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"A guarantee that the West...is not seeking the overthrow of Iran’s leaders would have to be a key component of a nuclear compromise"
Mehdi Khalaji: The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise
"The compelling moral case for a humanitarian intervention is increasingly being reinforced by sound raisons d’état."
Itamar Rabinovich: The Anarchy Factor in Syria
"The current situation in Yemen is a recipe for a prolonged political crisis"
Abdul Wasa Al-Saqqaf: Yemen after the presidential elections
"No one should be surprised if democratization in the Arab world, difficult as it might be, brings in its wake a redrawing of borders"
Shlomo Avineri: The Arab Springtime of Nations?
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OPINION
SPOTLIGHT
Joschka Fischer: The Persian Knot
April 5
Sinan Ulgen: Erdoğan the Peacemaker?
April 3
Ronald S. Lauder: Syria after Assad
March 27
Itamar Rabinovich: Forging Syria’s Opposition
March 25
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou: Iraqi Libya
March 20
Barak Barfi: Libya’s Transition to Transition
March 16
John D. Podesta: NATO's Libyan Lessons
March 12
Josef Olmert: Israel's calculus about Syria; the devil we know?
March 10
David Scheffer: Fanning the Flames of Justice in Syria
March 5
Olivier Basille: Letter to Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
March 1
Michael Bröning: Hamas Comes in from the Cold
February 22
Jaswant Singh: Return to the Arc of Crisis
February 22
Itamar Rabinovich: The Iranian Nuclear Threat Goes Global
February 16
Moha Ennaji: The Maghreb’s Modern Islamists
February 16
Josef Olmert: The past and Israel's calculus about Iran
February 14
Amine Ghali: Improving Tunisia’s economy requires inclusion
February 13
Gareth Jenkins: The deteriorating state of media freedom in Turkey
February 13
Zaki Laïdi: Obama’s Middle East Malady
February 8
Josef Olmert: The day after sectarianism and Syria's future
February 2
Alfred G. Gerteiny: Western media's tilt towards Israel
February 2
Michael Sharnoff: Revisiting the Arab Peace Initiative - A Novel Approach to Failed Talks
February 2
Omar Ashour: What do Egypt’s Generals Want?
January 30
Natalia Simanovsky: The Arab Spring is an opportunity for Israel
January 28
Robert Kelley: Nuclear arms programme charge against Iran is no sure thing
January 28
Insider's Guide: Weekend in Amman
May 11
Public Squares and the Arab uprising
May 11
Calling SCAF to account
May 10
SeedStartup: Riding the wave of Entrepreneurship in the Middle East
May 10
Damascus blasts push Syria ever closer to war
May 10
Comment: Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia
May 9
The end(s) of stability?
May 9
Forbidden + 18 Days – a review of two revolutionary Egyptian films
May 9
With Iron Dome, a new posture helps defend morale
May 7
Sky News Arabia goes on air
May 6
Iran slams Google for leaving Gulf nameless
May 5
At Dubai forum, Arab female entrepreneurs are urged to break from traditional choices
May 5
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
May 4
Put Palestine First
May 4
Nobel Prize winner's new museum opens a gateway to Istanbul’s past
May 4
Syria's Christians and the uprising
May 3
The cities of the Middle East, Part Three: The Levant
May 3
Violence erupts anew in Syria: Is U.S. intervention ever justifiable?
May 3
Qatar to legalize trade unions as Saudi Arabia pushes for closer Gulf cooperation
May 2
Islam’s European Hope
May 2
Turkish beauty magazines ties Muslim veil to glamour
May 2
Algerian islamists accused of receiving funds from abroad
April 30
Egypt hardliners to back moderate Islamist for top job
April 28
The cities of the Middle East, Part two: The Gulf
April 27
Syria accused of new massacre as UN team is evacuated
Today 15:05 GMT
Israel razes settler outpost structures
Today 14:05 GMT
Bahrain warns Iran against meddling in its affairs
Today 14:05 GMT
Iran vows never to renounce nuclear rights
Today 13:05 GMT
Israeli tank fire hurts seven in Gaza
Today 13:05 GMT
Iran's Ahmadinejad wants to attend Olympics
Today 12:05 GMT
Japan bank freezes Iran transactions after court order
Today 11:05 GMT
Syria's Assad doomed, says Israel's Barak
Today 03:05 GMT
UN convoy attacked in Syria
Yesterday
Kadhafi son refusing to accept defense lawyer
Yesterday
Seven dead as gunmen raid Libyan oasis city
Yesterday
Several wounded in renewed Lebanon clashes
Yesterday
Hamas: New Palestinian cabinet strengthens the division
Yesterday
US gas giant works to avoid Israel electric shortage
Yesterday
Israeli intelligence head visited US for Iran talks
Yesterday
At least 10 more people killed in Syria, says watchdog
Yesterday
Syrians back regime, Assad tells Russia TV
Yesterday
Iran calls for rallies against Saudi-Bahrain union
Yesterday
Egypt presidential candidate Mohammed Fawzi Eissa pulls out to back Amr Mussa
Yesterday
Egypt's military ruler vows fair election
Yesterday
Yemen army is pushing AL-Qaeda back
Yesterday
Bahrain activist says charge over tweets vindictive
Yesterday
Syria-linked clashes end in Lebanon but anger remains
May 15
Death toll in south Yemen anti-Qaeda offensive rises to 44
May 15
Opinion
"No one has calculated the consequences of a war. Everyone has good reason to sit down and talk."
Javier Solana: Iran’s Last Chance?
"The veteran SS soldier tells us that he can’t keep quiet anymore about Israel’s plans to destroy the Iranian people"
Josef Olmert: The Günter Grass Affair – why it matters
"A war to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear arms is probably a quicker and surer route to [proliferation]"
Jonathan Schell: Disarmament Wars
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