 Nov 09] Interview with Fouad Arif of Al-Aoula Television
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 Nov 09] Remarks at the Forum for the Future
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [2 Nov 09] Remarks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [2 Nov 09] Secretary Clinton on the Middle East
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [31 Oct 09] Remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [28 Oct 09] Press Statement: The United States is Concerned about Northern Yemen Humanitarian Situation
• [26 Oct 09] U.S. State Department Reports on Religious Freedom in the Near East and North Africa - 2009
• [21 Oct 09] Remarks at the Israeli Presidential Conference 2009, Facing Tomorrow, Jerusalem
  Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [14 Oct 09] Statement on the Situation in the Middle East
  Alejandro D. Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [6 Oct 09] Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and other U.S. Policy Options
  Statement by James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary, before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
• [29 Sep 09] Response to the Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
  Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
• [26 Sep 09] Briefing by Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey D. Feltman
• [26 Sep 09] Press Release: Meeting of the United States, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq Concluding Statement by the Participating Foreign Ministers
• [24 Sep 09] Press Release: Joint Statement by the Quartet
• [22 Sep 09] Briefing on the President's Trilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
  George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
• [20 Aug 09] Release of Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 Aug 09] Remarks With Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh after their Meeting
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [31 July 09] Remarks with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [27 July 09] Remarks During an Open Security Council Debate on the Middle East
  Alejandro D. Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [24 July 09] Press Conference with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [24 July 09] Press Release: Direct Budget Assistance to the Palestinian Authority
• [8 July 09] Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
  Testimony by Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
• [26 June 09] Quartet Statement from the June 26, 2009 Meeting in Trieste
• [17 June 09] Remarks with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [16 June 09] Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on His Recent Travel to the Region and Efforts Towards Achieving a Comprehensive Peace
  George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
• [8 June 09] Press Statement: Lebanese Elections
• [28 May 09] Remarks with Visiting Egyptian Democracy Activists before their Meeting
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [27 May 09] Press Availability with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [21 May 09] Press Release: Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States and Government of the United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
• [19 May 09] Interview with Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [14 May 09] Statement by Jeffrey Felton at Confirmation Hearing
  Testimony by Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State-Designate, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• [11 May 09] Remarks During a Security Council Debate on the Middle East
  Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [7 May 09] Remarks During Security Council Consultations on Lebanon and Resolution 1559
  Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [30 April 09] U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2008: Middle East and North Africa Overview
• [26 April 09] Remarks after Meeting with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [14 April 09] Press Statement of Senator George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, Following Meeting with Moroccan FM Taieb Fassi Fihri
• [8 April 09] Lebanon
  Foreign Press Center briefing by David Hale, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Colin Kahl, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy
• [24 March 09] Recent Developments in Lebanon
  Statement by Jeffrey D. Feltman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• [24 March 09] Press Release: Conventional Weapons Destruction and Landmine Clearance in Lebanon
• [16 March 09] Press Statement: U.S. Welcomes Agreement on Gaza Weapons Smuggling
• [5 March 09] Remarks En Route Brussels, Belgium
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [4 March 09] Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 March 09] Remarks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 March 09] Remarks with Israeli President Shimon Peres
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [3 March 09] Press Statement: Yemen Parliamentary Elections Postponement
• [2 March 09] Press Availability at the End of the Gaza Reconstruction Conference
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [2 March 09] Fact Sheet: United States Assistance to the Palestinians
• [2 March 09] Intervention at the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [1 March 09] Press Statement: Opening of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• [27 Feb 09] Working on Middle East Resolutions, Peace
  Interview of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, with David Gollust of Voice of America
• [25 Feb 09] U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Near East and North Africa - 2008
• [12 Feb 09] Anniversary of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Assassination
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
• [12 Feb 09] Taken Question: Gaza Humanitarian Relief
• [11 Feb 09] Press Release: Cairo Conference
• [3 Feb 09] Remarks by Secretary Clinton and Special Envoy Mitchell after their Meeting
• [30 Jan 09] Media Note: United States Humanitarian Support to Palestinians
• [29 Jan 09] Commitment to a Better Future for all Palestinians
  George Mitchell, Special Envoy to the Middle East
• [28 Jan 09] United States is Committed to Israel's Security
  George Mitchell, Special Envoy to the Middle East
• [28 Jan 09] Remarks by Special Envoy George Mitchell in Egypt
• [16 Jan 09] Farewell Remarks to the State Department Press Corps
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 Jan 09] Signing Ceremony of the U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 Jan 09] Media Note: U.S.-Israel Sign Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materials to Terrorist Groups
• [15 Jan 09] Remarks at Signing Ceremony for U.S.-UAE Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [15 Jan 09] Media Note: U.S.-UAE Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (123 Agreement)
• [12 Jan 09] Interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [9 Jan 09] Special Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
  Elizabeth Hopkins, Director for Asia and the Near East, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, and Howard Sumka, USAID Mission Director to the West Bank and Gaza
• [8 Jan 09] Remarks at the UN Security Council Session on the Situation in the Middle East
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [7 Jan 09] Remarks Before Meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [6 Jan 09] Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Session on the Situation in the Middle East
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [5 Jan 09] Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Support for Humanitarian Assistance Activities in Gaza
• [3 Jan 09] Press Statement: Situation in Gaza
• [2 Jan 09] Situation in Gaza
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 Dec 08] Media Note: The United States Contributes $85 Million for Humanitarian Assistance to Palestinian Refugees
• [27 Dec 08] Statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Situation in Gaza
• [16 Dec 08] Remarks at the United Nations Security Council
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [15 Dec 08] Remarks with Quartet Members
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [15 Dec 08] Media Note: Quartet Press Statement
• [15 Dec 08] Press Statement: Yemen: Parliamentary Elections
• [17 Nov 08] United States - United Arab Emirates Joint Statement
• [13 Nov 08] Media Note: U.S.-Qatar Gulf Security Dialogue
• [9 Nov 08] Media Note: Quartet Press Statement
• [9 Nov 08] Remarks after the Quartet Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [8 Nov 08] Fact Sheet: Secretary Rice Announces New Round of U.S. Government Assistance in Jenin: U.S. Government Undertakes Project Totaling $14 Million
• [8 Nov 08] Remarks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [7 Nov 08] Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [6 Nov 08] Remarks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [6 Nov 08] Remarks En Route Tel Aviv, Israel
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [31 Oct 08] Briefing on the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement
  C. David. Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
• [31 Oct 08] Press Statement: Implementation of the Libyan Claims Settlement Agreement
• [16 Oct 08] Interview with Hisham Melhem of Al Arabiya
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [14 Oct 08] Remarks at the Palestinian Business and Investment Forum
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [9 Oct 08] On-The-Record Briefing: U.S.-Libya Relations
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs
• [26 Sep 08] Media Note: United States Contributes Nearly $28 Million to Relief Effort for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
• [26 Sep 08] Media Note: Quartet Statement
• [26 Sep 08] Remarks at the United Nations Security Council 5983rd Meeting On the Situation in the Middle East
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [26 Sep 08] Quartet Press Availability
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 Sep 08] Media Note: Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States
• [22 Sep 08] Media Note: The United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Assistance
• [11 Sep 08] Press Statement: U.S. Position on Borders of a Future Palestinian State
• [7 Sep 08] Remarks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [5 Sep 08] Remarks en Route Tripoli, Libya with Traveling Press
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [5 Sep 08] Remarks with Abdulrahman Muhammad Shalgam, Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [3 Sep 08] Briefing on the History of Libya's WMD Effort and Dismantlement Program and Libya's Renunciation of Terrorism
  Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
• [2 Sep 08] Special Briefing on U.S.-Libya Relations
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs, and Robert Wood, Deputy Spokesman
• [2 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: Significant Events in U.S.-Libyan Relations
• [2 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: Relations with Libya
• [2 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: Current State of U.S.-Libya Bilateral Relationship
• [26 Aug 08] Remarks with Palestinian President Mahumoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [26 Aug 08] Remarks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 Aug 08] Remarks En Route Tel Aviv, Israel
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [15 Aug 08] Briefing on the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
• [14 Aug 08] Press Statement: Libya Claims Settlement
• [31 July 08] Media Note: U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue
• [24 June 08] Remarks at Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and Rule of Law
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [24 June 08] Media Note: Quartet Statement
• [16 June 08] Remarks after Meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 June 08] Remarks after Meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [15 June 08] Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [14 June 08] Media Note: Joint U.S.-France Statement on Lebanon
• [14 June 08] Remarks to the Traveling Press
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [11 June 08] Remarks to the Brookings Institution
