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Rami G. Khouri

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Rami George Khouri is a Palestinian-Jordanian and US citizen whose family resides in Beirut, Amman, and Nazareth.

He is the Director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut as well as editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. He is an internationally syndicated political columnist and author.

Rami was a visiting scholar at Stanford University in October 2006, and in November 2006, he was the co-recipient of the Pax Christi International Peace Award for his efforts to bring peace and reconciliation to the Middle East.

      Recent Articles


Date Article
2/8/2010Peace-making Requires Applying the Law
2/3/2010A Bad Spell of Big Power Behavior
2/1/2010Arab Society and Men with Guns
1/27/2010Signals of Change from Syria
1/25/2010The Arab Quest for Freedom and Democracy
1/20/2010Low Marks for Obama’s Year One
1/18/2010Will European Action Follow Rhetoric?
1/13/2010Students and Smoothies on Huntington Avenue
1/11/2010The US Media’s Misconception of Terrorism
1/6/2010Wisdom in Yemen
12/30/2009From Yemen to Detroit, A Grim Year Ends
12/26/2009A Year Later: Gaza and Israel Both Under Siege
12/23/2009A Bad Decade
12/21/2009The Democratic Value of Universal Accountability
12/16/2009Blaming the Goldstone Report
12/14/2009Norway's Ethical Leadership
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
11/30/2009From Biblical to Poker Principles
11/25/2009Monarchs, Mosques and Markets
11/23/2009Hope for Palestinian-Lebanese Relations
11/18/2009Why Support for Palestine Ebbs
11/16/2009Palestinians Need Change -- Not Charades
11/11/2009The Wall Will Fall in the Arab World
11/9/2009Turning the Tables on Arab Police States
11/4/2009Bad Month for Middle East Peace
11/2/2009The Need for Israeli Lawfulness and Accountability
10/28/2009The Tunisian Election as the Latest Laughingstock
10/26/2009After Nine Months
10/21/2009The Wisdom of Judge Goldstone
10/14/2009A Prize for America’s Peace with Itself
10/12/2009Too Early to Judge Obama's Middle East Policy
10/7/2009The Emptiness of the Palestinian Presidency
10/5/2009A Forest of Guns and A Shopping Mall
9/30/2009Partnering for Progress in the Middle East
9/28/2009The UNRWA at 60
9/23/2009Souvenir Photo at the UN
9/21/2009Climate Change in the Arab World
9/16/2009Going All the Way with Iran
9/14/2009Thoughts While Flying to New York on September 11, 2009
9/9/2009Work to do on West-Middle East Relations
9/7/2009Suggestions for Obama at the UN
9/2/2009Nothing to Celebrate in Libya Today
8/31/2009Sensible US Courage and Hapless US Imbecility
8/26/2009International Law, Torture and Accountability
8/24/2009Talk to Hamas
8/19/2009Incrementalism to Nowhere
8/17/2009Human Rights Watch Gets It
8/12/2009Perpetual and Collective Failures
8/10/2009A Pro-Israel Panic
8/5/2009Zionism Must Lose Its Colonialism
8/3/2009Reviving the Palestinian Nation
7/29/2009Obama's Jaha to Israel
7/27/2009The Seven Pillars of Arab Vulnerability and Fragility
7/22/2009Dynamics for Peace in the Middle East
7/20/2009Will She or Won’t She?
7/15/2009European Hardball
7/13/2009Human Connections on a Chicago Bus
7/8/2009McNamara and a Lesson for Lebanon
7/6/2009Hypocritical Kvetching
7/1/2009Three Cheers for Turkey
6/29/2009Why Do Arabs Not Revolt?
