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SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf?
Claude Salhani ME Times
August 11, 2008
Forging the missing case for war
Louis Bayard Salon
August 6, 2008
US told not to back terrorism against Pakistan
Kamran Khan The News (Pakistan)
August 5, 2008
Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: The U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf
Lawrence J. Korb and Ian Moss The Century Foundation
August 4, 2008
Costs of Major U.S. Wars
Stephen Daggett CRS
August 1, 2008 (originally posted July 24, 2008)
Arabs Despair of U.S. Even More
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani IPS News
July 31, 2008
Headlines From the Arab Press
Sana Abdallah ME Times
July 30, 2008
U.S. Policy Should be Torture Free
William Bache ME Times
July 29, 2008
Syria envoy to U.S.: Israel has chance for peace with all Arabs
Haaretz Service Haaretz
July 28, 2008
Reflections on Leadership
Robert Gates Parameters
July 25, 2008 (Summer Issue)
Can Iran-GCC Economic Ties Survive U.S. Pressures?
Nader Habibi ME Times
July 23, 2008
Obama: Commander-in-(mis)chief?
Marwan Bishara Al Jazeera
July 22, 2008
Condi's coup: how the neo-cons lost the argument over Iran
Leonard Doyle The Independent (UK)
July 18, 2008
US cautiously supports Mediterranean summit
Staff ME Online
July 15, 2008
After Saddam prewar planning and the occupation of Iraq
Nora Bensahel et al RAND
July 14, 2008
Frustration in the Army officer corps--the untold story
Don Capps Nieman Watchdog
July 9, 2008
America's Role in Israel-Syria Talks
Multiple Authors Israel Policy Forum
July 8, 2008
The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran
Seymour M. Hersh The New Yorker
July 7, 2008 Issue
Rice needs a reality check
Editorial Gulf News
July 3, 2008
US and China go bump in the Middle East
Khody Akhavi Asia Times
June 28, 2008
The Nuclear Expert Who Never Was
Scott Ritter Truthdig
June 26, 2008
US: security’s bottom line
Tom Engelhardt Le Monde Diplo
June 24, 2008
Regional diplomacy filling the vacuum
Amr Hamzawi Al Ahram
June 23, 2008
No Direct Talks with Israel Without US Presence- Syrian Official
Fatima el Issawi Asharq Alawsat
June 20, 2008
Anthropologists At War
Bill Stamets In These Times
June 19, 2008
Why presidents no longer fire generals
Lt. Col. Robert L. Bateman Armed Forces Journal
June 18, 2008
Condoleezza Rice's Neo-Colonial Manifesto
Patrick Seale ME Online
June 13, 2008
Washington's choice: subdue Iran, secure Iraq
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
June 12, 2008
GCC condemns US report on trafficking
Mariam Al Hakim Gulf News
June 11, 2008
America's Need for Saudi Oil and Gulf Money
Michel Morkos Al Hayat
June 10, 2008
Blackwater's Private CIA
Jeremy Scahill The Nation
June 9, 2008
Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?
John Walcott McClatchy Newspapers
June 5, 2008
War Clouds Recede in the Middle East
Patrick Seale Al Hayat
June 4, 2008
Cheney builds an explosive case
Gareth Porter Asia Times
June 3, 2008
Former high-ranking Bush officials enjoy war profits
Tim Shorrock Salon
May 29, 2008
The fuel gauge of national security
Cmdr. Jeffrey Eggers Armed Forces Journal
May 29, 2008
The Mega-Pentagon: A Bush-Enabled Monster We Can't Stop
Frida Berrigan AlterNet
May 28, 2008
Mideast governments ignore US views
Agencies ME Online
May 27, 2008
A world beyond control
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
May 23, 2008
Israeli and US Death Squads Infesting the World
Stuart Littlewood ME Online
May 22, 2008
Lack of timing in Mideast policy
Gordon Robison Gulf News
May 21, 2008
Bush's Heroes and Rogues
Christoph Schult, Daniel Steinvorth and Bernhard Zand Der Spiegel
May 20, 2008
Democracy's dilemma
Dina Ezzat Al Ahram
May 19, 2008
Bush's Sermon on Mount Masada
M.J. Rosenberg IP Forum
May 16, 2008
A new U.S. military intervention unlikely
Claude Salhani ME Times
May 13, 2008
The Iran risk, again
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
May 12, 2008
Consensus in the US is anti-Iran
Francis Matthew Gulf News
May 8, 2008
Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
William Fisher IPS News
May 6, 2008
The politics of cluster bombs
Brian McCartan Asia Times
May 5, 2008
Are these Syrian nuclear pictures faked?
Ewen MacAskill The Guardian
May 1, 2008
US presses Turkcell to drop Syria deal
Reuters Gulf News
April 30, 2008
Truth or Neo-Consequences
Morgan Strong Consortium News
April 29, 2008
A Senate Committee looks to rein in one of the FBI’s favorite tools: the national security letter
Brian Beutler In These Times
April 28, 2008
Hawks Resurgent?
Jim Lobe IPS News
April 25, 2008
US media off course
George S. Hishmeh Gulf News
April 24, 2008
Arrest of Retired Army Engineer Renews Focus on Past Israeli Espionage Activity
Nathan Guttman Forward
April 23, 2008
Vets' Lawsuit Opens Door on Suicides, Poor Care
Aaron Glantz IPS News
April 22, 2008
Halliburton Profit Rises After Oil Climbs to Record
Jim Kennett Bloomberg News
April 21, 2008
Saving the US from Israel
Hassan Nafaa Al Ahram
April 18, 2008
The fear factor that silences
Paul Findley Gulf News
April 16, 2008
Army "Rewards" Outspoken Antiwar Soldier
Aaron Glantz IPS News
April 15, 2008
Arms Export Control Act: Israeli Breaches and U.S. Indulgence Result in Palestinian and Lebanese Civilian Casualties
Michael F. Brown Media Monitors Network
April 15, 2008
US and Iran holding 'secret' talks on nuclear programme
Anne Penketh Independent (UK)
April 14, 2008
US sanctions send Iran into Asia's arms
China Hand Asia Times
April 10, 2008
The politics of elections and the universal ideals of democracy
Iqbal Siddiqui Media Monitors Network
April 10, 2008
Leaving Iraq will be a logistical nightmare
Capt. Timothy Hsia Armed Forces Journal
April 9, 2008
Is David Petraeus Dirty? Ted Westhusing Said So, and Then He Shot Himself
Melina Hussein Ripcoco AlterNet
April 8, 2008
Euphemism and American Violence
David Bromwich New York Review of Books
April 3, 2008
NATO interested in cooperation with Gulf countries
KUNA staff Kuwait News Agency
April 2, 2008
The End of Empire?
Howard Zinn Alternet
April 2, 2008
The Pentagon's battle bugs
Nick Turse Asia Times
April 1, 2008
Politics & Policies: Mideast forecast
Claude Salhani ME Times
March 25, 2008
Key to Getting a More Restrained Foreign Policy: Modify Defense Subcontracting?
Ivan Eland Independent Institute
March 24, 2008
Request for proposals
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper Armed Forces Journal
March 21, 2008
Dire Straits for US Mid-East Policy: The Gulf Arab States and US-Iran Relations
Neil Partrick RUSI (UK)
March 19, 2008
Predator Planes Are Conducting Assassinations by Air
Tom Engelhardt Tomdispatch.com
March 18, 2008
The Middle East needs results
Khalaf Al Habtoor Gulf News
March 17, 2008
Fallon falls: Iran should worry
Gareth Porter Asia Times
March 12, 2008
Study: Contractors Escape Ethics Lawsv
Anne Flaherty Associated Pres
March 11, 2008
Foreign Policy Increasingly Flows Through Pentagon
Jim Lobe IPS News
March 10, 2008
Bismarck for President: Redux
Dimitri K. Simes and Paul J. Saunders The National Interest
March 7, 2008
Accepting Iraq, Afghanistan Realities
Ivan Eland Palestine Chronicle
March 6, 2008
Avoid Bush's Mideast policies, report says
Federica Narancio ME Times
March 6, 2008
US needs friends in the region
Francis Matthew Gulf News
March 5, 2008
The cold price of hot blood
Gary Kamiya Salon
March 4, 2008
Sadr 'essential ... in the new Iraq'
Agencies ME Times
February 28, 2008
Iran is an opportunity, not a target
Stephen Kinzer Nieman Watchdog
February 27, 2008
Bush “Triples Down” in Pakistan
Ivan Eland Independent Institute
February 25, 2008
US-Arab World: Finding Mutual Respect
Agencies ME Online
February 20, 2008
The Iraq-Afghanistan trade-off
Mark Katz Middle East Times
February 20, 2008
