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The Dangers of Success: Why It's Not So Simple to Crush and Kill al Qaeda Affiliates

September 27, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Questions and Airstrikes: Why Congress Needs to Think Hard About Obama's Syria Plan

August 31, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Is Hamas Winning?

Summer 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Syria Crisis and Military Action: What Should Be Done, Why and How

August 27, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Salman Shaikh and Jeremy Shapiro

The Growing Instability in Egypt’s Sinai

September/October 2013, Daniel L. Byman and Khaled Elgindy

American Terrorists Abroad: Options for U.S. Policymakers

July 23, 2013

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Tools and Tradeoffs: Confronting U.S. Citizen Terrorist Suspects Abroad

July 23, 2013, Daniel L. Byman and Benjamin Wittes

U.S. Role in the Middle East: Go Big or Go Home

July 22, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Terrorism in North Africa: Before and After Benghazi

July 10, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

U.S. Foreign Policy and Syria

June 28, 2013, Bruce Riedel, Michael Doran, Daniel L. Byman and Salman Shaikh

Why Drones Work: The Case for Washington's Weapon of Choice

July/August 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Syria, the U.S., and Arming the Rebels: Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons and Obama’s Red Line

June 14, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Daniel L. Byman, Shadi Hamid and Bruce Riedel

Revolution and Stasis in the Arab World

June 3, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Beyond the Arab Awakening: A Strategic Assessment of the Middle East

May 23, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Suzanne Maloney and Steven Pifer

Explaining the Western Response to the Arab Spring

May 14, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Around the Halls: Israel's Airstrikes in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Michael Doran, Natan B. Sachs, Suzanne Maloney, Salman Shaikh and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Israel’s Three Gambles in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman and Natan B. Sachs

Mr. Obama, Don’t Draw That Line

May 4, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Fighting Salafi-Jihadist Insurgencies: How Much Does Religion Really Matter?

April 2013, Daniel L. Byman

The Arab Awakening and the New Sectarian Divide

April 10, 2013

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Obama, Netanyahu and the Peace Process: Is Progress Possible?

March 28, 2013

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Crisis in Mali and North Africa: Regional Dynamics and International Priorities

February 6, 2013

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The Israeli Elections: What Do They Mean for the United States?

January 24, 2013

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Al Qaeda Is Alive in Africa

January 17, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

Flowchart: How the Government Handles a Terrorist Threat

January 4, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman