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Immanuel Wallerstein

Addressing Refugeehood Is the Key to Peace  
Every time I see a Jewish friend or a foreign peace mediator, I remind them that the Palestinian exile since 1947-48 is now five or six years longer than the Jewish exile in Babylon in the 6th Century BC -- where the Zionist hope and idea of return to an ancestral Jewish homeland was first born.
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Is Turkey the Only Real Country in the Middle East?  
Why do I marvel at Turkey? Because it is the only country in the Middle East region that acts like a normal, mature country.
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Obama Must Try Again With Iran  
In recent weeks, U.S. President Barack Obama has been persuaded -- or pushed -- to adopt a confrontational posture towards Tehran. But -- as Obama knows very well -- there is no obvious military solution to the problem.
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Confronting the Globalcrat  
Banks that would have gone bust if not for massive government bailouts are still preaching to emerging nations the gospel of deregulating financial markets. These globalization advocates had better realize that they're dealing with a new world.
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Western Europe and Russia -- Coming Together  
The geopolitical reality is that the United States can do very little now to slow down the approaching grand alliance between western Europe and Russia.
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The Palestinians Should Negotiate  
The Palestinians should not remain passive. They should make the most of the emergence of Obama -- an extraordinary phenomenon in American politics which is unlikely to recur anytime soon.
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From Biblical to Poker Principles  
We should not respond to Netanyahu’s proposals with only another round of passive Arab rejectionism. We need to get out of the ambiguous biblical epics and move into the definitive world of poker.
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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
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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
12/9/2009Addressing Refugeehood Is the Key to Peace
12/7/2009Is Turkey the Only Real Country in the Middle East?
12/2/2009Crisis Brings Dubai a Political Challenge
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
12/7/2009Obama Must Try Again With Iran
12/4/2009The Palestinians Should Negotiate
11/28/2009The Dubai Crisis
All of Patrick Seale's articles...

Immanuel Wallerstein
12/1/2009Western Europe and Russia -- Coming Together
11/15/2009Obama, Bush, and Latin American Coups
11/1/2009Afghanistan: Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose
All of Immanuel Wallerstein's articles...

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