6/24/2009The Arabs’ Forlorn Envy of Iranians
6/19/2009Iran Makes History Again
6/17/2009Nothing New from Netanyahu
6/15/2009What Comes Around Goes Around
6/10/2009The Cosmic Anthropology of Lebanon’s Elections
6/5/2009Obama's Worthy Gesture
6/3/2009Obama Should Think Chicago
6/1/2009The Significance of the Settlements
5/28/2009Economic Crisis as Catalyst
5/25/2009Failing the Middle East's Youth
5/20/2009Obama’s Team Moves to Middle Ground
5/13/2009Peacemaking Needs Two Sides
5/11/2009Five Markers to Watch in the Lebanon Elections
5/6/2009The Fruits of Peace and the Obama Blender
5/4/2009Will Arabs Kill Each Other Forever?
4/29/2009Ending Arab Corruption
4/27/2009Deceptive Calm in Gaza
4/22/2009A Useful Guide to Islamism’s Essence
4/20/2009American-Israeli Moment of Reckoning?
4/13/2009Iran Should Honor Obama’s Courage
4/8/2009Obama Gradually Changes Course
4/6/2009Colonial Values Rule Again in Palestine
4/1/2009Israel’s Choke-Hold in America Loosens
3/30/2009Six Strands of Contemporary Islam
3/23/2009Dictating to or Dialogue with Iran
3/18/2009Criminal Unhelpfulness
3/16/2009Lingering Colonial Habits
3/11/2009Walking and Chewing Gum
3/9/2009The Promise of ‘Normal Ties’
3/4/2009Adults Acting Like Children
3/2/2009Even America’s Foes Want to Talk
2/25/2009Building Relations with Iran and Syria
2/23/2009A Dangerous Gap in the Middle East
2/18/2009Respect and Hope for American- Arab/Islamic Relations
2/14/2009A Symbiotic Death Dance
2/11/2009Here Comes the Four-State Solution
2/9/2009Jerry Doesn't Miss Condi
2/4/2009Arab Hope and Arab Change
1/30/2009George Mitchell and Hamas
1/28/2009Economic Truth and Airport Parking Lots
1/23/2009Good News in Washington Nuance
1/20/2009The Post-Gaza Political Battle
1/19/2009The Impact of Gaza
1/14/2009Israel's Assault on Gaza and Siege of Washington
1/10/2009Moving Toward Gaza-Israel Diplomacy
1/7/2009Gaza’s Impact on the Arab World
1/5/2009Why Hamas (and Hizbullah) Will Be Difficult to Defeat
12/31/2008Hanukkah and Hamas
12/30/2008A Marginalized Region
12/29/2008Punishing Gaza in Vain
12/24/2008Obama and the Muslim World
12/22/2008Applying the Wealth of Sovereignty to Sovereign Wealth
12/17/2008Respect Will Decide the Gaza Ceasefire
12/15/2008Refugees and Human Rights, 60 Years Later
12/10/2008A Legacy of Lies and Delusion
12/3/2008Watching Washington Come into Focus
12/1/2008 Law Over Gun
11/26/2008Making Sense on Iran in Washington
11/24/2008Somali Piracy Reflects a Troubling World
11/19/2008Breaking Barriers: Obama and Ozdemir
11/17/2008Real Conflicts and Imaginary Ideologies
11/12/2008Cascading Global Threats Need Coordinated Responses
11/7/2008Joy in America
11/5/2008Pride and Shame in American Politics
11/3/2008Crises and Resolution
10/29/2008Six for Six
10/27/2008Israeli Actions or Words?
10/22/2008Can Iraq End the Colonial Era?
10/20/2008Waiting for the Election
10/15/2008The Notable Leadership of Salam Fayyad
10/13/2008The Simplistic Allure of Militarism
10/8/2008The High Cost of Incompetent Governance
10/6/2008Demeaning Democracy
10/1/2008The Strange Failures of the ‘Global War on Terror’
9/29/2008Let the Quartet Die
9/24/2008Tzipi Livni
9/22/2008Thirty Years of Peacemaking
9/17/2008Why Has Al-Qaeda Lasted 20 Years?
