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Insights & Analysis
Iraq
How to Enhance Unity and Stability
President-elect Obama’s administration must not give any inkling that Iraq is becoming less important to Washington if it wants to shore up real but fragile gains in Iraqi stability.
Palestine
Toward a New Negotiating Paradigm
Efforts to reconcile Fatah and Hamas are doomed; here is another way to promote Palestinian statehood and peace, even in the absence of a unified leadership.
Egypt
A Historic Opportunity for President-Elect Obama
The impending selection of a new president will have profound implications for democracy prospects in Egypt and throughout the region; will the administration of President-elect Obama take advantage of the opportunity?
Middle East
How Should the U.S. President Pursue Democratization?
The new U.S. administration should rethink its interests and pursue reforms in Arab countries that will be irreversible.
Middle East
Engaging Europe on Behalf of Middle East Peace
Europe is hoping that President-elect Obama and his administration will make Arab-Israeli peace a top foreign policy priority, and approach the issue with pragmatism.
News
- Kuwait: Political Squabbles Continue
- Palestine: Fatah Sixth Annual Conference Postponed
- United Arab Emirates: Economic Plan Unveiled
- Morocco: Student Jailed
- Egypt: Opposition Party Headquarters Set on Fire
- Palestine: Cairo Meeting Cancelled; Quartet Calls for Moscow Meeting
- Kuwait: Bill to End Political Party Ban
- Kuwait: Domestic Workers’ Company Established
- Egypt: Cairo News Agency Fined
- Morocco: L’Express Banned
- Iraq: Minority Representation Law Reinstated
- Algeria: Constitutional Amendment Announced
- Palestine: Fatah Prisoners Freed
- Syria: Damascus Declaration Activists Sentenced
- Qatar: National Plan Charted
- Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Suspect Trials
- Bahrain: Voting Age Lowered
- Lebanon: Nasrallah and Hariri
- United Arab Emirates: Forum for the Future
- Algeria: Journalist Sentenced
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