  Erica Barks-Ruggles, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• [9 June 08] Remarks at BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial Panel on "Political Reform"
  David Kramer, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• [9 June 08] Remarks at BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial Panel on "Review of G-8/BMENA Initiatives"
  David Kramer, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• [3 June 08] Remarks at the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [3 June 08] Media Note: The U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue
• [30 May 08] Media Note: Joint Statement by the United States and Libya
• [23 May 08] U.S. State Department Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports for the Near East and North Africa - 2008
• [22 May 08] Media Note: Morocco Endorses the Proliferation Security Initiative
• [21 May 08] Remarks with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband after Their Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [21 May 08] Briefing on Lebanon and Other Middle East Issues
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
• [21 May 08] United States Welcomes the Doha Agreement on Lebanon
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [18 May 08] Press Briefing by Secretary Rice Aboard Air Force One
• [12 May 08] Media Note: Friends of Lebanon Statement
• [9 May 08] Statement: United States Condemns Violence in Lebanon
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [5 May 08] Press Availability en route, Shannon, Ireland
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 May 08] Joint Press Availability with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 May 08] Joint Press Availability with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [3 May 08] Moving Forward on the Tracks of the Annapolis Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [2 May 08] Media Note: Quartet Statement
• [2 May 08] Remarks after the Quartet Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 April 08] U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2007: Middle East and North Africa Overview
• [29 April 08] Remarks at Opening Dinner of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Committee
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [29 April 08] Remarks with U.S. Business Leaders and the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership after Their Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [22 April 08] Media Note: Manama Declaration
• [22 April 08] Media Note: Friends of Lebanon Declaration
• [21 April 08] Remarks with Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [21 April 08] Media Note: U.S.-United Arab Emirates Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
• [31 March 08] Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 March 08] Joint Press Availability With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 March 08] Roundtable With Traveling Press
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 March 08] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Trilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Defense Minister Ehud Barak
• [29 March 08] On-the-Record Briefing En Route Tel Aviv, Israel
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 March 08] Statement on the Situation in the Middle East
  Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [24 March 08] Media Note: U.S.-Bahraini Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
• [11 March 08] U.S. State Department Country Reports for the Near East and North Africa - 2007
• [5 March 08] Remarks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 March 08] Press Availability with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 March 08] Joint Press Availability with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 March 08] Fact Sheet: The United States Government's Contribution to UNRWA's 2008 General Fund and Emergency Appeal
• [3 March 08] Briefing en Route Brussels
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [29 Feb 08] Congressional Budget Justification: Foreign Operations - Fiscal Year 2009: Near East Regional Overview
• [21 Feb 08] U.S. Policy and Development in the Middle East
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
• [11 Feb 08] Remarks on Current Activities on the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership
  Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance
• [22 Jan 08] Statement by Ambassador Zalmay Kahlilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Situation in the Middle East
• [3 Jan 08] Media Note: United States and Libya Sign Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
• [21 Dec 07] Statement on the Middle East
  Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [18 Dec 07]  Fact Sheet: U.S. Commitment to the Palestinian People
• [17 Dec 07] Quartet Statement Following December 17, 2007 Quartet Meeting in Paris, France
• [17 Dec 07] Remarks at the Palestinian Donors Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [28 Nov 07] Announcement of General James Jones as Special Envoy for Middle East Security
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [27 Nov 07] Closing Remarks at the Annapolis Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [27 Nov 07] Remarks at the Annapolis Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [26 Nov 07] Quartet Statement
• [26 Nov 07] Media Note: Annapolis Conference Participants
• [20 Nov 07] Special Briefing on the Annapolis Conference
  State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack and Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs C. David Welch
• [20 Nov 07] Press Statement: Announcement of Annapolis Conference 
• [13 Nov 07] Address to Delegates at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [8 Nov 07] Media Note: U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue
• [5 Nov 07] Statement on Lebanon at the Istanbul Joint Neighbors Conference
• [4 Nov 07] Remarks at the Saban Forum Dinner
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [24 Oct 07] U.S. Policy in the Middle East
  Statement by Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • full statement from the House Foreign Affairs Committee website
• [17 Sep 07] Special Briefing on Middle East Peace Process
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
• [15 Oct 07] Remarks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [14 Oct 07] Briefing En Route Tel Aviv, Israel
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [23 Sep 07] Remarks With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, High Representative for European Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, European Union Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado, Russian Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov, and Quartet Representative Tony Blair
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [21 Sep 07] Lebanon: Presidential Elections
  Joint Statement with Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, and Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of the Republic of France
• [20 Sep 07] Briefing En Route Andrews Air Force Base
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [29 Aug 07] Statement on a Two-State Solution to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  Alejandro D. Wolff, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [16 Aug 07] Remarks and Press Availability at Signing Ceremony in Jerusalem for Memorandum of Understanding on U.S. Military Assistance
  R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs 
• [2 Aug 07] Fact Sheet: Framework Agreement to Assist Palestinian Security Sector Reform
• [31 July 07] Joint Statement Following July 31 Meeting
• [30 July 07] Press Briefing Conference Call on U.S. Aid and Military Support to the Middle East Region
  R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs
• [30 July 07] Assistance Agreements with Gulf States, Israel and Egypt
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 July 07] Interview on Radio Sawa with Samir Nader
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [27 July 07] Fact Sheet: Supporting the Palestinian Business Sector: The Middle East Investment Initiative
• [25 July 07] Middle East Investment Initiative: Launching New Opportunities in the Middle East
  Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
• [20 July 07] Quartet Statement Following July 19 Meeting
• [16 July 07] On-the-Record Briefing with Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs C. David Welch
• [16 July 07] Fact Sheet: U.S. Commitment to the Palestinian People
• [18 June 07] Special Briefing by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the New Palestinian Government
• [7 June 07] U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue
• [4 June 07] Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Support to Combat Avian and Pandemic Influenza - Middle East/North Africa/Arabian Peninsula
• [28 May 07] Remarks by Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker at the Press Availability after Meeting with Iranian Officials
• [19 April 07] Syria and the Assad Regime: Another Missed Opportunity
  Remarks by J. Scott Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, at a Foreign Press Center Roundtable
• [18 April 07] Press Availability in Tripoli, Libya
  John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
• [18 April 07] Remarks Delivered in Tripoli, Libya
  John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
• [11 April 07] U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Algeria and Morocco
• [29 March 07] United States Policy toward Iran
  Statement by R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• [25 Jan 07] Joint Press Availability with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Lebanon Partnership CEOs
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 Jan 07] Remarks at the Lebanon Donors' Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 Jan 07] Gulf Cooperation Council-Plus-Two Ministerial Joint Statement
• [16 Nov 06] Status of U.S. Assistance to Lebanon
  Briefing by Randall Tobias, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator
• [17 Oct 06] U.S. Policy toward Lebanon
  Remarks by C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, to the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), Regional Business Conference with NEA Ambassadors
• [17 Oct 06] Ambassador Danilovich Signs Democracy Agreement in Jordan
• [30 Aug 06] U.S. Signs Open Skies Aviation Agreement with Kuwait
• [19 May 06] Remarks during Press Conference in Tunis, Tunisia
  Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State
• [18 May 06] United States-Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement
• [15 May 06] U.S. Diplomatic Relations with Libya
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [29 March 06] U.S.-United Arab Emirates Relations
  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
• [20 June 05] Remarks at the American University in Cairo
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State

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• [current] Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs for the Middle East
  Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government
• [current] United States Trade Representative - Europe and the Middle East
  Gateway to information on trade between the United States and Europe and the Middle East
• [7 Oct 09] The Proposed U.S.-UAE Agreement on Civilian Cooperation
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• [6 Oct 09] Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
• [8 July 09] Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates: Review of the Proposed U.S.-UAE Agreement
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Howard L. Berman, Chairman
• Ellen Tauscher
• [14 May 09] The Middle East: The Road to Peace
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• [April 09] Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Southwest Asia: FY 2009 Update
  Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group
• [24 March 09] Update on Lebanon
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Gary L. Ackerman, Subcommittee Chairman
• Jeffrey D. Feltman
• [4 March 09] Restoring Leadership in the Middle East: A Regional Approach to Peace
  Remarks by Senator John Kerry to the Brookings Institution
• [12 Feb 09] Gaza after the War: What Can Be Built on the Wreckage?