9/15/2008The Tragic Failure of Arab Moderates
9/10/2008Intemperance Keeps Terrorism Alive
9/8/2008Dealing in Damascus
9/3/2008Elegant Colonialism
9/1/2008Adding Hunger to the Middle East Crises
8/27/2008The Incredible Development of the Gulf States
8/25/2008When Jordan and Hamas Talk
8/20/2008New Players in the Arab Sands and Urban Shadows
8/18/2008Tripoli and Middle East Currents
8/13/2008Timely American Wisdom
8/11/2008The Importance of Iran
8/6/2008Palestinian Kids Who Conquer Tree Houses
8/4/2008Ten Principles for US Policy in the Middle East
7/30/2008Advice to Heed
7/28/2008Good News and Bad in US Public Diplomacy
7/23/2008War's Unintended Consequences
7/21/2008Why Everybody is Negotiating in the Middle East
7/16/2008Whose Crimes? Against Whose Humanity?
7/14/2008Fourth Inning of the Iran-US Game
7/9/2008Canada's Class Act
7/7/2008Militancy and Defiance in the Real Middle East
7/2/2008Winds of Diplomacy
6/30/2008Pretzels and Policies with Mohammad Khatami
6/25/2008The US War of Ideas at Home
6/23/2008Israel’s New Diplomacy Needs Palestinians' New Unity
6/18/2008Washington’s Grim Performance in the Middle East
6/16/2008How To Fight Terrorists
6/11/2008A Neocon Curtain Call
6/9/2008A View from the Arab World
6/4/2008Violence Is the Norm of 'Security' States
6/2/2008Hizbullah's Challenge and Lebanon's
5/26/2008New Rules Define the Middle East
5/21/2008Learning Peace from Cats and Pigeons
5/16/2008Core Issues for Lebanon and Beyond
5/14/2008On a River Heading Home
5/12/2008Days of Transformation in Lebanon
5/9/2008Breakfast in Beirut
5/7/2008The Global Food and Energy Crises and the Middle East
5/5/2008Linus Pauling Still Teaches Courage
4/30/2008Washington Cedes its Role
4/28/2008As Northern Ireland, So the Middle East
4/23/2008Two Causes of Arab Political Incoherence
4/21/2008The US Democracy Gap in the Arab World
4/16/2008Two Arab Worlds Drift Further Apart
4/11/2008Understanding Hamas’ Six R’s
4/9/2008A Disturbingly Juvenile View of Islam
4/7/2008The Shocking Cost of the Iraq War
4/2/2008Of Settlements and Right Directions
3/28/2008No Impunity in the Middle East
3/26/2008A Peace-Making Primer for Dick Cheney
3/24/2008A Lesson in Humility and Humanity
3/19/2008Hamas Grows Stronger
3/15/2008Ethnic Cleansing Cannot be Ignored
3/12/2008Replacing Delusions with Historic Breakthroughs
3/10/2008Fighting for a Cease-Fire
3/5/2008Only Losers from the Likes of Abbas, Rice and Olmert
3/1/2008America’s Political and Media Hooligans
2/27/2008Surprise, Surprise, Muslims and Americans Want the Same Things
2/20/2008US-Islamic World: Finding Mutual Respect
2/18/2008Heroism and Sadness in Beirut
2/13/2008Dissolve the Palestinian Authority
2/9/2008The Living Space Between Bush and Bin Laden
2/6/2008Power and Authority Reconfigured
2/4/2008Walk with Your People
1/30/2008Making a Great Arab City
1/28/2008The Tragic Politics of Fleeing
1/23/2008Isaiah in Babylon, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gaza
1/21/2008Stalemate of a Sixty-Year War
1/16/2008A Soldier’s Heartening Assessment of the War on Terror
1/14/2008Independence and Sovereignty
1/9/2008Best and Worst America This Week
1/7/2008Bush’s Worrisome Mideast Visit
1/3/2008Honesty and Courage, not Fear-mongering Rodeos
12/31/2007A Billion Peace Prayers for the New Year
12/28/2007Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?
12/21/2007A Busman's Holiday Gift
12/19/2007Europe Should Put Its Mouth Where Its Money Is
12/12/2007The Arab Citizen’s Task: Complaining and Voting
12/10/2007First Test of Annapolis
12/5/2007Jewish Israel Needs Wholesome, Healed Palestine
12/3/2007Deal-making in the World’s Oldest Bazaar
11/28/2007Like Madrid on Tranquilizers
11/26/2007Why “the Arab street” Matters
11/21/2007A Great Stage that Should Not be Missed
11/19/2007The Vital Need for National Unity of Fateh and Hamas
11/7/2007General Abizaid Has Good News and Bad News
11/5/2007Karen Hughes and Halloween
10/31/2007Is the Israel Lobby Pushing the United States?
10/29/2007Things to Consider before Attacking Iran
10/24/2007Critical Clarity from Humanitarians
10/22/2007Filling out Forms and Arab State Stability
10/17/2007Arabs Won't Be Rice's Rabbit-in-the-Hat
10/15/2007Hizbullah's New Horse-trading
10/10/2007Feel-Good Therapy or Two Equal States?
10/8/2007Avoiding the Mistakes of Camp David
10/3/2007Egypt as Arab Riddle and Prize
9/26/2007Transforming Weakness into Magnificence
9/24/2007The Wider Dilemma of Iraq
9/17/2007Three Cultures, Three Views of Terror
9/11/2007Six Years After 9/11
9/8/2007Power and Sanctions or Law and Life?
9/5/2007The Law Applies to All, or only Some?
9/1/2007Salafist Jihadists, More Threatening Than Mysterious
8/29/2007After Fateh el-Islam
8/25/2007Why Does Egypt Choose to Stoop Low?
8/22/2007Culinary and Killing Arts
8/17/2007Bad News Everywhere One Year after the Lebanon-Israel War
8/15/2007Arab Reform Running in Place
8/11/2007Missing the Epic Story of the Middle East
8/8/2007Four Circles of Lebanese Christian Political Symbolism
8/1/2007Expect More Damage from US Kaleidoscopic Diplomacy
7/28/2007A Third Grade Textbook Has Lessons for All
7/25/2007Turkey Slays Some Orientalist Ghosts
7/21/2007The Arab Story: The Big One Waiting to Be Told
7/21/2007Impressive Iran Shows Its Dark Side
7/17/2007Can George Bush be an Honest Mediator?
7/14/2007Understanding Hizbullah: Awe and Opposition
7/11/2007A Wonder of the Arab World
7/7/2007On Doctors and The Terror Puzzle
7/4/2007Rescuing Europe's Failed Middle East Policy
6/30/2007Anti-Americanism as a Form of Resistance
6/27/2007Blair and the Quartet: Opportunity or Hoax?
6/23/2007From Beirut to Osnabrück in Quest of Peace
6/20/2007Sinister, Stupid or Sensible Policy Options for Palestine?
6/16/2007Palestinian Despair and American-Israeli Duplicity
6/13/2007Three Levels of Death in Lebanon
6/12/2007A Middle East Chance for Progress
6/9/2007New Possibilities Beckon the Arab World
6/1/2007The UN and Lebanon: Brutal Power and Noble Justice Converge
5/29/2007The Heroism of Arab Democrats
5/28/2007One More Colonial Policy Applied to Iraq
5/22/2007Middle East Conflicts Converge in North Lebanon Fighting
5/19/2007Business and Politics Can Partner for Peace
5/15/2007Jordan and the G-11
5/14/2007Evolving Civilian-Military Relations
5/8/2007Turkey’s Quest for Modernity
5/5/2007Norway's Lessons for Condi and George
5/2/2007Why Arabs are Unimpressed by the Winograd Report
4/28/2007Choose Your Weapon, or Better, Your Seminar
4/24/2007Sadiq Al-Mahdi's Compelling Vision
4/23/2007Bury the Ideologies with Facts from an Arab Survey
4/18/2007Losing Friends and Respect in the Middle East
4/16/2007Said el-Naggar and the Road to Arab-Islamic Modernity
4/10/2007Note to a Colleague: Challenge Arab, American Fanatics Alike
4/9/2007Can the Anglo-Americans Rediscover Diplomacy?
4/4/2007The Opportunity in Geneva
3/31/2007Condi and the Arab Security Chiefs
3/28/2007Time for Condi to Stop Fishing and Fantasizing
3/26/2007Lessons from Jerry the Water Turtle
3/20/2007Four Years and Four Millennia in Iraq’s Elusive National Quest
3/17/2007Keep Your Eye on These Arab Unity Governments
3/14/2007Will Gab Fests Lead to the Grand Bargain?
3/12/2007Local and Imperial Killers Alike Must Face Justice
3/6/2007Challenging Israel to Match an Offer
3/2/2007The End of Brinksmanship?
2/28/2007The Great Arab Unraveling
2/26/2007The Worst of the 19th and 21st Centuries
2/21/2007Hypocrisy and Impunity Still Cloud U.S.-Islamic Relations
2/18/2007Why North Korea and Not the Middle East?
2/14/2007Two Years After the Hariri Murder and the Frontier Remains Lawless
2/12/2007Promising Saudi-Palestinian Stirrings
2/6/2007Samir Kassir’s Little Book of Big Ideas
2/2/2007Basketball and Gambling Strategies Plague the Middle East
1/30/2007Stuck in Single Frames of a Terrorism Movie
1/26/2007Lebanon’s Moment of Reckoning
1/23/2007The New Cold War: Middle East Style
1/21/2007The Carnival: Life in Beirut
1/16/2007An Ordinary Arab Week … Full of Hope
1/12/2007Bush in Iraq: Surge or Scourge?
1/9/2007Anthropology and Ideology in Downtown Beirut
1/5/2007Arabs as Proxies and Spectators of their own Destiny
1/2/2007Restless Natives and Historical Reruns
12/29/2006Power Balance Shift in Israel-Palestine
12/26/2006Fouad Ajami Offers a Menu of Riches and Gaps
12/22/2006Heed the Patriarch of Jerusalem: All You Need is Love
12/19/2006Tony Blair’s Tragedy and My Great Aunt’s Wisdom
12/16/2006Lebanon Makes History in Many Ways
12/12/2006Revisiting the Israeli Lobby Debate
12/8/2006Does Middle East Modernity Start This Week?
12/5/2006A Century of Elusive Arab Nationhood
12/1/2006A Historic and Frightening Moment in Beirut
11/28/2006This Historic Moment for Peace-making
11/26/2006America's Enduring Values
11/21/2006Gemayel Assassination and the Lebanon Circle of Violence
11/21/2006When Condi Comes a Courtin'
11/17/2006Listening to a Peace Pro
11/15/2006Foreign Armies and Local Hearts
11/10/2006The Coming U.S. Foreign Policy Changes
11/8/2006The Brutal Irony of Iraq
11/3/2006Is Washington Promoting Democracy or Comedy?
11/1/2006Conversation with an Ordinary, Decent Citizen
10/28/2006Blinded by Terror
10/24/2006Football, Justice and Other American Values
10/20/2006Israel and Hamas’ Truce Offer
10/17/2006Northern Ireland Lessons
10/14/2006How and Why to Engage Iran
10/10/2006The Insecurity of the Arab Security State
10/6/2006A Grocer’s Brain in a Superpower’s Body
10/3/2006The Troubling Green Zones of the Mind
10/1/2006Not Your Grandfather’s Arab World
9/26/2006New Impetus for the Middle East
9/19/2006Muslim Faith and Muslim Anger
9/18/2006The Painful Deception
9/12/2006Unity is Key to Security Council Success
9/9/20069/11 in Historical Context
9/5/2006Learning Lebanon’s Lessons, Again
9/1/2006Bush's Terror Analysis: Erroneous and Exaggerated
8/31/2006Racism and Resistance Define Many West-Middle East Encounters
8/29/2006Hamas, Hizbullah Face Their Greatest Challenges
8/25/2006Why I Support Long Lunches at the UN
8/22/2006Paris or Mogadishu?
