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Spring 2013, Volume XX, Number 1
Editor's Note
- Editorial (Spring 2013)
Essays
- U.S. Grand Strategy in the Middle East: Is There One?
- A WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East?
- Lebanon: Hybrid Sovereignties and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Syria Contextualized: The Numbers Game
- Kurdish Oil Politics in Iraq: Contested Sovereignty and Unilateralism
- Turkey's Mediation: Critical Reflections From the Field
- A Work in Progress: The New Turkish Foreign Policy
- Turkish-Israeli Relations: Their Rise and Fall
- Turkish-Syrian Relations: From Friend "Esad" to Enemy "Esed"
- Transition in the Middle East: New Arab Realities and Iran
- EU Sanctions on Iran: The European Political Context
- Twilight of Colonialism: Mossadegh And the Suez Crisis
- Review Essay— The Elusive Arab-Israeli Peace
- Review Essay— Lebanon: The Challenge of Moving Analysis beyond the State
Book Reviews
- Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq
- Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan
Winter 2012, Volume XIX, Number 4
Editor's Note
- Editorial (Winter 2012)
Essays
- Policy Choices for the New Administration
- Change without Progress in the Middle East
- Corporate Social Responsibility in Saudi Arabia
- The UAE, the "Arab Spring" and Different Types of Dissent
- The Political Costs of Qatar's Western Orientation
- Re-Orientalizing the Gulf: The GCC and Southeast Asia
- Economic Sanctions on Authoritarian States: Lessons Learned
- How Turkey's Islamists Fell out of Love With Iran
- Hezbollah's Survival: Resources and Relationships
- Pre-emptive Strike against Iran: Prelude to an Avoidable Disaster?
- Salafism in Tunisia: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratization
- Dear President Obama: "It Is the Innocence which Constitutes the Crime…"
Book Reviews
- Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector
- Gideon's Spies and Spies Against Armageddon
- Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi
- The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims
- The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
Fall 2012, Volume XIX, Number 3
Editor's Note
- Editorial (Fall 2012)
Essays
- Crisis in Syria: What Are the U.S. Options?
- Syrian Revolt Fallout: End of the Resistance Axis?
- Turkish-Syrian Relations: A Checkered History
- Russia and Iran
- The Iranian Military in Politics, Revolution and War, Part Two
- The Arab Spring: Its Geostrategic Significance
- Oman: The "Forgotten" Corner of the Arab Spring
- The Arab Revolutions: A Preliminary Reading
- Great Powers as Client States in a Middle East Cold War
- Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting
- Drone Warfare in Yemen: Fostering Emirates through Counterterrorism?
Book Reviews
- The Crisis of Zionism
- Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally
- International Development in Practice: Education Assistance in Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
- Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?
- Democracy, Islam and Secularism in Turkey
- The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime
