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Richard Bulliet

Nadia Hijab

Rami G. Khouri

Peter Kwong

R.K. Ramazani

Patrick Seale

Immanuel Wallerstein

Absolutely No Excuse  
It is manifestly barbarous that children should be tossed into jail for life.
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Obama, Bush, and Latin American Coups  
If Obama were to have some important political successes in the next two years (a decent health bill, a real withdrawal from Iraq, reduced unemployment), this would actually blunt the return of the Latin American right. But will he have such successes?
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Why Support for Palestine Ebbs  
Arabs and others turn away from the Palestine issue, and give it only perfunctory rhetorical support because Israeli national criminality and Palestinian political incompetence are a deadly combination.
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Palestinians Need Change -- Not Charades  
Mahmoud Abbas should cut short his silly little melodrama, resign as he said he would, and pave the way for a needed revival of effective Palestinian national leadership.
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After Ft. Hood  
Culture and tradition are always in flux in the Arab and Muslim worlds, as they are the world over. But stereotypes appear to be fixed and unchanging.
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The Puzzle Over Oil Revenues  
With the various factors in play -- environmental changes and gas, oil and pipeline developments -- who would dare predict where prices will be a decade or two from now?
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The Wall Will Fall in the Arab World  
The nature of discontent exhibited by Arab youth today is similar to that which drove the liberation movements of the Soviet Bloc a generation ago.
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Richard Bulliet
9/28/2009The End of Middle East History
9/28/2009The End of Middle East History
6/17/2009Iran’s Culture Clash
All of Richard Bulliet's articles...

Nadia Hijab
11/9/2009After Ft. Hood
11/4/2009The Battle Over Palestinian Representation
10/19/2009The Siege Continues
All of Nadia Hijab's articles...

Rami G. Khouri
11/18/2009Why Support for Palestine Ebbs
11/16/2009Palestinians Need Change -- Not Charades
11/11/2009The Wall Will Fall in the Arab World
All of Rami G. Khouri's articles...

Peter Kwong
6/1/2009June Fourth -- Twenty Years Later
5/11/2009They’re Beating-Up Foreign Journalists
4/27/2009No Reform or Relief in China
All of Peter Kwong's articles...

Patrick Seale
11/9/2009The Puzzle Over Oil Revenues
11/6/2009Obama's Afpak Nightmare
11/2/2009The Rise and Rise of Turkey
All of Patrick Seale's articles...

Immanuel Wallerstein
11/15/2009Obama, Bush, and Latin American Coups
11/1/2009Afghanistan: Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose
10/15/2009The Olympics and Geopolitics
All of Immanuel Wallerstein's articles...

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