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• [16 Dec 08] Press Release: U.S. and Jordan Sign Agreement to Prevent Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Material
  National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy
• [18 Nov 08] Remarks and Q&A by Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman, National Intelligence Council, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  NOTE: Concerns the future of the Middle East
• [Nov 08] Comprehensive Audit Plan for Southwest Asia: FY 2009 Update
  Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group
• [25 Sep 08] The Middle East Peace Process: Progress and Prospects
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• [29 July 08] Update on the Situation in Lebanon
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Gary L. Ackerman
• Jeffrey D. Feltman
• [9 July 08] Europe and Israel: Strengthening the Partnership
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Joint Europe Subcommittee and Middle East and South Asia Subcommitee
• Robert Wexler
• Gary L. Ackerman
• Rafael L. Bardají
• Nile Gardiner
• Ian O. Lesser
• Oded Eran
• [June 08] Comprehensive Audit Plan for Southwest Asia
  Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group
• [29 May 08] Emerging Threats, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Middle East
  Remarks by Donald M. Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, to the Washingotn Institute for Near East Policy 2008 Soref Symposium
  • Prepared text and unedited transcript of Q & A session from the Washington Institute website
• [21 May 08] Remarks by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt at the Palestine Investment Conference
• [21 May 08] The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Daniel C. Kurtzer
• David Makovsky
• [30 April 08] Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and President of the Supreme Court of Israel Dorit Beinisch to the Heritage Foundation's Civil Rights and the War on Terror: Dilemmas and Challenges Event
• [30 April 08] Resolution 1813 (2008): Adopted by the Security Council at its 5884th Meeting
  Security Council, United Nations
  Note: Extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINRUSO) until April 30, 2009
• [27 Feb 08] Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East
  Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate
• [11 Feb 08] Remarks by Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, at the U.S.-Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference, Amman, Jordan
• [18 April 07] U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson Remarks at U.S.-Jordan Business Alliance
• [12 March 07] Remarks by Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, to the American Business Group of Abu Dhabi

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• [7 Oct 09] Israel and the Palestinians: Prospects for a Two-State Solution
• [6 Oct 09] Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy
• [25 Sep 09] Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
• [15 Sep 09] The United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program and Proposed U.S. Nuclear Cooperation
• [14 Sep 09] Syria: Background and U.S. Relations
• [2 Sep 09] Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
• [3 Aug 09] Libya: Background and U.S. Relations
• [17 July 09] U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2010 Request
• [16 July 09] U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
• [7 July 09] Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations
• [29 June 09] Tunisia: Current Issues
• [24 June 09] U.S. Security Assistance to the Palestinian Authority
• [9 June 09] Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
• [1 June 09] Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
• [20 May 09] Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy
• [20 May 09] U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon
• [19 May 09] Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations
• [18 May 09] Middle East Elections 2009: Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq
• [16 April 09] Algeria: Current Issues
• [2 April 09] Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
• [19 Feb 09] Israel and Hamas: Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)
• [9 Feb 09] Saudia Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations
• [28 Jan 09] Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
• [11 Dec 08] Western Sahara: Status of Settlement Efforts
• [8 Dec 08] The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
• [6 Dec 08] Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy
• [4 Dec 08] Oman: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
• [4 Dec 08] Morocco: Current Issues
• [27 Aug 08] Arab League Boycott of Israel
• [13 May 08] The "Red-Dead" Canal: Israeli-Arab Efforts to Restore the Dead Sea
• [27 Feb 08] Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq
• [1 Feb 08] The Egypt-Gaza Border and its Effect on Israeli-Egyptian Relations
• [30 Jan 08] Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• [24 Jan 08] Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations
• [24 Jan 08] The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya
• [17 Jan 08] The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals
• [2 Jan 08] U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel
• [7 Dec 07] Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: The Annapolis Conference
• [12 Sep 07] Yemen: Current Conditions and U.S. Relations
• [10 May 07] Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
• [9 May 07] International Reaction to the Palestinian Unity Government
• [2 May 07] Iraq: Government Formation and Performance
• [1 May 07] The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
• [13 April 07] Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
• [12 April 07] Arab League Boycott of Israel
• [21 March 07] U.S. Foreign Aid to Lebanon: Issues for Congress
• [4 Jan 07] Yemen: Current Conditions and U.S. Relations
• [10 Oct 06] U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement
• [5 July 06] Qualifying Industrial Zones in Jordan and Egypt
• [3 July 06] Middle East Free Trade Area: Progress Report
• [15 June 06] U.S. Democracy Promotion Policy in the Middle East: The Islamist Dilemma
• [13 June 06] Libya: Background and U.S. Relations
• [19 April 06] Arab League Boycott of Israel
• [17 Aug 05] The Middle East Television Network: An Overview

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Research & Analysis

• [Nov/Dec 09] Fatah Resurrected
  Khalil Shikaki. National Interest
• [12 Nov 09] Palestine: Salvaging Fatah
  International Crisis Group
• [10 Nov 09] Small War or Big Problem? Fighting on the Yemeni-Saudi Border
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [9 Nov 09] Rethinking a Two-State Solution
  Robert Malley. Council on Foreign Relations
• [8 Nov 09] Is Mahmoud Abbas Becoming Chairman Arafat?
  Hillel Frisch. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [Nov 09] Between Government and Opposition: The Case of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform
  Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Nov 09] Lebanon's Unstable Equilibrium
  Mona Yacoubian. United States Institute of Peace
• [Nov 09] The Day After...in Jerusalem: A Strategic Planning Exercise on the Path to Achieving Peace in the Middle East
  Roger C. Molander, et al. RAND Corporation
• [Nov 09] A Victory for Islamism? The Second Lebanon War and its Repercussions
  Magnus Norell. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Nov 09] The Sunni Divide: Understanding Politics and Terrorism in the Arab Middle East
  Samuel Helfont. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [29 Oct 09] NATO-UAE Relations and the Way Forward in the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
  Keynote address by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General
• [29 Oct 09] The Tragedy of Palestinian Divisions
  Rashid I. Khalidi. Council on Foreign Relations
• [27 Oct 09] The NDP Conference and Egypt's Future
  Mohamed Abdelbaky and David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [22 Oct 09] Mitchell's Mission Impossible
  Efraim Inbar. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [21 Oct 09] The Current Palestinian Scene: Setting National Priorities Right
  Hani al Masri. Arab Reform Initiative
• [20 Oct 09] The Case for Democracy in the Palestinian National Narrative
  Hanan Ashrawi. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• [14 Oct 09] 2009 Scholar-Statesman Award Dinner
  Remarks by President William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [13 Oct 09] Tunisia on the Eve of Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: Organising a Pro-Forma Democracy
  Rachid Khechana. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Oct 09] "Fixing Broken Windows": Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen
  Yezid Sayigh. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Oct 09] The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1979-2009: Evolution of a Pivotal State
  Middle East Institute
• [Oct 09] Women's Rights in the Kuwaiti Personal Status Law and the Bahraini Shari'a Judicial Rulings (Theory Part)
  Badria Al Awadi, Sheikh Hameed Al Mubarak, and Ahmed Al Attawi. Freedom House
• [Oct 09] Forgotten Frontlines: The Case for a New U.S. Approach Towards the Palestinian Camps of Lebanon
  Nadia Naviwala. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• [Oct 09] Do Elections Have Meaning?
  Hamadi Redissi. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Oct 09] The Arab Charter on Human Rights
  Mervat Rishmawi. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Oct 09] Hamas in Combat: The Military Performance of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement
  Yoram Cohen and Jeffrey White. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [24 Sep 09] Transition in Egypt: Radicals on the Rise?
  Myriam Benraad and Mohamed Abdelbaky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [23 Sep 09] Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Hamas in Ascendance
  Hassan Barari. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [21 Sep 09] Lebanon: Back to Square One?
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [16 Sep 09] Beyond Settlements: U.S. Policy Options Going Forward
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [15-16 Sep 09] Discussion Paper: Workshop on Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in North Africa
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands. Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
• [15 Sep 09] Human Rights in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories: Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
  Human Rights Council, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
• [14 Sep 09] Changing Conventional Military Balance in the Gulf
  Michael Knights. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [1 Sep 09] Rejectionists Readying to Counter U.S. Peace Push
  David Pollock. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 09] The Greater Middle East
  Chapter 9 of Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security in a Changing World
  Patrick M. Cronin, ed. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
• [Sep 09] Sino-Israel Relations: Current Reality and Future Prospects
  Aron Shai. Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)
• [Sep 09] Obama Administration Policy on Democracy and the Arab World
  Stephen McInerney. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 09] Kuwait Looks towards the East: Relations with China
  Khizar Niazi. Middle East Institute
• [Sep 09] Reflections on Requirements and Contingencies for a NATO Deterrence or Reassurance Role in the Middle East
  Ariel E. Levite. Strategic Insights
• [Sep 09] Barriers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World
  Lowell H. Schwartz, et al. RAND Corporation
• [Sep 09] The Maghreb and the Global Economic Crisis: When Does the Tunnel End?
  Lahcen Achy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 09] Yemen: Avoiding a Downward Spiral
  Christopher Boucek. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 09] Political Dynamics in North Africa
  George Joffe. International Affairs
• [Sep 09] Escalation and Intrawar Deterrence During Limited Wars in the Middle East
  W. Andrew Terrill. Strategic Studies Institute
• [Sep 09] Closing the UAE's Political Gender Gap: Measures for Effective Policy Change
  Huda Sajwani. Dubai School of Government
• [Fall 09] Peace Process or War Process? Israel and its Enemies
  Daniel Pipes. Middle East Quarterly
• [Fall 09] Targeting Israelis via International Law: Israel and its Enemies
  Barak M. Seener. Middle East Quarterly
• [Fall 09] Division by Addition: Why a Three-State Solution is Better than Two
  Colin P. Clarke. Journal of Public and International Affairs
• [Fall 09] Future Gulf War: Arab and American Forces against Iranian Capabilities
  Richard L. Russell. Joint Force Quarterly
• [28 Aug 09] Qadhafi's Time in the Limelight: Impact on U.S. Interests
  Dana Moss. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [19 Aug 09] Overcoming the 'Rut' in Middle East Peace Efforts
  Steven A. Cook. Council on Foreign Relations
• [17 Aug 09] Democracy in Egypt: Necessary Ingredient in a U.S.-Egyptian Partnership
  Tamara Cofman Wittes and Michele Dunne. Brookings Institution
• [12 Aug 09] Mubarak Comes to Washington
  David Schenker and J. Scott Carpenter. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [7 Aug 09] No Expansion vs. Freeze: Obama's Dilemma over Israeli Settlements
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [5 Aug 09] Morocco's King Mohammed VI: 10 Years and Counting
  Maati Monjib and James Liddell. Brookings Institution
• [Aug 09] Overseas Development Assistance from the UAE: Structuring Donor Relations in the Context of the Arab League's Fragile States
  Habiba Hamid. Dubai School of Government
• [Aug 09] An Education Track for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
  Barbara Zasloff, Adina Shapiro, and A. Heather Coyne. United States Institute of Peace
• [Aug 09] Regional Arrangements in the Arabian Gulf
  Uri Dadush and Lauren Falcao. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Aug 09] Palestine: The Schism Deepens
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Aug 09] Understanding of the Natural Resource Conflict Dynamics: The Case of Tuareg in North Africa and the Sahel
  Muna A. Abdalla. Institute for Security Studies
• [Aug 09] Political Instability in Egypt
  Steven Cook. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Aug 09] Qatar: A Little Local Difficulty?
