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Policy Watch 2007
PolicyWatch #1323: Special Forum Report: A Middle East Study Tour: Perspectives from Amman, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Tel Aviv
Authors: David Makovsky
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1322: Special Forum Report: A Middle East Study Tour: Perspectives from Turkey
Authors: Soner Cagaptay
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1321: An 'All Elements of Power' Strategy for Combating Terrorism
Authors: Dell Dailey
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1320: Special Forum Report: The European View on Iran: Fallout from the New U.S. Intelligence Estimate
Authors: Neil Crompton , Hans-Peter Hinrichsen , Nicholas Roche
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1319: Aid to the Palestinians: The Role of Oil-Rich Arab States
Authors: Simon Henderson , David Makovsky , Michael Makovsky
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1317: Elections in Jordan: Poor Showing for Islamists
Authors: Hassan Barari
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1318: Special Forum Report: U.S.-Israeli Dialogue on Iran's Nuclear Program
Authors: Chuck Freilich , Geoffrey Kemp
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1316: Special Forum Report: Libel, Terrorism, and the Assault on Academic Freedom
Authors: Judith Miller , Ruth Wedgwood
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1315: Unwanted Guest: The Gulf Summit and Iran
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1314: Elections in Lebanon: Implications for Washington, Beirut, and Damascus
Authors: Tony Badran , Jeffrey Feltman , David Schenker
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1313: How Much Does Weaponization Matter? Judging Iran's Nuclear Program
Authors: Patrick Clawson
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1312: Bush at Annapolis: Hints about the Final Thirteen Months
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: December 2007PolicyWatch #1311: Holy Land Mistrial: Judging a Designated Terrorist Entity
Authors:
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1310: Lebanon's Presidential Crisis
Authors: Robert Rabil
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1309: Confidence Building after Annapolis
Authors: David Makovsky
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1308: Six Critical Questions for Annapolis and Beyond
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1307: Tony Blair Takes on West Bank Aid
Authors: James Lindsay
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1306: Palestinian Politics and the Annapolis Meeting
Authors: Mohammad Yaghi
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1305: The PKK Redux: Implications of a Growing Threat
Authors: Soner Cagaptay
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1304: How to Handle Terrorist Suspects: No Easy Answer
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1303: Special Forum Report: Britain and Zionism: Then and Now
Authors: Gerard Baker , Simon Henderson , Michael Makovsky
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1302: Annapolis and a Dual-Track Peace Process
Authors: David Makovsky
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1301: Pakistan and the War on Terror
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1300: The Consequences of $100 Oil
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1299: Presidential Elections in Lebanon: Consensus or Conflagration?
Authors: David Schenker
Date: November 2007PolicyWatch #1298: Democracy in Slow Motion: Oman Goes to the Polls
Authors: J. Scott Carpenter , Simon Henderson
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1297: Iran Sanctions: Can They Be Effective?
Authors:
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1296: Larijani's Resignation: Implications for Iranian Nuclear Policy and Internal Politics
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1295: Transforming U.S. Efforts to Fight Transnational Terrorist Networks
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1294: Special Forum Report: Promoting Arab Democracy (or Not): What the Past Should Tell Us about the Future (Part II)
Authors: Lorne Craner , Michael Mandelbaum , Robert Satloff , Kenneth Wollack
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1293: The PKK and the Armenian Genocide Resolution: U.S.-Turkish Relations at a Critical Juncture
Authors: Soner Cagaptay
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1292: Special Forum Report: Promoting Arab Democracy (or Not): What the Past Should Tell Us about the Future (Part I)
Authors: J. Scott Carpenter
Date: October 2007PolicyWatch #1291: Similar Threats, Similar Approaches: Improving Transatlantic Counterterrorism Ties
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1290: Losing Traction against Syria
Authors: David Schenker
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1289: Rice's Obstacles on the Road to an Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough
Authors: David Makovsky
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1288: Syria's Strategic Weapons Programs
Authors: Michael Eisenstadt
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1287: Special Forum Report: Six Years after September 11: A 9-11 Commission Progress Report
Authors: Michael Hurley , Chris Kojm
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1286: The Petraeus-Crocker Report: An Assessment
Authors: Michael Eisenstadt
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1285: Hamas's Authoritarian Regime in Gaza
Authors: Mohammad Yaghi
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1284: Turkey's Headscarf Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?
Authors: Soner Cagaptay
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1283: Leaving Basra City: Britain's Withdrawal from Iraq
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1282: The Moroccan Parliamentary Election: More Gains for Islamists?
Authors: Emma Hayward
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1281: Ahmadinezhad's Power Slipping in Iran
Authors: Patrick Clawson , Mehdi Khalaji
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1280: Grading U.S. Performance against Terrorism Financing
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: September 2007PolicyWatch #1279: Asad, Fayad, and U.S. Diplomacy: New Directions in Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking?
