The Middle East
January 2007
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January Article Abstracts
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Title: Iraq's Civil War
Author: Ahmed S. Hashim
"The US and Iraqi governments' reluctance to accept the designation 'civil war' does not alter the reality on the ground."
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Title: Iran's Conservative Revival
Author: Bahman Baktiari
"No one has benefited more from American blunders in the Middle East than the conservatives in Iran who now control all the power centers. . . ."
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Title: Letter from Afghanistan: Are the Taliban Winning?
Author: Ahmed Rashid
"There is no doubt that Afghanistan has progressed enormously since 9-11, but now even the positive achievements carried out by the international community appear to be unraveling."
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Title: Lebanese Identity and Israeli Security in the Shadows of the 2006 War
Author: Shibley Telhami
"Evidence of growing divisions within Lebanon is not necessarily good news for the effectiveness of Israel's deterrence."
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Title: Toy Soldiers: The Youth Factor in the War on Terror
Author: Cheryl Benard
"Membership in a clandestine terrorist cell; online linkages with glamorous, dangerous individuals; the opportunity to belong to a feared and seemingly heroic movement complete with martyrs-all of this is inherently appealing to young people."
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Title: The Middle East Freedom Agenda: An Update
Author: Tamara Cofman Wittes and Sarah E. Yerkes
"The major barrier to effective US support for Arab civil society is . . . the hostility of autocratic Arab governments toward any greater independence or activism in the nongovernmental sector."
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Title: Stalled Reform: The Case of Egypt
Author: Hala Mustafa and Augustus Richard Norton
"As the US commitment to substantive reform has waned, Egypt's liberal activists find themselves subject to increasing surveillance and intimidation. . . ."
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Title: Perspective: What Should Be Done About Iraq?
Author: Marina Ottaway
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Title: Book Reviews: The Great Deception
Author: Reviewer: William W. Finan Jr.
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in November, country by country, day by day.
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Title: The Middle East
A map of the Middle East.
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