  Mohammed El-Katiri and Cdr Steve Tatham, RN. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
• [Aug 09] Rockets from Gaza: Harm to Civilians from Palestinian Armed Groups' Rocket Attacks
  Bill Van Esveld. Human Rights Watch
• [July/Aug 09] The Israeli Defense Forces Response to the 2006 War with Hezbollah
  Matt M. Matthews. Military Review
• [28 July 09] Morocco: The Emergence of a New Palace Party
  Amel Boubekeur. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [26 July 09] Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  United Kingdom House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee
• [20 July 09] The Amazigh Question and National Identity in Morocco
  Said Bennis. Arab Reform Initiative
• [20 July 09] Israel's Religious Right and the Question of Settlements
  International Crisis Group
• [14 July 09] Geithner and the New Middle East Economic Agenda
  Navtej Dhillon. Brookings Institution
• [14 July 09] Waning Vigilance: Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Yemen
  Gregory Johnsen. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [7 July 09] Al-Qaeda in Yemen
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [July 09] The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis
  Trudy J. Kuehner. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [July 09] Multilateral Imposition: An Immodest Proposal for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  Michael Barnett. MIT Center for International Studies
• [July 09] Window of Opportunity for a Two-State Solution: Policy Recommendations to the Obama Administration on the Israeli-Palestinian Front
  Brian Katulis, Marc Lynch, and Robert C. Adler. Center for American Progress
• [July 09] Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries
  United Nations Development Programme
• [July 09] Losing Ground: Protection and Livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  Sorcha O'Callaghan, Susanne Jaspars, and Sara Pavanello. Overseas Development Institute
• [July 09] Civil Society and Public Freedom in Jordan: The Path of Democratic Reform
  Sameer Jarrah. Brookings Institution
• [July 09] The 2009 Israeli Election: A Bump in the Road to Peace?
  Jonathan Marcus. Washington Quarterly
• [29 June 09] The PA Financial Crisis: Causes and Implications
  Mohammad Yaghi. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [15 June 09] Netanyahu Speech Aimed to Ease U.S. Relations, Unlikely to Assuage Palestinians
  Aaron David Miller. Council on Foreign Relations
• [15 June 09] Netanyahu's Begin-Sadat Center Speech: An Attempt at Consensus Diplomacy
  Jonathan Rynhold. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [8 June 09] Uncertain Times after Lebanon's Vote
  Mohamad Bazzi. Council on Foreign Relations
• [2 June 09] Media Conference Call: Parliamentary Elections and the Future of Lebanon
  Mohamad Bazzi. Council on Foreign Relations
• [1 June 09] Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections: Anticipating Opportunities and Challenges
  Mona Yacoubian. United States Institute of Peace
• [1 June 09] Obama's Middle East Trip: Teleconference with Carnegie Experts in the Middle East and D.C.
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [June 09] Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent
  Bruce Etling, et al. Internet and Democracy Project and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
• [June 09] Collaborating for Peace? Assessing the Work of Palestinian-Israeli Joint Organisations since the Oslo Accords
  Oday Abukaresh. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
• [June 09] Converging for Peace - The United Nations and the Israel-Palestine Peace Process
  Odelia Englander. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
• [June 09] Tunisia: The Life of Others
  Kristina Kausch. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [June 09] The Consolidation of Gulf-Asia Relations: Washington Tuned In or Out of Touch?
  John Calabrese. Middle East Institute
• [June 09] Moving Out of Kuwait's Political Impasse
  Nathan Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 09] Rising Social Distress: The Case of Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan
  Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 09] The EU's Approach to Israel and the Palestinians: A Move in the Right Direction
  Clara Marina O'Donnell. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [June 09] Strategic Assessment, Volume 12, No. 1
  Oded Eran, ed. Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)
• [June 09] Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
  Elizabeth F. Thompson. United States Institute of Peace
• [June 09] Palestinian Security Reform: A Moment of Truth
  Tally Helfont. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [June 09] Arab Reactions to a Nuclear-Armed Iran
  Tariq Khaitous. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [June 09] Lebanon on the Brink of Elections: Key Public Opinion Findings
  Shibley Telhami. Brookings Institution
• [June 09] The Green Elephant in the Room: Dealing with the Hamas Party-State in Gaza
  Nathan Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 09] Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?
  Lydia Khalil. Brookings Institution
• [June 09] Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
  Paul Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid. United States Institute of Peace
• [May/June 09] Learning to Leverage New Media: The Israeli Defense Forces in Recent Conflict
  Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, USA, Dennis M. Murphy, and Anton Menning. Military Review
• [Summer 09] Is Egypt Stable?
  Aladdin Elaasar. Middle East Quarterly
• [Summer 09] Western Sahara and the Self-Determination Debate
  Samuel J. Spector. Middle East Quarterly
• [29 May 09] Obama in Cairo: Another Step toward Rapprochement?
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [27 May 09] Yemen: Defusing the Saada Time Bomb
  International Crisis Group
• [21 May 09] The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Analysis and Assessment
  Robert Satloff. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [15 May 09] The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Finding Common Ground
  James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [15 May 09] Netanyahu-Obama Meeting: Don't Expect Confrontation
  Martin S. Indyk. Council on Foreign Relations
• [15 May 09] Are Obama and Netanyahu Destined to Clash?
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [14 May 09] Roundtable Briefing on the Upcoming Meetings Between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [14 May 09] The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Nuclear Issues
  Avner Cohen and George Perkovich. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [8 May 09] Vatican-Israeli Relations
  Toni Johnson. Council on Foreign Relations
• [7 May 09] The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment
  Remarks by Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, Chief of Staff to Minister of Defense, Israeli Defense Forces, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [May 09] Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD
  LTC Scott C. Farquhar, ed. Combat Studies Institute Press, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
• [May 09] Missed by the Boom, Hurt by the Bust: Making Markets Work for Young People in the Middle East
  Navtej Dhillon, et al. Middle East Youth Initiative, and Joint Project of the Dubai School of Government and Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings
• [May 09] Dancing on Snake Heads in Yemen
  Iris Glosemeyer. Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
• [May 09] Local Elections in Morocco: The Challenge of Abstention
  Hameed Bohkak. Arab Reform Initiative
• [May 09] State of the World's Human Rights: Middle East and North Africa
  Amnesty International
• [May 09] Democracy Promotion Under Obama: Lessons From the Middle East Partnership Initiative
  Tamara Cofman Wittes and Andrew Masloski. Brookings Institution
• [May 09] Arab Countries Stumble in the Face of Growing Economic Crisis
  Ibrahim Saif and Farah Choucair. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [23 April 09] Gaza's Unfinished Business
  International Crisis Group
• [13 April 09] Making Smugglers Pay: Underwriting Egyptian Border Security
  Matthew Levitt and Becca Wasser. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [7 April 09] The Evolving Turkish Role in Mideast Peace Diplomacy
  Steven A. Cook. Council on Foreign Relations
• [April 09] Incredible Dialogues: Religious Dialogue as a Means of Counter-Terrorism in Yemen
  Ane Skov Birk. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
• [April 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Pakistan and Israel
  Barry Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
• [April 09] North Africa: The Hidden Risks to Regional Stability
  Claire Spencer. Chatham House
• [April 09] Defenders in Retreat: Freedom of Association and Civil Society in Egypt
  Kristina Kausch. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [April 09] The Palestinian Uprisings: War with Israel, War at Home
  Anat N. Kurz. Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)
• [April 09] Under Cover of War: Hamas Political Violence in Gaza
  Human Rights Watch
• [April 09] Why Arab Summitry is Fizzling: Sub-Regional Geopolitics Meets the New Global Reality of Rising Powers and Fragile States
  Mike Kraig. Strategic Insights
• [April 09] Libya's Nuclear Intentions: Ambition and Ambivalence
  Maalfrid Braut-Hegghammer. Strategic Insights
• [April 09] Palestinian Refugees: The Regional Perspective
  Nadim Shehadi. Chatham House
• [April 09] Impasse in Euro-Gulf Relations
  Richard Youngs. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [April 09] Arab Country Responses to the Global Economic Crisis
  Ibrahim Saif and Farah Choucair. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [April 09] Will Obama Go for the Game Changer: An Arab-Israeli Peace Settlement?
  Fawaz A. Gerges. Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
• [April 09] Pressures on Hamas in Reconciliation Talks
  Khaled Hroub. Arab Reform Bulletin
• [April 09] Are Constitutional Amendments Possible?
  Mansoor Al-Jamri. Arab Reform Bulletin
• [31 March 09] The New Israeli Government, Palestinian Reconciliation, and Prospects for Peace after the Gaza War
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [30 March 09] New Israeli Government: More Convergence than Division
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [24 March 09] The Egyptian-Israeli Peace: Lessons for Today
  Kenneth Stein. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [23 March 09] Uncertainty in Israeli Politics
  Steven A. Cook. Council on Foreign Relations
• [13 March 09] The Price of a Palestinian Unity Government
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [12 March 09] High Stakes, High Anxiety: Campaigning in Lebanon
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [11 March 09] Gaza: The Way Forward
  Benjamin Tua. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [11 March 09] Palestinian Perspectives on a Unity Government
  Mohammad Yaghi. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [10 March 09] The Case of Morocco: Economic and Social Policies of Transition
  Abdallah Saaf. Arab Reform Initiative
• [10 March 09] Beyond Reconstruction: What Lies Ahead for Young Palestinians?
