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- Make Israeli-Palestinian peace the property of all
- Biblical torment affirms the need for collective U.S. institutions
- Iraq's charter reflects a deeper Arab ordeal
- Can a pest help Egypt score an agricultural triumph?
- Gaza proved that 'irreversible' occupation is a myth
- Mubarak has forgotten a word: 'Torture'
- Finding a compromise Customs regime for the Gaza Strip
- Can Lebanon repeat Solidarity's legacy?
- In Egypt, the 'thrill of defying tyranny'
- To defeat extremists, moderates must stop being mealy-mouthed
- An 'MBA Presidency' that is poor in its execution
- After Lahoud, choose a president for all
- The Pentagon prepares for a new grand strategy
- Thanks to Kemalism, Turkey has advanced on EU reform
- Beware the vile mix of Al-Qaeda and WMD
- Europe is ready to commit more after disengagement
- From Iraq to Katrina, a breakdown of effective government
- Egypt's democracy has no destination
- Can Abbas cut the Gordian knot of Hamas' arms?
- In Gaza, Egypt and Israel are interdependent on security
- The best and brightest are staying away
- September Blues
- Egypt's election, or the triumph of the remote father
- The Palestinians have Gaza, but what about freedom of passage?
- The West should push Mubarak on reform
- Is Zapatero's 'dialogue' visionary or just stupid?
- The Rafah arrangement creates a true non-zero-sum game
- Humility should be part of Hughes' brief
- In order to redeem, the United Nations must be redeemed
- For Washington, fear is now in Bashar Assad's camp
- A perfect storm of Syrian irrelevance
- Grants alone will not solve Lebanon's debt crisis
- Al-Qaeda's operatives now dominate the ideologues
- For Kurds, sovereignty easily beats out the Iraqi constitution
- Gain independence, not pennies, in Gaza
- Beyond cowboys, map a workable anti-terror strategy
- The ideas battle with Islam needs more than spinmeisters
- Taking hold of the helm in Lebanon
- The problem isn't Islam, it's the extremist Muslims
- The uncertain advent of Arab election commissions
- The EU should hold to its word on Turkey
- After Katrina, more tempests for George W. Bush
- The hurricane was a footnote; the administration's legacy is Iraq
- Israel ignores the U.S. at its own peril
- It's too early to assume the worst about Iraqi federalism
- Arab democrats are denied the democracy they crave
- Can Assad surrender all for survival?
- Should Lebanon further earmark its tax system?
- Saudi security is King Abdullah's greatest challenge
- Stifling real change may be beyond even Pharaoh's reach
- There is no hiding from Mehlis' report
- Dramatic economic change will ease Arab ailments
- Israel's settlers lost badly in Gaza: here are the reasons why
- Caught between Iran and a hard place
- Annan: Summit expressed global unity
- American Muslims will ally themselves against extremism
- U.S. policy-makers are addicted to love, and to being feared
- Listen to those living in the Arab swamp
- 'Include Me Out'
- Turkey uneasily looks at the best in Iraq's constitution
- In Morocco the Internet is putting the censors under greater duress
- Caught in the crossfire on human rights
- Allowing Hizbullah to keep its weapons may be safer
- Lost opportunity of Gaza withdrawal
- Why U.S. generals think Iraqis will do a better job of suppressing insurgents
- Crying out for wholesale security reform
- The world loves America but resists its power
- Reality in Iran versus the argument of defying Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Cure ancient ills before planning a bright future
- Rampant corruption threatens Yemen's democracy experiment
- The real message of U.S. pressure on Syria
- Give the voters a say in choice of new electoral system
- Iraq's precarious 'Arc of Stability'
- 'War on terror' subject to international law
- What Turkey's EU entry means for the Middle East
- Turkey is still far from ready to have a seat at the EU negotiating table
- Europe is asking better questions on terror
- An arm and a leg
- He's a 'hakeem' worthy of the name
- Sort the good Baath from the bad Baath before there's a bloodbath
- The status of democracy in the Arab world
- Testing the limits of freedom of expression in the Gulf
- Strategic interest: Downloading democracy (with some U.S. help)
- Clinton's Davos with a difference
- The promise of Iraq's constitution
- Hard drugs and difficult choices for Turkey
- Political drama can save the Gaza withdrawal
- Blame the editors, not the messenger
- Never again, Mr. Jibril. Lebanon is not for dividing and ruling
- Dilemmas of cheerleading for democracy
- Why real estate prices in the region cannot keep rising
- Israeli firepower and fences won't stop Palestinian sewage
- Not so much a war, more a way of life
- Terrorism in pursuit of Western values
- Making the United Nations a better broker of peace
- Unlikely allies could sink Iraq's constitution
- Al-Qaeda, Iraq are factors in the future shape of U.S. military
- Judge Israel's deeds, not words
- Make education the focus of GCC-EU relations
- State solution on life support so unilateralism needs expiration date

