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The LWOT: Obama sidesteps NDAA detainee provisions
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | MARCH 2, 2012
The Fix Is In
Why the coming election in Iran will be the fakest one yet.
BY JAMSHEED CHOKSY | FEBRUARY 27, 2012
The LWOT: Gitmo sees first tentative plea deal
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 24, 2012
The League of Arab Societies
It’s high time for a new Arab League -- one that reflects and supports the rising (and struggling) wave of liberals across the Middle East and North Africa.
BY AHMED CHARAI AND JOSEPH BRAUDE | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Mosquebusters
When there's something Muslim in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Meet the British lawyer fighting Islam, one parking ticket at a time.
BY SPIKE JOHNSON | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
When Assad Won
A bloody six-year civil war fought against Bashar al-Assad's father presents a cautionary tale for Syria's modern-day rebels.
BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Waiting for Spring
If the Middle East is your yardstick, the countries of Central Asia ought to be on the verge of revolution. But don't hold your breath.
BY SCOTT RADNITZ | FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Separated at Birth
Indonesia's transition to democracy can tell us a lot about the likely course of Egypt's revolution. There's good news and there's bad news.
BY JOHN T. SIDEL | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
The Strange Revolution in Bahrain, One Year On
The revolt in little Bahrain is easy to ignore. But it’s actually part of a big global story.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Votes Versus Rights
The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.
BY CHARLES KURZMAN | FEBRUARY 10, 2012
The Lesson of Bani Walid
In post-Gaddafi Libya, the dream of a stable central government is fading. Militias are filling the gap.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | JANUARY 28, 2012
The Beards of January
Even Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is nervous about the rise of the Salafis.
JANUARY 4, 2012
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.
BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011
Monsters and Children
How dumb bigots and political correctness have hijacked our national conversation about radical violent extremism. (By which I mean: talking to Muslims about al Qaeda.)
BY J.M. BERGER | DECEMBER 9, 2011
Afghanistan's Bloody Tuesday
The annual Shiite holiday, Ashura, is a self-flagellatory festival of blood. But the shocking bombing in Kabul is anything but holy. Warning: graphic images.
DECEMBER 6, 2011
The Islamist Bloc?
Just because you think you know one of the Arab World's new Islamists doesn't mean you know them all.
BY AHMED CHARAI, JOSEPH BRAUDE | NOVEMBER 4, 2011
An Islamist, a Liberal, and a Former Regime Loyalist Walk into a Cafe...
Three Libyans try to make sense of their country after Qaddafi.
BY RYAN CALDER | OCTOBER 21, 2011
Divine Election
As Tunisians prepare for the Arab Spring's first free election, they are discovering that democracy, too, can be messy.
BY DON DUNCAN | OCTOBER 21, 2011
Fear and Loathing in Christian Cairo
After a day of brutal violence, my Egyptian Christian family -- and the Coptic community -- is afraid for the future.
BY MONIQUE EL-FAIZY | OCTOBER 11, 2011
Do Muslims Really Care About Somalia?
If they do, here's how they can save the country from famine.
BY AKBAR AHMED , FRANKIE MARTIN | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Doom and Gloom
Interpreting the American public mood on the 9/11 decade.
BY SHIBLEY TELHAMI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
9/11 from Arab Shores
Ten years after the World Trade Center attacks, is 9/11 still a seminal moment or a historical footnote for the Middle East?
BY BORZOU DARAGAHI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
The Myth of Anwar al-Awlaki
One of America's most-wanted Islamist radicals was once a humble, mainstream preacher who became enraged by the war on terror. At least, that's the story some people are selling.
BY J.M. BERGER | AUGUST 10, 2011
Cairo's Revolutionaries Change Tactics
The hard-core activists who led the protests that ousted Hosni Mubarak are looking for other ways to make an impact. But with elections looming, are they losing the plot?
BY MAX STRASSER | AUGUST 10, 2011
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011
A Murderer's Manifesto and Me
Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing. Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript.
BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | AUGUST 1, 2011
Rise of the Radical Right
Anders Behring Breivik is not alone. In fact, Europe has many more dangerous extremists than anyone thinks.
BY JAMIE BARTLETT, JONATHAN BIRDWELL | JULY 25, 2011
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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