Research and Commentary

When Bombing Syria, Remember Lebanon

May 7, 2013, Bruce Riedel

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

A Preview of the 2013 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

May 6, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

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Mr. Obama, Don’t Draw That Line

May 4, 2013, Daniel L. Byman

State of Current Political Affairs in Egypt

April 30, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Obama's Strategy in the Middle East: The Blurry Red Line

April 26, 2013, Shadi Hamid

Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons: The Ball’s in Your Court, Mr. President

April 26, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Is Syria's Alleged Chemical Weapons Use the Tipping Point for U.S. Intervention?

April 25, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Could al-Qaeda Direct a Canadian Plot From Iran?

April 24, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Lessons of the Syrian Reactor

May 1, 2013, Bruce Riedel

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

April 2013, Daniel L. Byman

The End Of 'Fayyadism' In Palestine

April 22, 2013, Khaled Elgindy

As Mubarak Sits in a Cage, Egyptians are Moving On

April 15, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Sectarianism Spreads to Egypt

April 12, 2013, Geneive Abdo

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Al Qaeda Comeback

April 12, 2013, Bruce Riedel

The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi‘a-Sunni Divide

April 10, 2013, Geneive Abdo

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U.S. Embassy Learns a Hard Lesson About Twitter

April 10, 2013, Cynthia P. Schneider

The Arab Spring Ain't Over

April 1, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Arresting Bassem Youssef: No Benefit for Mursi’s Government

March 31, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Bassem Youssef: A Valuable Egyptian Voice That Will Not Be Silenced

March 30, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

America's War on Terror Is Now a War Against Tribal Islam

March 25, 2013, Akbar Ahmed

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Palestinian Politics Do Matter

March 24, 2013, Khaled Elgindy

Social Media, Religion in the New Arab World

March 24, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Obama Helps Restart Talks Between Israel & Turkey

March 22, 2013, Dan Arbell