Bush's marred legacy in the Mideast
Albadr S.S. Alshateri Gulf News
February 19, 2008
Examining the complexities of relations between Syria and the US
Nasr Salem Media Monitors
February 13, 2008
Bush's military spending binge
George C. Wilson Nieman Watchdog
February 11, 2008
The quiet revolution: energy futures in Iran, the Gulf, and Israel
James Howarth Open Democracy
February 7, 2008
Interview: Seymour Hersh
Sarah Brown Al Jazeera
February 6, 2008
Why the US has really gone broke
Chalmers Johnson Le Monde Diplo
February 5, 2008
World speaks out on US elections
Agencies Al Jazeera
February 4, 2008
‘Divide and rule’ in the Mideast
Linda S. Heard Online Journal
January 31, 2008
Ankara cold to U.S. warning on Iranian bank
Serkan Demirtas Turkish Daily News
January 30, 2008
Neo-cons shaken, but not deterred
Jim Lobe Asia Times
January 29, 2008
Contractor Abuses Rarely Punished, Groups Say
Ali Gharib IPS News
January 21, 2008
Is the "Project for a New American Century" Killing off the US Economy?
IRmep Report IRmep
January 18, 2008
Turkish, US generals to enhance intelligence sharing
Serkan Dermirtas Turkish Daily News
January 18, 2008
U.S. task force says some troops don't know they suffered concussion
Kimberly Hefling Canoe
January 17, 2008
Why Pax Americana is crucial to the Gulf
Matein Khalid Khaleej Times
January 17, 2008
Bush departs Mideast with few apparent gains, experts say
Hannah Allam McClatchy Newspapers
January 16, 2008
Audit doubts Iran sanction efficacy
Agencies Al Jazeera
January 16, 2008
US insists cluster bombs not bad if used right
Reuters Khaleej Times
January 16, 2008
How the Pentagon Planted a False Hormuz Story
Gareth Porter IPS News
January 15, 2008
Saudi arms plan going to Congress: US official
Agence France-Presse Gulf in the Media
January 14, 2008
US offers deal in search for allies against Iran
Carolynne Wheeler Gulf News
January 12, 2008
CIA: We said back in 1974 that Israel had nuclear weapons
Amir Oren Haaretz
January 11, 2008
Iran and Pakistan: danger signals
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
January 10, 2008
Little hope for a change in policy
Marwan Kabalan Gulf News
January 10, 2008
RoboCop in Iraq
Allen McDuffee In These Times
January 9, 2008
Heavy & agile: Nine steps to a more effective force
Maj. Daniel L. Davis Armed Forces Journal
January 8, 2008
The Fog of War Crimes
Frida Berrigan In These Times
January 7, 2008
Iran says United States failing in Middle East
Agencies Gulf News
January 6, 2008
The Pakistan-Afghanistan abyss
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
January 4, 2008
Rice and Gates Divided over Iran's Role in Iraq
Gareth Porter IPS News
January 2, 2008
Cloud over Bush’s upcoming Mideast visit
AP Khaleej Times
December 31, 2007
Election power of the Israel lobby
Rob Winder Al Jazeera
December 30, 2007
Where Are U.S. Democracy's Heroes?
Brent Budowsky Consortium News
December 29, 2007
Outgoing senior FM official calls for military pact with Washington
Barak Ravid Haaretz
December 21, 2007
Hezbollah: U.S. proposal on presidential crisis threat to stability
Reuters Haaretz
December 21, 2007
What went wrong?
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
December 20, 2007
Film explores U.S. policies on torture
Joanne Yao ME Times
December 18, 2007
Toward the Rule of Law in Foreign Affairs: The Foreign Policy Vision of Senator Robert A. Taft
Michael T. Hayes Independent Institute
December 17, 2007
A distant war comes home to America
David Goldstein McClatchy Newspapers
December 16, 2007
Are You Going to Pay for Bush's Wars?
Jodie Evans AlterNet
December 15, 2007
Offshoring interests and economic dogmas are destroying the US dollar
Paul Craig Roberts Online Journal
December 14, 2007
Disarmament: the forgotten issue
Dan Plesch Open Democracy
December 12, 2007
Dishonest doctrine: A selective use of history taints the COIN manual
Ralph Peters Armed Forces Journal
December 10, 2007
US espionage enters the 'un-Rumsfeld' era
Tim Shorrock Asia Times
December 7, 2007
Is the military on the verge of crashing?
George C. Wilson Nieman Watchdog
December 7, 2007 (originally posted Dec 3)
PEG Worries
OER staff Oman Economic Review
December 6, 2007
Arms racing: Middle East nations rush to shore up sophisticated weapons stocks
Peter Brookes Armed Forces Journal
December 5, 2007
Meeting 21st Century Transnational Challenges: Building a Global Intelligence Paradigm
Roger Z. George CIA
December 5, 2007
Does U.S. tolerate anti-Muslim speech?
Omar Sacirbey The Christian Science Monitor
December 4, 2007
Building Trust: US Muslims and Law Enforcement Agencies
Sameen Tahir-Khan Arab News
November 28, 2007
120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week
Penny Coleman AlterNet
November 26, 2007
Crackpot realism is riding high
Robert Higgs Online Journal
November 23, 2007
Hired Guns: While the volunteer Army struggles, the business of war booms
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos American Conservative
November 19, 2007
Saudi says keen to avoid US global recession
Agencies Asharq Alawsat
November 19, 2007
Arabs' Dollar Losses Increase Pressure to Sever Pegs
Matthew Brown and Aaron Pan Bloomberg News
November 19, 2007
Baghdad Bonanza: The Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
Bill Buzenberg Public Integrity
November 16, 2007
Real-Life Star Wars: The Militarization of Space
Stan Cox AlterNet
November 15, 2007
America's war returnees: many troubles but more help
Gordon Lubold The Christian Science Monitor
November 14, 2007
PEG Worries: Has the US Dollar outlived its usefulness for the GCC economies?
Ramesh Kumar Oman Economic Review
November 14, 2007
$3.5 Trillion for Iraq and Afghanistan Wars?
Reuters Reuters
November 13, 2007
The United States’ new backyard
Alain Gresh Le Monde Diplo
November 13, 2007
At the Mercy of the Military
Chris Hedges Truthdig
November 12, 2007
U.S. evangelicals raise specter of 'Islamofascism' to rouse voters
The Associated Press Haaretz
November 11, 2007
To build a bigger force, Army tries new tack
Gordon Lubold The Christian Science Monitor
November 8, 2007
A New Realism for a New Century
Bill Richardson The National Interest
November 7, 2007
Turkey: Iran Becomes the Trade-Off for Northern Iraq
Jacques N. Couvas iPS News
November 6, 2007
Hegemony’s cost
Paul Craig Roberts Online Journal
November 5, 2007
The Art of the Possible
Lee H. Hamilton The National Interest
November 1, 2007
Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
Statement by Peter Orszag before the Committee on the Budget Congressional Budget Office
November 1, 2007 (originally Oct. 24)
Experts: Fiscal crisis threatens U.S. future
Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers
October 31, 2007
A self-defeating hegemony
Francis Fukuyama The Guardian
October 25, 2007
Poll: US 'unsuccessful in foreign policy goals'
The Associated Press staff Turkish Daily News
October 25, 2007
Bush is the biggest spender since LBJ
David Lightman McClatchy Newspapers
October 24, 2007
On propaganda and Islamophobia in the US
Abukar Arman Middle East Times
October 24, 2007
Pentagon Used Independent Military Newspaper For Pro-Bush PR Campaign
Amanda Terkel AlterNet
October 23, 2007
Who Named the Neocons?