8/18/2006Rewinding the Reel to Root Causes
8/15/2006A Terrible Foretaste of Furies to Come
8/11/2006The Link Between Vulnerable Planes and Vicious Policies
8/8/2006The Five Wars of Hizbullah and Israel
8/4/2006A Day in the Life of Bush-Blair’s Plans for the Middle East
8/1/2006Let's Have an American-Israeli 7-point Plan
7/30/2006Qana: Into Uncharted Diplomatic Terrain
7/28/2006Heed the Changes in Arab Public Opinion
7/26/2006Diplomacy's Decisive Moment for Lebanon-Israel
7/23/2006A New Middle East, or Rice's Fantasy Ride?
7/22/2006George Bush’s Foul Smelling Irony Machine
7/19/2006The Road Back to Beirut
7/14/2006Four Pairs in a Mideast Death Dance
7/12/2006How to Reconcile Communal and National Identities?
7/8/2006Stubborn or Stupid, Israel Repeats Old Failures
7/4/2006The World and Washington Need to Talk
7/1/2006Iran's Defiance is Technological and Political
6/28/2006Why Israeli Unilateralism is Failing
6/26/2006An Open Letter to Condoleezza Rice: The Haunting Dogs of Birmingham and Baghdad
6/21/2006Close Guantánamo, and Its Mindset
6/17/2006New Troops in the Battle for Arab Decency
6/14/2006Rule by Militias is a Chronic Arab Problem
6/10/2006Birth and Death of the Zarqawi Phenomenon
6/7/2006Tehran Should Reciprocate Washington’s Gesture
5/31/2006Time for an Islamist-Liberal Alliance
5/27/2006How to Hail and Kill Democracy in Palestine
5/24/2006Ehud Olmert's Profound Ethics and Deep Lies
5/20/2006Soul-searching Time in the American Media
5/17/2006Challenging the Catastrophic Cost of Rule by Colonels
5/13/2006Remember Iraq Before Going to Iran
5/10/2006Egypt’s Judges Offer a Ray of Hope
5/6/2006Choose Your Weapon, Pass the Remote Control
5/3/2006Turkey Teaches Arabs and West Alike
4/29/2006The Wider Meaning of a Renewed Jordanian Passport
4/26/2006Understanding Islamists: Hold on to Your Pants
4/22/2006An American Voice Worth Hearing on the Palestinian “right of return”
4/19/2006How Long Will Failed Ways Persist?
4/8/2006Beirut’s Bourj: Destination of Lost Arab Decency
4/5/2006When Local and Foreign Tyrants Meet
4/2/2006Good Scholars and Citizens Raise Tough Questions
3/28/2006Slave Revolts and Arab Summits
3/24/2006Israeli Elections in a Fateful Week
3/22/2006Reforming Arab Monarchies: Models or Mirages?
