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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Coming Confrontation Between Israel and Iran
The regime is acting out, forcing Netanyahu to respond.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters Is Egypt’s President Creating More Terrorists Than He’s Stopping?
“As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment, and violence ready for export.”
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The 3 Ways Romney Challenged Obama's Foreign Policy While in Israel
An unwritten rule of campaigns is that candidates don't criticize the president's foreign policy while abroad.
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Will Syria Start Killing Lebanese Politicians Again?
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has a history of using force to control Lebanon's leaders.
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'Destroy All the Churches': Saudi Arabia's Poor Treatment of Christians
Why don't more Americans talk about religious abuses in the ultra-conservative kingdom?
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Should the U.S. Cut Off Aid to the Egyptian Military?
The military, which has been consolidating power and extending dictatorial rule, gets over $1 billion per year
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Why Tibetans Can't Get a Meeting in Washington
The practice of keeping Tibetan leaders at bay to avoid angering China is an old one here, but that doesn't make it good policy
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4 Ways the U.S. Can Help in Syria
The Syrian government's violence against protesters is rapidly worsening, risking civil war
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U.S. Hypocrisy on Bahrain
The tiny Gulf nation and U.S. ally has been brutalizing peaceful protesters, so why are we doing so little?
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Iran and the Bahrain Opposition
Separating out the legitimate protest movement from the Iranian fronts who damage their cause
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How Will Syria's Assad Fall?
A sectarian divide or an Alawite-led "palace coup" are two of the most likely ways he might be removed
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The Ground Shifts in the Middle East
The U.S. faces a rapidly changing region from Tripoli to Jerusalem
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A Case Against Attacking Iran or a Case for Blaming Israel?
A response to Marc Lynch
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Obama Bombing Iran? Don't Be Surprised
A former Bush adviser on why the president's commitments, and questionable reelection chances, make it likely that he would order an attack before November 2012
