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Terrorism in North Africa: Before and After Benghazi

July 10, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

National Reconciliation in the Arab Spring Countries: Lessons from Bulgaria, Iraq, Morocco, and South Africa

June 19, 2013

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2013 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

June 9, 2013

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Finishing the Job: Security Sector Reform After the Arab Spring

May 28, 2013, Omar Ashour

The Libyan Revolution at Two

February 22, 2013, Ibrahim Sharqieh

An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya

February 18, 2013, Ibrahim Sharqieh

Syria Is Not Iraq

February 4, 2013, Shadi Hamid

Arab Spring Countries: Beyond Political Upheaval and toward Inclusive Growth

January 31, 2013

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Costs of a Fixation: After Benghazi

January 24, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

Big Bets and Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges for President Obama’s Second Term

January 17, 2013

The Year the Arab Spring Went Bad

December 31, 2012, F. Gregory Gause, III

Responding to New Internal Displacement Challenges: The Displacement of Non-Citizens

December 20, 2012, Khalid Koser

Al Qaeda’s Not as Battered as Obama Thinks

November 29, 2012, Daniel L. Byman

In Defense of Susan Rice

November 29, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Scapegoating Susan Rice Does U.S. No Good

November 16, 2012, Robert Kagan

Between Interference and Assistance: The Politics of International Support in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya

November 2012, Shadi Hamid and Salman Shaikh

@ Brookings Podcast: What Americans Think about the Middle East

November 6, 2012, Shibley Telhami

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Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election: A Post-Debate Analysis

October 24, 2012

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Time to Lay Off the Benghazi Issue

October 19, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Americans on the Middle East: A Study of American Public Opinion

October 8, 2012, Shibley Telhami

Campaign 2012: Arab Awakening

September 25, 2012

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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: North African Menace

September 22, 2012, Bruce Riedel

The Middle East and the Presidential Election: A Live Web Chat with Khaled Elgindy

September 19, 2012

Understanding Arab Anger

September 18, 2012, Shibley Telhami

The Full Story Behind the Innocence of Muslims Protests

September 17, 2012, Peter Mandaville