3/17/2006Iraq Three Years On: The Temporary and Historic Issues
3/15/2006The Third Wave of Political Islamism
3/11/2006The Power of Books and the Human Will
3/7/2006The Unspoken Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
3/4/2006Lebanon Tackles Wider Legitimacy and Leadership Issues
3/1/2006Abqaiq and Beyond: Security Needs Cops and Consent of the Governed
2/25/2006Keeping Score: Condi, Karen, Khaled and Moqtada
2/21/2006Washington’s Response to Hamas Carries Enormous Consequences
2/17/2006The Arab Reform Train: Engines and Cabooses
2/14/2006Respond to Racism and Death with Humanity and Life
2/11/2006Talking with the Guys from Hamas
2/8/2006Cartoons and Protests: The 19th Century is Over
2/3/2006Washington, Hamas and a Skeptical Middle East
2/1/2006We Are Bewildered by America’s Bewilderment
1/27/2006Causes and Consequences of Hamas's Victory
1/24/2006Arab Men of Law Who Break Dikes
1/22/2006My Choice for the Arab Future
1/18/2006When the Media Mobilizes the Masses
1/14/2006Why Insurgents, Terrorists, Americans and Islamists Should Talk
1/10/2006Transformations and Freak Shows on the Damascus Road
1/6/2006Ariel Sharon: A Chaotic Political Legacy
1/4/2006Khaddam Opens a New Front Against Damascus
1/1/2006Mixed Year for a Valiant Arab People
12/28/2005Hizbullah is Both Local and Global
12/24/2005The Facts and Fantasies of Arab Satellite Television
12/21/2005Lebanon’s Personal and Collective Heroism Will Triumph
12/19/2005A Game of 'Chicken' in Lebanon
12/17/2005An American Withdrawal Would Speed Up Iraqi Stability
12/14/2005UN Now Probes Hariri’s Murder and Syria’s Compliance
12/10/2005Islamist Democrats
12/7/2005U.S.-Iran Relations Require Urgent Attention
12/3/2005The Bigger Prize Behind U.S.-Syria Tensions
11/29/2005The Top Three Gulf Security Dilemmas
11/26/2005The Battling Beasts of the Post-Cold War Middle East
11/23/2005Arabs Urgently Need a New Security-Citizen Relationship
11/19/2005Jordan's Real Security Threat and Opportunity
11/16/2005Religion’s Nuanced Public Role in Arab Society
11/11/2005Jordan Terror Attacks Highlight Wider Dilemmas
11/8/2005From Paris to Sydney, Baywatch to Bombers
11/5/2005Why Lebanon and the UN May Transform the Middle East
11/2/2005Resolution 1636 increases Syria’s woes
10/29/2005Spooks, Spin Doctors and Possible Historic Opportunities
10/26/2005An Idiot’s Guide to Foreign Policy
10/23/2005Mehlis Report: Legally Inconclusive, Politically Powerful
10/19/2005More Evidence: Security Sector Is Critical to Arab Reform
10/12/2005Christian Prophetic Voices Face Many Battles
10/10/2005Fantasy and Foreign Policy on a Train in America
10/5/2005Political Drama Can Save the Gaza Withdrawal
10/3/2005Europe Is Asking Better Questions About Terror
9/28/2005The World Loves America’s Principles but Resists its Power
9/25/2005How to Drain the Swamp
9/21/2005When Arab Democrats Are Denied Democracy
9/17/2005Beyond Cowboys and Cowgirls: Mapping an Effective Anti-Terror Strategy
9/14/20054 E’s, 2 P’s for Karen Hughes’ Horse
9/10/2005Democracy Rising or a Family Genes Jamboree?
9/8/2005Can Lebanon Repeat Solidarity’s Legacy?
9/3/2005The Iraqi Constitution Reflects a Deeper Arab Ordeal
8/31/2005The Law and the Gun in Beirut and Baghdad
8/29/2005Robots for Camel Jockeys and Other Arab Professions
8/24/2005End the Charade of America's ‘Terrorism Experts’
8/21/2005A Sensible Path to Arab Modernity
8/17/2005The Gaza Withdrawal Is Both Historic and Deceptive
8/10/2005Monitor Iran’s Centrifuges, and Its Honor
8/3/2005Arab States and Leaders Are Both Losing Legitimacy
7/31/2005From Belfast to Beirut: Good News At Last
7/27/2005Iraq’s Imperatives Mirror a Fractured Arab World
7/20/2005How to Beat the Terrorists: Lessons from a Journey Across the Arab World
7/12/2005Blair Must Be Wiser than Bush
7/6/2005Middle Eastern Anchors Come Loose
7/3/2005Security Sector Reform: Lebanon’s Rare Opportunity
6/29/2005Rice's Heroic, Unfinished Journey from Alabama to Egypt
6/22/2005Lebanon’s elections: On the Road to Arab Modernity?
