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The Role of the UN Human Rights System, International Norms and the Transformation of the Middle East

February 23, 2012

Israel and the Arab Awakening: A Failure to Communicate

February 9, 2012, Salman Shaikh

On Syria, Go Back to the United Nations

February 8, 2012, Salman Shaikh

The Arab League's Political Horizons for Syria

January 26, 2012, Salman Shaikh

End the Farcical Arab League Mission in Syria

January 16, 2012, Salman Shaikh

Tunisia's Mohamed Bouazizi: A Fruit Seller's Legacy to the Arab People

December 16, 2011, Salman Shaikh

As Syria Crisis Worsens, UN Security Council Must Act

December 15, 2011, Salman Shaikh

Where Does the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Stand on the Arab Uprisings?

December 12, 2011

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Assessing Obama’s Middle East Policies

November 21, 2011

The Arab Awakening

America and the Transformation of the Middle East

2011, Akram Al-Turk , Pavel K. Baev, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Khaled Elgindy, Stephen R. Grand, Shadi Hamid, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Jonathan D. Pollack, Kenneth M. Pollack, Bruce Riedel, Ruth H. Santini, Salman Shaikh, Ibrahim Sharqieh, Ömer Taşpınar, Shibley Telhami and Sarah Yerkes

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The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East

November 17, 2011

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Syria’s Moment of Truth at the Arab League

November 2, 2011, Salman Shaikh

A Chance for Hamas to Find Friends Outside of Damascus

October 26, 2011, Salman Shaikh

The Israel-Palestine Prisoner Swap

October 19, 2011, Salman Shaikh

U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Relations after the Arab Awakening: The View from Washington

October 17, 2011

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Preventing a Syrian Civil War

October 12, 2011, Salman Shaikh

The Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process is Dead; What's Next?

October 7, 2011, Salman Shaikh

The Syrian Uprising: The Role of the Opposition and What the International Community Can Do

October 2, 2011

Abbas’s September Gambit and Beyond

September 21, 2011, Salman Shaikh

Abbas’s Gambit at the UN: Possible Scenarios and Options for Palestinian Membership

September 20, 2011

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The Importance of President Obama’s Call to Assad

August 18, 2011, Salman Shaikh

Syria's Assad Should be an International Pariah

August 4, 2011, Salman Shaikh

Getting Serious about Regime Change in Syria

July 29, 2011, Michael Doran and Salman Shaikh

Syria’s Uprising: What Comes Next?

June 27, 2011

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What Does the American Public Think of the Arab Awakening?

May 22, 2011

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