  Navtej Dhillon. Brookings Institution
• [9 March 09] The Gaza Aid Package: Time to Rethink U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Palestinians
  James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [3 March 09] Assessing the Role of Hezbollah in the Gaza War and Its Regional Impact
  Benedetta Berti. Jamestown Foundation
• [March 09] Palestinian Civil Society: A Time for Action
  Amal Abusrour. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
• [March 09] Under the Microscope: Israeli and Bi-national Peace NGOs
  Yosef Kedmi. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
• [March 09] The Legacy of Camp David: 1979-2009
  Middle East Institute
• [March 09] Damascus, Jerusalem, and Washington: The Syrian-Israeli Relationship as U.S. Policy Issue
  Itamar Rabinovich. Brookings Institution
• [March 09] The Audacity to Change: Reframing American Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  Marda Dunsky. Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
• [March 09] Won't You Be My Neighbor: Syria, Iraq and the Changing Strategic Context in the Middle East
  Steven Simon. United States Institute of Peace
• [March 09] The Oil Boom in the GCC Countries, 2002-2008: Old Challenges, Changing Dynamics
  Ibrahim Saif. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [March 09] Taking the Two-State Solution Seriously
  Alain Dieckhoff. European Union Institute for Security Studies
• [March 09] Reconstructing Gaza - Lessons from Lebanon
  Alistair Harris. United States Institute of Peace
• [March 09] Elections and War: Israel and Gaza
  George Joffé. European Union Institute for Security Studies
• [March 09] Mapping Peace between Syria and Israel
  Frederic C. Hof. United States Institute of Peace
• [Spring 09] Future Force Planning for the Middle East
  RADM John F. Sigler. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Spring 09] Out of Gas
  Nicholas Noe. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Spring 09] Deterrence in the Israeli-Iranian Strategic Standoff
  W. Andrew Terrill. Parameters
• [Spring 09] The Politics of Palestinian Demography
  Yakov Faitelson. Middle East Quarterly
• [Spring 09] The Israeli Citzenship Model: The Role of Pluralism and Particularism in Drawing the Boundaries of the Israeli Polity
  Benedetta Berti. al Nakhlah
• [Spring 09] Notions of Islam and the West in the US-Libyan Relationship: An Historical Perspective
  Farah Bushashia. al Nakhlah
• [Spring 09] Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East
  James A. Russell. French Institute of International Relations
• [25 Feb 09] Political, Social, and Economic Challenges in the Arab World
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event featuring Amr Moussa, Secretary General, League of Arab States
• [19 Feb 09] Now What? The Path Forward for Israel's New Government
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [19 Feb 09] Nurturing Instability: Lebanon's Palestinian Refugee Camps
  International Crisis Group
• [12 Feb 09] Israel: Rise of the Right
  Phyllis Bennis. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [11 Feb 09] The New Mideast Map: Israeli Election and the Arab Split
  Foreign Press Center briefing by David Pollack, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [11 Feb 09] Israel's Political System
  Eben Kaplan and Caroline Friedman. Council on Foreign Relations
• [10 Feb 09] The Lebanese Armed Forces: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Syria Lebanon
  Aram Nerguizian and Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [9 Feb 09] Hamas Challenge to the PLO: Opportunities and Prospects
  Mohammad Yaghi. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [9 Feb 09] Atoms for What? The U.S.-UAE Nuclear Accord
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [4 Feb 09] A Preview: Challenges in the Middle East
  Foreign Press Center briefing by James Zogby, President, The Arab American Institute
• [4 Feb 09] Israel's Propaganda War in Gaza: Losing the Moral High Ground
  Ong Weichong. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• [3 Feb 09] Another Israeli Election Down to the Wire
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [2 Feb 09] The "Gaza War": A Strategic Analysis
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Feb 09] Women in Parliament and Politics in the UAE: A Study of the First Federal National Council Elections
  May Al Dabbagh and Luna Nusseibeh. Dubai School of Government and the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, United Arab Emirates
• [Feb 09] Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and the Obama Administration
  Brian Katulis. Century Foundation
• [Feb 09] Palestine and Israel: Time for Plan B
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Feb 09] Export Controls in the United Arab Emirates: A Practical Manifestation of a Strategic Dilemma
  Elena McGovern. WMD Insights
• [Feb 09] European Conflict Management in the Middle East: Toward a More Effective Approach
  Muriel Asseburg. German Institute for International and Security Affairs
• [Feb 09] The Palestinian Refugee Issue: A Palestinian Perspective
  Abbas Shiblak. Chatham House
• [Feb 09] Countering Transnational Threats: Terrorism, Narco-Trafficking, and WMD Proliferation
  Matthew Levitt and Michael Jacobson, eds.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Jan/Feb 09] Drawing a Bright Redline: Forestalling Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
  Mark Fitzpatrick. Arms Control Today
• [Jan/Feb 09] Beyond Iraq: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East
  Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk. Foreign Affairs
• [30 Jan 09] The Middle East in a Post Oil-Boom Era?
  Navtej Dhillon. Brookings Institution
• [29 Jan 09] Obama's Al-Arabiya Interview: A Naïve Re-Branding of American Foreign Policy
  James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [29 Jan 09] Gaza: Laboratory for the Power-Hungry
  William deB. Mills. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [27 Jan 09] Realities of the UN in Lebanon
  Magnus Norell.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [26 Jan 09] Defining a 'Prediplomacy' Agenda for U.S.-Mideast Efforts
  Robert Satloff. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [23 Jan 09] Pointers for the Obama Administration in the Middle East: Avoiding Myths and Vain Hopes
  Nathan Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [23 Jan 09] Preliminary Assessment of Israel's Operation Cast Lead
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [21 Jan 09] 'Inevitable' that U.S. Will Have to Deal with Hamas
  Richard W. Murphy. Council on Foreign Relations
• [15 Jan 09] The Geopolitics of the Palestinians
  George Friedman. STRATFOR
• [14 Jan 09] The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Beyond Band-Aid Solutions
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [14 Jan 09] The IDF in Gaza: Operational Concepts, Lines of Effort, and Effects
  Jeffrey White. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [14 Jan 09] West Bank and Gaza Economy: Before and After the Crisis
  Navtej Dhillon and Edward Sayre. Brookings Institution
• [13 Jan 09] Gaza's Hell: Why the EU Must Change its Policy
  Michael Emerson, Natalie Tocci, and Richard Youngs. Centre for European Policy Studies
• [12 Jan 09] President-Elect Obama and the Middle East
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [12 Jan 09] Obama Must Take Regional Approach on Gaza Violence
  Martin S. Indyk. Council on Foreign Relations
• [9 Jan 09] Arab Reaction to Gaza Conflict: Anger at Israel, but Scant Support for Hamas
  David Pollock. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [8 Jan 09] Realities of a Third-Party Force in Gaza
  Montgomery C. Meigs. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [5 Jan 09] Renew Diplomacy in the Middle East
  Martin S. Indyk and Kenneth M. Pollack. Brookings Institution
• [5 Jan 09] Memo to the President: Renew Diplomacy in the Middle East
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [5 Jan 09] Ending the War in Gaza
  International Crisis Group
• [Jan 09] New Policies and Old Realities in the Middle East
  Harvey Sicherman. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [Jan 09] Gaza Conflict: Deterrence and the Other Missed Points
  Michael Radu. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [Jan 09] Israeli Assault on Gaza
  Noor Ul Haq and Khalid Hussain, eds. Islamabad Policy Research Institute
• [Jan 09] The "Greater" Middle East: The New Geopolitical Environment and its Implications for Obama Administration Policies
  Hillel Fradkin. Hudson Institute
• [Jan 09] Europe, the United States, and Middle Eastern Democracy: Repairing the Breach
  Tamara Cofman Wittes and Richard Youngs. Brookings Institution
• [Jan 09] Fixing UNRWA: Repairing the UN's Troubled System of Aid to Palestinian Refugees
  James G. Lindsay. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Jan 09] Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11
  David Smock and Qamar-ul Huda. United States Institute of Peace
• [Jan 09] Water Issues in the Gulf: Time for Action
  Mohamed A. Raouf. Middle East Institute
• [Jan 09] MEPI: Adding to the Diplomatic Toolbox
  Peter F. Mulrean. Foreign Service Journal
• [Jan 09] Waging Useless War?
  Stuart Reigeluth. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [Jan 09] The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Freedom Agenda in the Middle East
  Michele Dunne. Washington Quarterly
• [Winter 09] Politics and the 2005 Gaza and North West Bank Compensation and Assistance Facility
  Ehud Eiran. Harvard Negotiation Law Review
• [Winter 09] Nasrallah's Defeat in the 2006 War: Assessing Hezbollah's Influence
  Eyal Zisser. Middle East Quarterly
• [Winter 09] The Long Dance: Searching for Arab-Israeli Peace
  Aaron David Miller. Wilson Quarterly
• [09] The Domestic Context of Turkey's Changing Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and the Caspian Region
  Asiye Öztürk. German Development Institute
• [09] The Arab Peace Initiative: A Primer and Future Prospects
  Joshua Teitelbaum. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
• [09] Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia
  Richard Cronin and Amit Pandya, eds. Henry L. Stimson Center
• [09] Re-Imagining the Lebanon Track: Toward a New U.S. Policy
  Nicholas Noe. Century Foundation
• [09] After Gaza: A New Approach to Hamas
  Almut Möller. Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy
• [09] U.S. Policy in the Middle East
  Leon Hadar and Christopher Preble. Cato Handbook for Policymakers - Cato Institute
• [09] Passing a Flaming Torch: The Middle Eastern Issues Confronting the Obama Administration
  Rami G. Khouri. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
• [Winter 08/09] The Middle East's Next Nuclear State
  Bruno Tertrais. Strategic Insights
• [Winter 08/09] Viewpoint: Israel, Gaza, the Return of an 'Emboldened Iran' - and Obama
  Farideh Farhi. Strategic Insights
• [31 Dec 08] Gaza in Crisis: Teleconference with Carnegie Experts in the Middle East and D.C.
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [30 Dec 08] Hizballah Will Defend Iran - Not Palestinians
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [18 Dec 08] IDF Military Action in Gaza: Options and Implications
  Jeffrey White. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [17 Dec 08] Palestine Divided
  International Crisis Group
• [16 Dec 08] The Challenges of Israeli Military Action in Gaza
  Jeffrey White. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Dec 08] Lebanon: The Swing State of a New Levant: U.S.-Lebanon Dialogue Program
  Aspen Institute and Lebanon Renaissance Foundation
• [Dec 08] U.S. Arms Recipients, 2006/07: Near East
  William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan. New America Foundation
• [Dec 08] The Effects of National Policy on Refugee Welfare and Related Security Issues: A Comparative Case Study of Lebanon, Egypt and Syria
  Jessica E. Cleary. Naval Postgraduate School
• [Dec 08] Prevent Breakdown, Prepare for Breakthrough: How President Obama Can Promote Israeli-Palestinian Peace
  David Pollock, ed. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Dec 08] The Outcome of a Ten-Year Process of Political Reform in Bahrain
  Abdulhadi Khalaf. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Dec 08] Regional Spillover Effects of the Iraq War
  W. Andrew Terrill. Strategic Studies Institute
• [Dec 08] Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics
  Sherifa Zuhur. Strategic Studies Institute
• [Dec 08] Views of Arab Democrats: Advice to America on Promoting Middle East Reform
  J. Scott Carpenter. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Dec 08] Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
  Gabriella Gonzalez, et al. RAND Corporation
• [Dec 08] Sharing the Burden in the Middle East
  Marina Ottaway. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Dec 08] US Policy in the Gulf: Resisting the Temptation of One-Dimensional Policies
  Emile El-Hokayem. Henry L. Stimson Center
• [Dec 08] Security First: U.S. Priorities in Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking
  J. D. Crouch, II, et al. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Dec 08] Syrian-Israeli Peace: A Possible Key to Regional Change
  Paul Salem. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Dec 08] Qaddafi's Old Theories Facing New Realities
  Ronald Bruce St. John. Arab Reform Bulletin
• [Dec 08] Where is Egypt Headed?
  Daniel C. Kurtzer. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [25 Nov 08] The Israeli and Syrian Conventional Military Balance: An Overview
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [25 Nov 08] Violence by Extremists in the Jewish Settler Movement: A Rising Challenge
  Matthew Levitt and Becca Wasser. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [25 Nov 08] Rebuilding U.S.-Libyan Relations Twenty Years after Lockerbie
  Dana Moss and Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [20 Nov 08] Military Consequences of a Gaza Ceasefire Collapse
  Jeffrey White. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [14 Nov 08] Livni vs. Netanyahu: From One Election to the Next
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [13 Nov 08] Is Hamas Committed to the Ceasefire?
  Yoram Cohen. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [12 Nov 08] Unprecedented Projected Nuclear Growth in the Middle East: Now is the Time to Create Effective Barriers to Proliferation
  David Albright and Andrea Scheel. Institute for Science and International Security
• [11 Nov 08] The Muslim Brotherhood's Concept of Education
  Ehud Rosen. Hudson Institute
• [10 Nov 08] Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment: Toward a New U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [3 Nov 08] Why the Next U.S. President Will Be a Wartime Leader
  Michael Eisenstadt. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Nov 08] Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation
  Marina Ottaway and Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Nov 08] The Strategic Interests of the Maghreb States
  Belkacem Iratni. NATO Defense College
• [Nov 08] The Nile: Is It a Curse of Blessing?
  Debay Tadesse. Institute for Security Studies
• [Nov 08] North Africa: New Challenges, Old Regimes, and Regional Security
  Claire Spencer. International Peace Institute
• [Nov 08] Challenges to Persian Gulf Security: How Should the United States Respond?
  Judith S. Yaphe. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
• [Nov 08] Islamist De-Radicalization in Algeria: Successes and Failures
  Omar Ashour. Middle East Institute
• [Nov 08] The Kefaya Movement: A Case Study of a Grassroots Reform Initiative
  Nadia Oweidat. RAND Corporation
• [Nov 08] Yemen: Fear of Failure
  Ginny Hill. Chatham House
• [Nov 08] Can Cairo Reassemble Palestine?
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Nov 08] Centralization, Decentralization, and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
  Mehmet Serkan Tosun and Serdar Yilmaz. The World Bank
• [21 Oct 08] Slipping Oil Prices: Is the Oil Rich Middle East Prepared?
  Djavad Salehi-Isfahani. Brookings Institution
• [16 Oct 08] A Forum Without a Future?
  J. Scott Carpenter. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [3 Oct 08] The Future of U.S. Military Aid to Lebanon
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Oct 08] US Jordan Bilateral Relations
  Jomana Amara. Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School
• [Oct 08] Energy Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
  Edward Burke, Ana Echagüe, and Richard Youngs. European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
• [Oct 08] Can the Next U.S. President Rescue a Two-State Solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
  Henry Siegman. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [Oct 08] Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia
  International Monetary Fund
• [Oct 08] In the Shadow of the Brothers: The Women of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
  Omayma Abdel-Latif. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Oct 08] How the New Arab Media Challenges the Arab Militaries: The Case of the War between Israel and Hizbullah in 2006
  Assaf David and Oren Barak. Middle East Institute
• [Oct 08] Youth Activism in Egypt
  Dina Shehata. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Oct 08] Maghreb Regional and Global Integration: A Dream to Be Fulfilled
  Gary Glyde Hufbauer and Claire Brunel, eds. Peterson Institute for International Economics
• [Oct 08] US-Israeli Policy: What Can We Expect in a New White House
  Robert Matthews. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [Oct 08] Redefining U.S. Interests in the Middle East
  Adam Garfinkle. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [Oct 08] Arab Reform Bulletin, vol. 6, issue 8
  Michele Dunne, ed. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [25 Sep 08] Can Syria and Israel be Serious About Peace? And What Should the U.S. Do About It?
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [23 Sep 08] Livni's Outlook: Political and Policy Options in Israel
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [19-21 Sep 08] From President to President: U.S. Middle East Policy at a Moment of Transition - Proceedings of the 2008 Weinberg Founders Conference
  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [12 Sep 08] Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  International Atomic Energy Agency
• [11 Sep 08] Round Two in Gaza
  International Crisis Group
• [5 Sep 08] A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [2 Sep 08] Reconsidering Hamas: A View from Amman
  Hassan Barari. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 08] Dry Aquifers in Arab Countries and the Looming Food Crisis
  Elie Elhadj. Middle East Review of International Affairs
• [Sep 08] Regional Politics in a Highly Fragmented Region: Israel's Middle East Policies
  Martin Beck. German Institute of Global and Area Studies
• [Sep 08] Turkey's Middle East Policies: Between Neo-Ottomanism and Kemalism
  Ömer Taspinar. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 08] Salafism and Radical Politics in Postconflict Algeria
  Amel Boubekeur. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 08] The Middle East and Nonproliferation: An Interview with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United States
  Arms Control Today
• [Sep 08] Rethinking the Two-State Solution
  Giora Eiland. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 08] Between Potential and Reality: Innovation in the Arab Public Sphere
  Nesrine Halima. Dubai School of Government
• [Sep 08] More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World
  Dalia Dassa Kaye, Frederic Wehrey, Audra K. Grant, and Dale Stahl. RAND Corporation
• [Sep 08] The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy
  Stephen Biddle and Jeffrey A. Friedman. Strategic Studies Institute
• [Sep 08] Constraints to Economic Development and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
  Juliane Brach.  German Institute of Global and Area Studies
• [Sep 08] Bad Moon Not Rising: The Myth of the Gulf Shi'a Crescent
  Rodger Shanahan. Lowy Institute for International Policy
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• [Sep 08] The United States and Libya: Where Do We Go From Here?
  Michele Dunne. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Fall 08] Diplomacy in the Middle East: Arab Allies Push Their Own Agendas
  Marina Ottaway. Harvard International Review
• [Fall 08] Beirut Reconstruction: A Missed Opportunity for Conflict Resolution
  Lourdes Martinez-Garrido. al Nakhlah
• [Fall 08] Foreign Labor in the Arab Gulf: Challenges to Nationalization
  Dahlia Shaham. al Nakhlah
• [Fall 08] Israel and the Palestinians: Ending the Stalemate
  Caroline B. Glick. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Fall 08] The U.S.-Israel Partnership: Forks in the Road
  Michael Oren. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Fall 08] Egypt: Evolution Theory
  Khairi Abaza. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Fall 08] Israel and Syria: Tactical Peace
  David Wurmser. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Fall 08] Reconciling the Arab Initiative with Israel’s Core Requirements for Peace
  Alon Ben-Meir. Strategic Insights
• [Autumn 08] Fix This Middle Eastern Mess
  Glenn Kessler. Washington Quarterly
• [July-Sept 08] Islamic Activism in Jordan
  Juan Jose Escobar Stemmann. Athena Intelligence Journal
• [28 Aug 08] Amman Warms to Hamas
  Matthew Levitt and David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [28 Aug 08] The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace: The Bush Administration Should Avoid a Rush to Failure
  James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [21 Aug 08] The Future of U.S. Assistance to Egypt
  J. Scott Carpenter. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [21 Aug 08] On the Brink of Peace in the Middle East?
  Benjamin Tua. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [8 Aug 08] Financial Crisis Grips Fayad Government
  Mohammad Yaghi. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [4 Aug 08] Muddled Israeli Political Picture Could Keep Olmert in Power
  Gerald M. Steinberg. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Aug 08] The American Military Advisor: Dealing with Senior Foreign Officials in the Islamic World
  Michael J. Metrinko. Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute
• [Aug 08] How Serious is the EU About Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Lebanon?
  Julia Choucair Vizoso. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior and the European Council on Foreign Relations
• [31 July 08] Olmert's Announcement Fuels Uncertainty in Israel
  David Makovsky. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [23 July 08] Can Lebanon's March 14 Reverse the Tide?
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [17 July 08] Ruling Palestine II: The West Bank Model?
  International Crisis Group
• [July 08] Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: Rethinking the U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf
  Lawrence Korb and Ian Moss. Century Foundation
• [July 08] How Serious is the EU About Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Jordan?
  Ana Echague. European Council on Foreign Relations and the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [July 08] Party for Justice and Development in Morocco: Participation and its Discontents
  Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [July 08] The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S.
  Marina Ottaway and Mohammed Herzallah. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [July 08] Palestinian Presidential Elections
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [July 08] Qadhafi's Libya: Infinitely Stable and Reform-Resistant?
  Isabelle Werenfels. German Institute for International and Security Affairs
• [July 08] Fear and Dread in the Middle East
  Michael Brenner. Strategic Insights
• [July 08] Hizbullah: Walking the Lebanese Tightrope
  Rodger Shanahan. Lowy Institute for International Policy
• [30 June 08] The Business Principles for Countering Bribery: Building Integrity in the Middle East and North Africa
  Anna Nadgrodkiewicz. Center for International Private Enterprise
• [24 June 08] Fighting in Lebanon's Palestinian Refugee Camps Result of Increased Islamist Influence
  Benedetta Berti. Jamestown Foundation
• [23 June 08] Egypt: The Political Process Between 'Opening Up' and 'Control'
  Issaka K. Souaré. Institute for Security Studies
• [23 June 08] Conventional Armed Forces in the Gulf: An Overview
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [18 June 08] Movement in Middle East Peace Talks
  Mona Yacoubian. Council on Foreign Relations
• [18 June 08] Reconciling with Hamas? Abbas's Hedge Against a Failed Peace Process
  Mohammad Yaghi. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [18 June 08] Egypt's Muslim Brothers: Confrontation or Integration?
  International Crisis Group
• [16 June 08] The Failure of the Oslo Process: Inherently Flawed or Flawed Implementation?
  Jonathan Rynhold. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [4 June 08] China-Gulf Economic Relations
  Lee Hudson Teslik. Council on Foreign Relations
• [4 June 08] Persian Gulf Nations' Bulging Coffers Bring 'Wrenching Transformation'
  Youssef Michel Ibrahim. Council on Foreign Relations
• [2 June 08] Israeli Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Overview
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [June 08] Countering the Negative Image of Arab Women in the Arab Media: Toward a "Pan Arab Eye" Media Watch Project
  Rasha Allam. Middle East Institute
• [June 08] Terrorism in the Maghreb: The Transnationalisation of Domestic Terrorism
  Anneli Botha. Institute for Security Studies
• [June 08] The Middle East: Evolution of a Broken Regional Order
  Paul Salem. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 08] Water and Conflict in the Middle East
  Anders Jägerskog. Middle East Institute
• [June 08] Bahrain: Reaching a Threshold
  Edward Burke. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [June 08] The Gulf as a Global Financial Centre: Growing Opportunities and International Influence
  Chatham House
• [June 08] Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
  Orit Gal. Chatham House
• [June 08] The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue
  Rex Brynen. Chatham House
• [June 08] Does the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Still Matter? Analyzing Arab Public Perceptions
  Shibley Telhami. Brookings Institution
• [June 08] EU and U.S. Free Trade Agreements in the Middle East and North Africa
  Riad al Khouri. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 08] Opposition Alliances and Democratization in Egypt
  Hesham Sallam. United States Institute of Peace
• [June 08] The Food Price Crisis in the Arab Countries: Short Term Responses to a Lasting Challenge
  Ibrahim Saif. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 08] Strengthening the Partnership: How to Deepen U.S.-Israel Cooperation on the Iranian Nuclear Challenge
  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Summer 08] Forty Years of COIN: The Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
  Nathan W. Toronto. Joint Force Quarterly
• [Summer 08] Statecraft in the Middle East
  Dennis Ross. Washington Quarterly
• [28 May 08] The Middle East Unravels: Lessons from Lebanon
  Transcript of an American Enterprise Institute event
• [22 May 08] Middle East Youth Bulge: Challenge or Opportunity?
  Remarks by Navtej Dhillon, Brookings Institution, to Congressional staffers from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• [21 May 08] Lebanese Crisis Ends: Hizballah Victory or Temporary Truce?
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [16 May 08] Kuwaiti Elections: Democracy in Action, or Inaction?
  David Pollock and Mehdi Khalaji. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [16 May 08] Lebanon and the Middle East Peace Process: Teleconference with Carnegie Experts
  Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, Marina Ottaway, and Paul Salem. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [7 May 08] Assessing the Annapolis Process
  Zalman Shoval and Aaron David Miller. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [1 May 08] Freedom's Unsteady March: America's Role in Building Arab Democracy
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [May 08] Why the Gulf Matters: Crafting an Australian Security Policy for the Arabian Gulf
  Rodger Shanahan. Lowy Institute for International Policy
  NOTE: Follow the directions on the screen to proceed to the full-text
• [May 08] Much Ado About Nothing: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
  Anat Biletzki. MIT Center for International Studies
• [May 08] Sunset for the Two-State Solution?
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [May 08] Should Israel Close Dimona? The Radiological Consequences of a Military Strike on Israel's Plutonium-Production Reactor
  Bennett Ramberg. Arms Control Association
• [May 08] Egypt and the Events in Gaza: The "Official" Solution to the Crisis
  Amr fal-Shobaki. Arab Reform Initiative
• [May 08] Iran-Syria-Hizballah-Hamas: A Coalition Against Nature - Why Does it Work?
  Ely Karmon. Proteus USA
• [May 08] Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
  Marina Ottaway. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [May 08] Kuwait's 2008 Parliamentary Elections: A Setback for Democratic Islamism?
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [May 08] Half Full or Half Empty: Assessing Prospects for Peace in Lebanon
  Alistair Harris. United States Institute of Peace
• [May 08] Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia
  International Monetary Fund
• [May 08] What is at Stake in Kuwait's Parliamentary Elections?
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [30 April 08] Abbas-Olmert Talks a 'First' in Mideast Diplomacy
  Aaron David Miller. Council on Foreign Relations
• [25 April 08] Is Peace Possible is 2008? A Palestinian Perspective: A Discussion with Yasser Abd Rabbo, PLO Secretary General
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [18 April 08] Electoral and Social Tensions Spike in Egypt
  David Schenker. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [8 April 08] Hamas's Military Buildup in the Gaza Strip
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage and Commermoration Center (IICC)
• [7 April 08] Egypt's Evolving Role in Africa: A Sub-Saharan Perspective
  Transcript of a presentation at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Cairo
• [April 08] The State of Reform in the Arab World 2008: The Arab Democracy Index
  Khalil Shikaki, Mudar Kassis, and Jihad Harb, eds. Arab Reform Initiative and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
• [April 08] The Middle East Strategic Balance 2007-2008
  Mark A. Heller and Zvi Shtauber, eds. Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)
• [April 08] A New Millennium of Knowledge? The Arab Human Development Report on Building a Knowledge Society, Five Years On
  Kristin M. Lord. Brookings Institution
• [April 08] Europe, Israel and Palestine: Endgame?
  George Joffé. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [April 08] The EU, Israel, and Hamas
  Clara Marina O'Donnell. Centre for European Reform
• [April 08] Morocco 1996-2007: A Decisive Decade of Reforms
  Adballah Saaf and Abdelrahim Manar al Slimi, eds. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales
• [April 08] Slippery Polls: Uses and Abuses of Opinion Surveys from Arab States
  David Pollock. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [April 08] Climate Change Threats, Opportunities, and the GCC Countries
  Mohamed A. Raouf. Middle East Institute
• [April 08] Egypt's Local Elections Farce: Causes and Consequences
  Mohammed Herzallah and Amr Hamzawy.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [April 08] A Lion in the Path of Oman's Nationalization: Insurgency in Oman from the 1950s through the 1970s Examined through Social Movement Theory
  CPT Jason Howk. Strategic Insights
• [April 08] The Arab Minority in Israel: Motivations for Collective Action
  Eric J. Gust. Strategic Insights
• [April 08] Gush Emunim and the Israeli Settlers of the Occupied Territories: A Social Movement Approach
  LT Mark Munson, USN. Strategic Insights
• [26 March 08] Shelve the Shelf Agreement
  David M. Weinberg. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [25 March 08] Kuwait's New Political Crisis: Can Democracy Trump Sectarianism?
  David Pollock. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [21 March 08] The Gaza Challenge
  Ghaith al-Omari, James Lindsay, David Makovsky, and Dennis Ross. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [21 March 08] Maghreb Integration and the Four-Sided Development Squeeze
  Jawad Rachami. Center for International Private Enterprise
• [19 March 08] The Struggle for Control of the Nile: A Water War Waiting to Come?
