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1. Family Rule in Iraq and the Challenge to State and Democracy

2. The Palestinian Authority Thirty Years After Oslo

3. Cash Cabal: How Hezbollah Profits from Lebanon's Financial Crisis

4. Turkey's Pivotal 2023 Elections: Issues, Potential Outcomes, and What Comes After

5. Why China Is Taking Sides Against Israel—and Why It Will Likely Backfire

6. Making Sense of Iraq’s Politicized Supreme Court Rulings

7. Can Federalism Work in Lebanon?

8. Hakan Fidan and the New Turkish Diplomacy in Iraq

9. Sinjar: Challenges and Resilience Nine Years after Genocide

10. How to Stop Iraqi Kurdistan’s “Bleeding”

11. Beyond Elections: Evolving Arab Public Opinion on Democracy and Human Rights

12. Rhetoric Meets Reality in Jawlani’s Push for Self-Sufficiency

13. Iraq’s Constitutional Moment?

14. A Sultan in Autumn: Erdogan Faces Turkey's Uncontainable Forces

15. Promoting Sovereignty and Accountability in Iraq: Guidelines for the Biden Administration

16. Accidental Allies: The US–Syrian Democratic Forces Partnership Against the Islamic State

17. Triangular Diplomacy: Unpacking Russia's Syria Strategy

18. A Strategy to Contain Hezbollah: Ideas and Recommendations

19. A New Start for the U.S. on Mideast Democracy and Human Rights

20. Back to Basics: U.S.-Iraq Security Cooperation in the Post-Combat Era

21. Preparing for Orderly Change in Jordan When the Time Comes

22. As Israel’s Kingmaker Gets Off the Fence, Gantz Gets a Boost

23. Iranian Succession and the Impact of Soleimani’s Death

24. Iran’s Supreme Leader Responds to the Soleimani Assassination

25. Hezbollah Has a New Strategy to Survive Lebanon’s Financial Crisis

26. New Khamenei Speech Underlines the Importance of Popular Support for the Regime

27. Reading Trump in Tehran

28. U.S. Do’s and Don’ts in Iraq

29. Palestinian Politics After Abbas Sudden Succession Essay Series

30. In Search of a Semi-Autonomous Region in Northeastern Syria

31. Kuwait: A Changing System Under Stress

32. Setback for Iran's Opposition: Khamenei's Hardline Reinforced

33. How to Assess Political Fissures in Iran

34. The New British Government, the 'Special Relationship,' and the Middle East

35. Hizballah's Coalition Partner Meets President Obama

36. The Gaza Flotilla Incident: Implications for Middle East Politics and U.S. Policy

37. Netanyahu Comes to Washington: Assessing U.S.-Israel Relations

38. The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Assessment and Implications

39. Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Hamas in Ascendance

40. Ahmadinezhad's Cabinet: Loyalists and Radicals

41. Fatah Congress: A Victory for Abbas

42. Iraqi Kurds Go to the Polls: Is Change Possible?

43. PolicyWatch #1403: Livni's Outlook: Political and Policy Options in Israel

44. PolicyWatch #1405: The Importance of Iraq's Provincial Elections

45. PolicyWatch #1429: Livni vs. Netanyahu: From One Election to the Next

46. PolicyWatch #1397: Kirkuk Derails Iraq's Election Law

47. PolicyWatch #1393: Olmert's Announcement Fuels Uncertainty in Israel

48. PolicyWatch #1391: Can Lebanon's March 14 Reverse the Tide?

49. PolicyWatch #1383: Domestic and Regional Politics Delay U.S.-Iraqi Security Agreement

50. PolicyWatch #1380: Ahmadinezhad Deflects Critcism with Attacks on Clerics

51. PolicyWatch #1378: Ending (or Deepening) the Crisis in Lebanon: The Role of Electoral Reform

52. PolicyWatch #1374: Kuwaiti Elections: Democracy in Action, or Inaction?

53. PolicyWatch #1364: Iranian Parliamentary Elections and Ahmadinezhad's Discontents

54. PolicyWatch #1355: Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP?

55. PolicyWatch #1351: Will the Damascus Arab Summit Be Convened?

56. PolicyWatch #1349: Who Represents the Iraqi Sunnis?

57. PolicyWatch #1342: Iran's Parliamentary Elections: Assured Victory for the Supreme Leader

58. PolicyWatch #1341: Pakistani Elections and the Middle East

59. Shimon Peres Addresses The Washington Institute's Soref Symposium

60. The Future of Palestinian Politics

61. Turkey's 'Smart' Islamist Challenge

62. Olmert After Winograd: A Battle for Survival

63. Cheney in the Middle East: Defining Key Issues and Mutual Interests

64. Contributions of the Turkish Armed Forces to Middle East Peace Operations

65. PolicyWatch #1310: Lebanon's Presidential Crisis

66. PolicyWatch #1305: The PKK Redux: Implications of a Growing Threat

67. PolicyWatch #1299: Presidential Elections in Lebanon: Consensus or Conflagration?

68. PolicyWatch #1298: Democracy in Slow Motion: Oman Goes to the Polls

69. PolicyWatch #1293: The PKK and the Armenian Genocide Resolution: U.S.-Turkish Relations at a Critical Juncture

70. PolicyWatch #1285: Hamas's Authoritarian Regime in Gaza

71. PolicyWatch #1281: Ahmadinezhad's Power Slipping in Iran

72. PolicyWatch #1271: Cabinet, President, Referendum: Turkey's Complex Political Calendar

73. PolicyWatch #1269: The Islamist Boycott of Jordanian Municipal Elections: A Victory of Public Relations or Politics?

74. PolicyWatch #1266: Jordanian Islamists and Municipal Elections: Confirmation of a Problematic Trend?

75. PolicyWatch #1262: How Supreme Is Iran's Supreme Leader?

76. PolicyWatch #1257: Upcoming Turkish Elections: Issues and Winners

77. The Damascus-Hizballah Axis: Bashar al-Asad's Vision of a New Middle East

78. Israel's War against Hizballah and Its Battle against Hamas

79. Jordan Looks Inward: The Hashemite Kingdom in the Wake of Zarqawi and the Hamas-Israel Clash

80. Kuwait's Elections Exacerbate Differences between Ruler and Parliament

81. Tracking Hamas's Leadership: Insights into the Organization's Structure and Evolution

82. Rising Tensions Between Turkey's AKP and the Courts

83. The Palestinian National Accord: Consensus at Any Cost

84. Understanding the Middle East: A View from inside the Mossad

85. Mr. Olmert Goes to Washington: Prospects for U.S.-Israel Relations

86. Lebanese National Dialogue: Avoiding the Hard Questions?

87. Israel Goes to the Polls

88. The Shape of Israel's Election Race

89. Responding to Hamas's Triumph

90. Hamas Visits Ankara: The AKP Shifts Turkey's Role in the Middle East

91. The Security Implications of a Hamas-Led Palestinian Authority

92. On the Eve of Palestinian Elections: Israel and Palestinians Enter a New Era

93. How to Judge the Palestinian Elections

94. Fatah's Prospects in the Legislative Elections

95. Syria's Response to the Mehlis Report

96. Previewing Jordan's National Agenda: Strategies for Reform

97. The Sunni Arab Insurgency: A Spent or Rising Force?

98. Changing the Guard at the Saudi Embassy in Washington

99. The U.S.-Turkish Relationship beyond Iraq: Common Values, Common Agenda

100. Women in Gulf Politics: A Progress Report