Benjamin Ross Dissent Magazine
October 23, 2007 (Summer 2007 Issue)
America's Armageddonites Push for More War
Jon Basil Utley Foreign Policy in Focus
October 22, 2007
Fighting for a New Homeland: US Army Lures Foreigners with Promise of Citizenship
Cordula Meyer Der Spiegel
October 19, 2007
Building God's (Christian) Army
Jane Lampman Christian Science Monitor
October 19, 2007
The United States army in control
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
October 18, 2007
Iraq’s Lucrative Mess
Jim Holt London Review of Books
October 18, 2007
US Planning to Build 14 Bases in Iraq: Finnish MP
Raid Qusti Arab News
October 17, 2007
Security & Opportunity for the 21st Century
Hillary Clinton Foreign Affairs
October 16, 2007
An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom
John McCain Foreign Affairs
October 16, 2007
Mercenaries and the new configuration of world violence
Mariano Aguirre Open Democracy
October 16, 2007
Oil, Israel, and America
Scott Ritter Palestine Chronicle
October 16, 2007
Masters of war plan for next 100 years
Nick Turse Asia Times
October 15, 2007
Blackwater Nation
Brian Cook In These Times
October 11, 2007
The Victor? Review of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi
Peter W. Galbraith NY Review of Books
October 11, 2007 Issue
The sun sets early on the American Century
Philip S Golub Le Monde Diplo
October 10, 2007
US Envisioned Radiological Weapon for Covert Assassinations
Robert Burns Arab News
October 10, 2007
Pushing democracy
Claude Salhani Middle East Times
October 9, 2007
Americans have had enough of 'over there'
Ann McFeatters Seattle PI
October 9, 2007
Towards Sustainable Security: Oxford Research Group International Security Report 2007
Paul Rogers Oxford Research Group
October 8, 2007
Turkish Parliament warns the US Congress on resolution
TDN strory Turkish Daily News
October 8, 2007
Can’t Win With ‘Em, Can’t Go To War Without ‘Em: Private Military Contractors and Counterinsurgency
P. W. Singer Brookings Institute
October 8, 2007 (originally published Sept 2007)
US aid dependency: The road to ruin
Hicham Safieddine EI Lebanon
October 5, 2007
Afghanistan: six years of war
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
October 4, 2007
Is Iraq Arabic for Korea or for Vietnam?
Robert Higgs The Independent Institute
October 1, 2007
US 'biggest global arms dealer'
Al Jazeera report Al Jazeera
October 1, 2007
Bush, Oil and Moral Bankruptcy
Ray McGovern Tom Paine
October 1, 2007
Syria At The Peace Table
Stewart Ain The Jewish Week
September 28, 2007
Anti-Iran Hawks Win Partial Victory in Congress
Jim Lobe IPS News
September 27, 2007
His Toughness Problem—and Ours. Review of World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz
Ian Buruma NY Review of Books
September 27, 2007 Issue
Once More into the Breach: The neocon propaganda machine rolls toward Iran
Justin Logan The American Conservative
September 26, 2007
The Syria-United States-Israel Triangle And The Prospects For Middle East Peace
The Century Foundation Releases The Century Foundation
September 25, 2007
Missed Opportunities: Cooperation and Confrontation in the U.S.-Syrian Relationship
David W. Lesch The Century Foundation
September 25, 2007
US to invite regional participants to peace meet
Reuters Gulf News
September 25, 2007
Reporter-at-Large: Time to Talk to Syria?
Leon Hadar The National Interest
September 21, 2007
Neo-cons have Syria in their sights
Khody Akhavi Asia Times
September 20, 2007
Training Satellites on the United States
Lindsay Beyerstein In These Times
September 19, 2007
Book Review: Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
Khody Akhavi Asia Times
September 15, 2007
US Loses Ground in the Arab Gulf
Nicole Stracke Gulf in the Media
September 11, 2007
Up in arms
Maurice Lemoine Le Monde Diplo
September 11, 2007
U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat"
Jonathan Bell IPS News
September 7, 2007
Neocons Put on a Surge-Stravaganza
Eli Clifton IPS News
September 7, 2007
Negotiation in the new strategic environment: Lessons from Iraq
David M. Tressler Strategic Studies Institute
September 6, 2007
Containment as a basis for national security
Ian Shapiro Nieman Watchdog
September 5, 2007
Tehran Will Be Delighted to Accept the Gift of Basra