Authors: Hatem Abdul Khader , David Makovsky , Ephraim Sneh
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1278: Hamas's Military Capabilities after the Gaza Takeover
Authors: Nick Francona
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1277: Better Late than Never: Keeping USAID Funds out of Terrorist Hands
Authors:
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1276: Hizballah's 'Big Surprise' and the Litani Line
Authors: Andrew Exum
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1275: Iraqi Kurds and the Turkish-Iraqi Memorandum against the PKK
Authors: Soner Cagaptay , H. Akin Unver
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1274: The Smarter Way to Target Iran
Authors: Patrick Clawson , Michael Jacobson
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1273: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, Inc.
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1272: United Nations Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon: One Year After the War
Authors: Andrew Exum , Gerri Pozez
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1271: Cabinet, President, Referendum: Turkey's Complex Political Calendar
Authors: H. Akin Unver
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1270: Undercutting a Culture of Militancy: Designating Hamas Charities
Authors:
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1269: The Islamist Boycott of Jordanian Municipal Elections: A Victory of Public Relations or Politics?
Authors: David Schenker
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1268: Special Forum Report: Coping with Terrorism: Lessons from the British and Israeli Experiences
Authors: Leonard Cole , Toby Harnden
Date: August 2007PolicyWatch #1267: Dangerous Partners: Targeting the Iran-Hizballah Alliance
Authors: Jake Lipton
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1266: Jordanian Islamists and Municipal Elections: Confirmation of a Problematic Trend?
Authors: David Schenker
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1265: Mr. Brown Comes to America: The U.S.-British Summit
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1264: Special Forum Report: Turkish Election Results: More or Less Stability?
Authors: Matthew Bryza , Soner Cagaptay , Alan Makovsky
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1263: The Changing and Expanding al-Qaeda Threat
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1262: How Supreme Is Iran's Supreme Leader?
Authors: Patrick Clawson , Mehdi Khalaji
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1261: Reading Between the Lines of President Bush's July 16 Address
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1260: British Counterterrorism Efforts: Implications for the United States
Authors: Simon Henderson
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1259: AFRICOM: A New American Military Command
Authors: Gabe Scheinmann
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1258: U.S. Support for the Iranian Opposition
Authors: Mehdi Khalaji
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1257: Upcoming Turkish Elections: Issues and Winners
Authors: Soner Cagaptay
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1256: Terrorist Attacks in the United Kingdom: More Faces of al-Qaeda
Authors: Simon Henderson , Michael Jacobson
Date: July 2007PolicyWatch #1255: Gaza: The Next Terrorist Safe Haven?
Authors:
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1254: The War of Words between Hamas and al-Qaeda
Authors: Jake Lipton
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1253: Navigating the Sudan Sanctions Regime
Authors: Michael Jacobson
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1252: In the Wake of the Hamas Coup: Rethinking America's 'Grand Strategy' for the New Palestinian Authority
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1251: Special Forum Report: U.S. Efforts against Terrorism Financing: A View from the Private Sector
Authors: Robert Werner
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1250: Special Forum Report: Engaging Iran? Contrasting Views on U.S. Diplomacy
Authors: Patrick Clawson , Ray Takeyh
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1249: Adding Hizballah to the European Union's Terrorist List
Authors: Michael Jacobson , Matthew Levitt
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1248: Hamas's Coup and the Challenges Ahead for Fatah
Authors: Ben Fishman , Mohammad Yaghi
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1247: Special Forum Report: Hamas and the Second Six Day War: Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities
Authors: Robert Satloff
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1246: Special Forum Report: Advancing U.S. Interests in the Middle East: The Case for Statecraft
Authors: Thomas Friedman , Dennis Ross
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1245: Syria's Export of Terrorism to Lebanon: Threat and Response
Authors: David Schenker
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1244: The PKK, PJAK, and Iran: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations
Authors: Soner Cagaptay , Zeynep Eroglu
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1243: Special Forum Report: When Diplomacy Failed: Lessons Learned from June 1967
Authors: Wendy Chamberlin , Samuel Lewis , Dennis Ross
Date: June 2007PolicyWatch #1242: Turkish Troops in Northern Iraq?
Authors: Soner Cagaptay , Ali Koknar
Date: June 2007Title: Shimon Peres Addresses The Washington Institute's Soref Symposium
Author: Peres, Shimon Makovsky, David
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: The Future of Palestinian Politics
Author: Rahman, Wafa' Abdel Kirby, Owen Yaghi, Mohammad
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: A Resurgent al-Qaeda and U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy
Author: Jacobsen, Michael
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: The Role of Finance in Combating National Security Threats
Author: Kimmitt, Robert
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Turkey's 'Smart' Islamist Challenge
Author: Cagaptay, Soner Sezgin, Yuksel
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: 'Bad Veils' and Arrested Scholars: Iran's Fear of a Velvet Revolution
Author: Khalaji, Mehdi
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Building on a Vacuum: Ways Forward after the U.S.-Iranian Meeting
Author: Pollock, David
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Global Anti-Terrorism Financing Group Challenged by Syria's Application
Author: Levitt, Matthew
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Middle Eastern Agenda for President Bush in Europe
Author: Ottolenghi, Emanuele
Date of Paper: June 2007Title: Middle Eastern Investment in the United States: Avoiding Another Dubai Ports World Controversy
Author: Jacobson, Michael Jacobson, David
Date of Paper: June 2007Title: The Future of Syria: Challenges and Prospects
Author: Rubin, Barry Kattouf, Theodore
Date of Paper: June 2007Title: Olmert After Winograd: A Battle for Survival
Author: Makovsky, David
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Turkey's Economic Future and the AKP
Author: Kiefer, Meral Varis
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Economic Sanctions against Iran: Engaging, Not Confronting, Allies
Author: Jacobson, Michael
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: The Surge in Iraq: An Early Assessment
Author: White, Jeffrey Exum, Andrew Eisenstadt, Michael
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Cheney in the Middle East: Defining Key Issues and Mutual Interests
Author: Henderson, Simon
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Turkey's Ongoing Political Crisis: Where Now?
Author: Cagaptay, Soner
Date of Paper: May 2007Title: Arab States' Efforts to Combat Terrorism Financing
Author: Jacobson, Michael
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: Brazilian Counterterrorism Efforts: Legislative Progress, But Little Action on the Ground
Author: Levitt, Matther Jacobson, David
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: Al-Qaeda in North Africa: Local and Global Jihad
Author: Lipton, Jake
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: Upcoming Elections in Turkey: Implications for Ankara's Foreign Policy
Author: Cagaptay, Soner Lesser, Ian Baran, Zeyno
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: The British Naval Detainees and Iranian Public Opinion
Author: Mehdi Khalaji
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: How Long Can the Palestinian Unity Government Last?
Author: Mohammad Yaghi
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: An Iranian Financial Intelligence Unit: Less than Meets the Eye
Author: Michael Jacobson
Date of Paper: April 2007Title: Iraqi Reconciliation: Prospects for Peace at Home and Progress with Neighbors
Author: David Satterfield
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: The History of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Author: Michael Oren
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: The Riyadh Arab Summit: Multiple Issues and High Expectations
Author: David Schenker, Simon Henderson
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Gulf Challenge: Iran's Seizure of British Naval Personnel
Author: Simon Henderson
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Combating Terrorist Financing in Europe: Gradual Progress
Author: Michael Jacobsen
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Democracy Demotion in Egypt: Is the United States a Willing Accomplice?
Author: Andrew Exum, Zack Snyder
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Assessing the New Palestinian Unity Government: A Step Forward or Back?
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: U.S.-Designated Hamas Front Gets Symbolic Win in France
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: As Palestinians Come Together, What Is Next for U.S.-Israeli Cooperation?
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Can Syria Come in from the Cold?
Author: Seth Wikas
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Follow the Money: Challenges and Opportunities in the Campaign to Combat Terrorism Financing
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: March 2007Title: Meeting with Iraq's Neighbors: A Confidence-Building Measure, or Much More?
Author: David Pollock
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Internet Freedom in the Middle East: Challenges for U.S. Policy
Author: Andrew Exum
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Saudi-Iranian Mediation on Hizballah: Will a Lebanon Deal Come at Syria's Expense?
Author: David Schenker
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Fighting Terrorism: A Chance to Improve Bilateral U.S.-Turkish Ties
Author: Selahattin Ibas
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Shutting Hizballah's 'Construction Jihad'
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Next Steps in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Hamas's Victory: From Gaza to Mecca
Author: Mohammad Yaghi
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Contributions of the Turkish Armed Forces to Middle East Peace Operations
Author: Selahattin Iban
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Fighting Iran in Iraq
Author: Jeffrey White
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: The Mecca Accord (Part II): Implications for Arabs, Israel, and U.S. Policy
Author: Robert Satloff
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Prosecuting Terrorism Supporters: Lessons from a Recent Verdict
Author: Matt Levitt
Date of Paper: February 2007Title: Palestinian Public Opinion a Year after Hamas’s Victory
Author: Mohammad Yaghi
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Are U.S. Military Academies Preparing Graduates for Today’s Wars?
Author: Andrew Exum
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Is Lebanon Headed toward Another Civil War?
Author: David Schenker, Andrew Exum
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Lebanon Goes to Paris III: High Stakes in France and Beirut
Author: David Schenker
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Hamas vs. Fatah: Is Confrontation Inevitable?
Author: Gaith al-Omari, Mohammad Yaghi, Dennis Ross
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: President Bush’s Iraq Strategy: The Gulf Dimension
Author: Simon Henderson
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Iran Feels the Heat: International Pressure Emboldens Tehran’s Domestic Critics
Author: Mehdi Khalaji
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Annual Post–New Year’s Event: America and the Middle East, circa 2007
Author: Joe Klein, Martin Walker
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: The Battle for Kirkuk: How to Prevent a New Front in Iraq
Author: Daniel Fink, Soner Cagaptay
Date of Paper: January 2007Title: Iraq as a Militia War
Author: Andrew Exum
Date of Paper: January 2007