6/20/2005Egyptian Politics Awakens
6/15/2005The Hazardous Road from Gaza: Withdrawal to Comprehensive Peace Talks
6/8/2005The Journey Continues, from Bronze Age Urbanism to Arab Modernity
6/3/2005Killing Samir Kassir: Vanquished Biology, Triumphant Ideology
6/1/2005Beyond Sports and Scouting: Arab Youth Imperatives
5/28/2005Palestinians Grapple with Tough Options
5/25/2005Jordan as Democratic Model: Still an Enticing Prospect
5/18/2005Does the U.S. Promote or Retard Arab Reform?
5/14/2005Judicial Reform Must Underpin Wider Arab Change
5/10/2005Egypt Could Inspire Wider Arab Reforms
5/4/2005The Arab democracy debate intensifies in Washington
4/30/2005Arab Civil Society Will be Democracy's Crucible
4/26/2005Can Lebanon Now Spark Wider Arab Reform?
4/20/2005Five dynamics to keep your eye on in Lebanon
4/12/2005The American-Islamic debate shifts positively, slowly
4/6/2005Lessons for Assad, from Gorbachev and Gaddafi
3/30/2005A Checklist for Promoting Democracy
3/15/2005Lebanon's meaning in the wider Arab context
3/12/2005Waving flags, not guns, in Lebanon's surrogate battlefields
3/8/2005Lebanon: Shifting from emotions to power politics
3/6/2005Assad’s Lebanon Speech Will Gain Some Time -- But Little Else
3/2/2005Free at last, through an Arab-Western Joint Venture
2/23/2005Historic Change in Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine
2/15/2005Hariri Assassination's Wider Political Ripples
2/10/2005Settlements Will Be Litmus Test for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
2/1/2005Changing Arab History, in Baghdad and a Beirut Suburb
1/12/2005The Meaning of the Palestinian Election
12/22/2004Time to Bring Home Arab Human Development
12/14/2004Political Stirrings in the Arab World
12/1/2004Mideast peace-making in 2000 and 2004: Retire the Politicians, Bring on the Statesmen
11/24/2004Four Lessons from the Past for this Round of Mideast Diplomacy to Succeed
11/10/2004After Arafat
11/5/2004Yasser Arafat
10/27/2004The Lessons of a Decade of Cold Peace
10/13/2004The “Swamp” Threatens to Engulf Us All
10/5/2004American Common Sense on Iraq
9/30/2004Four Years Later: 4342 Israelis, Palestinians Killed
9/21/2004Washington and Damascus: Make Deals, Not Wars
9/14/2004The Hysterical Road from September 11 to Fallujah
9/7/2004How to Reduce Terror: A View From the Arab World
9/1/2004Najaf, Arab Crises, and Road to Self-Determination
8/25/2004Najaf and the Five Modern Arab Crises
8/18/2004Allawi, Sadr, and America’s Awkward Handiwork
8/11/2004Darfur's Ugly Resonance in the Arab World
8/4/2004Time to Implement Arab Presidential Term Limits
7/29/2004Colin, Smell the Qahwa, Read the Polls
7/21/2004Gaza Mirrors Palestinian and Arab Failures
7/13/2004Admiring Swiss Cows and Governance Systems
7/6/2004Others in the Dock with Saddam Hussein
6/30/2004Determining Chickens and Eggs in Iraq
6/23/2004Think Arab Reform Globally, Act Arab Reform Locally
6/16/2004Déjà vu from Dubai
6/9/2004Middle East and Washington Reform Each Other
6/2/2004Washington’s 1-for-5 Mideast Performance: A Cause for Concern
5/27/2004An Imperial Washington is a Flawed Preacher
5/19/2004Palestine, Powell, and Power
5/13/2004Looking to Gaza to Escape from Abu Ghraib
5/5/2004Media As Soldiers in a Wider War
4/29/2004Hold the Marines, Send in the Grocers