  Maxim Worcester. Institut Fur Strategie - Politik - Sicherheits - und Wirtschaftsberatung
• [19 March 08] Ruling Palestine I: Gaza Under Hamas
  International Crisis Group
• [17 March 08] Forward or Backward? The 2008 Arab Satellite TV Charter and the Future of Arab Media, Society, and Democracy
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [7 March 08] No Peace Possible Between Israel and Palestinians without Hamas
  Henry Siegman. Council on Foreign Relations
• [4 March 08] Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
  Transcript of a Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution event
• [March 08] The Failure of the Oslo Process: Inherently Flawed or Flawed Implementation?
  Jonathan Rynhold. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [Spring 08] The Long Dance: Searching for Arab-Israeli Peace
  Aaron David Miller. Wilson Quarterly
• [Spring 08] The Mythical Shia Crescent
  Pat Proctor. Parameters
• [Spring 08] China through Arab Eyes: American Influence in the Middle East
  Chris Zambelis and Brandon Gentry.  Parameters
• [Spring 08] After Iraq: Future U.S. Military Posture in the Middle East
  Bradley L. Bowman. Washington Quarterly
• [26 Feb 08] Video Briefing Transcript: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
  Edward P. Djerejian. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• [16-18 Feb 08] U.S. Security and the Muslim World: Prescription for Overextension
  Kurt M. Campbell. U.S.-Islamic World Forum
• [16-18 Feb 08] The Axis of Equals and the Arc of Turbulence: Looming Changes in the Security Relationship Between the U.S. and the Muslim World
  M. J. Akbar. U.S.-Islamic World Forum
• [13 Feb 08] Gaza: Risks and Opportunities
  Efraim Inbar. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [11 Feb 08] A New Middle East, After All
  Reuel Marc Gerecht. American Enterprise Institute
• [7 Feb 08] Algeria Today and Tomorrow: The British Connection
  Society for Algerian Studies Conference and Chatham House
• [Feb 08] Towards a More Secure and Stable Lebanon: Prospects for Security Sector Reform
  Henry L. Stimson Center
• [Feb 08] The Middle East: Petroleum Supply Security or Political Stability?
  Naji Abi-Aad. Strategic Insights
• [Feb 08] Middle East and North Africa Reform: Rooted in Economic and Political Ground
  John D. Sullivan and Anna Nadgrodkiewicz. Center for International Private Enterprise
• [Feb 08] Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats
  Michael Rubin, Danielle Pletka, Jeffrey Azarva (eds.). American Enterprise Institute
• [Feb 08] Fighting Brushfires with Batons: An Analysis of the Political Crisis in South Yemen
  April Longley and Abdul Ghani al-Iryani. Middle East Institute
• [Feb 08] Democratization in Morocco: Political Transition of a North African Kingdom
  Moshe Gershovich. Middle East Institute
• [Feb 08] The New Middle East
  Marina S. Ottaway, Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, Karim Sadjadpour, Paul Salem. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Feb 08] Middle East and North Africa Reform: Rooted in Economic and Political Ground
  John D. Sullivan and Anna Nadgrodkiewicz.  Center for International Private Enterprise
• [Feb 08] Deterrence, Missile Defense, and Collateral Damage in the Iranian-Israeli Strategic Relationship
  W. Andrew Terrill. Strategic Studies Institute
• [Feb 08] The Road Out of Gaza
  Nathan J. Brown. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Feb 08] The Road Not Traveled : Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa
  The World Bank
• [Jan 08] Is the Maghreb the "Next Afghanistan"?: Mapping the Radicalization of the Algerian Salafi Jihadist Movement
  Noureddine Jebnoun. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
• [Jan 08] Currency Conundrums in the Gulf
  Robert Looney. Middle East Institute
• [Jan 08] U.S. Foreign Policy and Israel's Qualitative Military Edge: The Need for a Common Vision
  William Wunderle and Andre Briere. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Jan 08] The Draft Party Platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Foray into Political Integration or Retreat into Old Positions?
  Nathan J. Brown and Amr Hamzawy.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Jan 08] Arab Media and US Policy: A Public Diplomacy Reset
  Marwan M. Kraidy. Stanley Foundation
• [Jan 08] Security and Stability in the Greater Middle East
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Jan 08] Jordanian National Security and the Future of Middle East Stability
  W. Andrew Terrill.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [Winter 08] Crystal Unclear: The Challenges of Water Politics in the Middle East
  Gloria Park. Harvard International Review
• [Winter 08] Armed and Dangerous: Arms Proliferation Inside Yemen
  Ahmed Zein. Arab Insight
• [Winter 08] Political Stagnation in Jordan: Liberalism Falls Short
  Mohammed Abu Rumman. Arab Insight
• [08] Managing Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
  Bruce Riedel and Gary Samore. Brookings Institution
  NOTE: Chapter from the book "Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President"
• [08] Doing Business in the United Arab Emirates
  Paul Dyer. Dubai School of Government
• [08] The Vital Triangle: China, the United States, and the Middle East
  Jon B. Alterman and John W. Garver. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [08] Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa
  Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached, and Cecilia Tortajada, eds. International Development Research Centre and Routledge
• [08] We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War
  Matt M. Matthews.  U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Combat Studies Institute Press
• [08] North Africa: A Security Problem for Themselves, For the EU and For the US
  Ulla Holm. Danish Institute for International Studies
• [26 Dec 07] The Mideast Axis of Destabilization
  Ely Karmon.  Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
• [20 Dec 07] Inside Gaza: The Challenge of Clans and Families
  International Crisis Group
• [Dec 07] Security Sector Reform in the Arab Region: Challenges to Developing an Indigenous Agenda
  Yezid Sayigh. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Dec 07] The Palestinians: Between State Failure and Civil War
  Michael Eisenstadt. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Dec 07] Jordan: Possibility of Transition from Electoral Rut to a "Constitutional Democratic Monarchy"
  Khaled Hroub. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Dec 07] The Private Sector in the Arab World: Road Map Towards Reform
  Abdulaziz Sager. Arab Reform Initiative
• [Dec 07] Iran's Nuclear and Syria's Iraq Adventures
  Barry Rubin.  Middle East Review of International Affairs
• [Dec 07] Incumbent Regimes and the "King's Dilemma" in the Arab World: Promise and Threat of Managed Reform
  Marina Ottaway and Michele Dunne.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Dec 07] Annapolis: Three-Ring Diplomacy
  Harvey Sicherman.  Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [28 Nov 07] After Annapolis: Prospects for Peacemaking
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [20 Nov 07] The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Annapolis and After
  International Crisis Group
• [Nov 07] Back to Balancing in the Middle East: A New Strategy for Constructive Engagement
  Martin S. Indyk and Tamara Cofman Wittes.  Brookings Institution
• [Nov 07] Regional Threats and Security Strategy: The Troubling Case of Today's Middle East
  James A. Russell.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [Nov 07] Kuwait: Keystone of U.S. Gulf Policy
  David Pollock.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [22 Oct 07] Arab Political Systems: Baseline Information and Reforms
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
• [Oct 07] The Political Economy of Reform in Egypt
  Sufyan Alissa.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [12 Oct 07] A Formula for Lifting America's Standing in the Middle East
  Flynt Leverett.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [Oct 07] Security Cooperation in the Middle East
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Oct 07] Final Status: Jerusalem and Return
  Sari Anwar Nusseibeh.  James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• [Sep 07] Pushback or Progress? Arab Regimes Respond to Democracy's Challenge
  Barry Rubin.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 07] Egypt: Security, Political and Islamist Challenges
  Sherifa Zuhur.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [Sep 07] Asymmetric Strategies in the Middle East
  A. Goodman.  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
• [Sep 07] From the Frying Pan into the Fire: U.S. Arms Sales and Military Assistance to the Persian Gulf
  David Isenberg.  British American Security Information Council
• [Sep 07] Kuwaiti National Security and the U.S.-Kuwaiti Strategic Relationship after Saddam
  W. Andrew Terrill.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [Sep 07] Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment
  Mona Yacoubian.  United States Institute of Peace
• [Aug 07] Egypt's Constitutional Test: Averting the March toward Islamic Fundamentalism
  Hany Besada.  Centre for International Governance Innovation 
• [July 07] Rethinking Economic Reform in Jordan: Confronting Socioeconomic Realities
  Sufyan Alissa.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [May/June 07] The Shia Revival
  Vali Nasr. Military Review
• [12 March 07] The Real Shi'a Sunni Conflict
  Jon B. Alterman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [26 June 07] The Future of the Middle East: Strategic Implications for the United States
  Transcript of the Forty-Ninth Capitol Hill Conference Series on U.S. Middle East Policy sponsored by the Middle East Policy Council
• [June 07] Kuwait: Politics in a Participatory Emirate
  Paul Salem.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 07] Strategic Reset: Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East
  Center for American Progress
• [3 May 07] Arab Public Opinion
  David Pollock.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [May 07] Demilitarizing Algeria
  Hugh Roberts.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Summer/Fall 06] Fixing What's Wrong - and Building on What's Right - With Middle East Education
  Cheryl Benard.  SAIS Review
• [06] Through the Lens of Cultural Awareness: A Primer for US Armed Forces Deploying to Arab and Middle Eastern Countries
  LTC William D. Wunderle, USA. Combat Studies Institute Press, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center 

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