Title Author(s) Issue Type Terms/Tags
From the Editor Chris Toensing MER281 MER Public Article Afghanistan, Syria, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER280 MER Public Article Activism, United States, US Policy
From the Editor MER279 MER Public Article Arms, Israel, United States, US Policy
Bennis, Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror Chris Toensing MER277 MER Subscriber Article ISIS, US Policy
Your Tax Dollars Enable Police Brutality Abroad Chris Toensing Op-Eds Egypt, Human Rights, US Policy
Saudi Arabia's Dangerous Sectarian Game Toby Jones Op-Eds Iran, Saudi Arabia, Shiism, US Policy
AirLand Battle Doctrine Martha Wenger MER111 MER Public Article Arms, US Policy
On the Beach Christopher Paine MER111 MER Public Article Arms, Nuclear, US Policy
Yemen Is Starving, and We're Partly to Blame Chris Toensing Op-Eds Saudi Arabia, US Policy, Yemen
US Aid to Israel
Joe Stork
Martha Wenger
 MER117 MER Public Article Arms, Foreign Aid, Israel, US Policy
Israeli, American Military Confer on Combat Stress A Special Correspondent MER119 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Israel, United States, US Policy
Brzezinski, Power and Principle Fred Halliday MER121 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER121 MER Public Article Turkey, US Policy
Gopal, No Good Men Among the Living Chris Toensing MER274 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER274 MER Public Article Arab World, US Policy
Footing the Bill While Israel Thumbs Its Nose Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arms, Israel, US Policy
Some Good News from the Middle East Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
McJihad, the Film Jacob Mundy MER Online - Intervention Afghanistan, Cinema, Islamism, Oil, September 11, US Policy
Chronology: US-Egyptian Military Relationship
Joe Stork
Danny Reachard
 MER90 MER Public Article Arms, Egypt, US Policy
Pakistan and US Strategy Eqbal Ahmad MER90 MER Subscriber Article Pakistan, US Policy
What the Carter Doctrine Means to Me MER90 MER Public Article Gulf, Oil, US Policy
War Games for the Eighties Michael Klare MER90 MER Subscriber Article Arms, US Policy
The Carter Doctrine and US Bases in the Middle East Joe Stork MER90 MER Public Article Arms, Gulf, Oil, US Policy
Morgan, Domestic Intelligence Konrad Ege MER96 MER Subscriber Article United States, US Policy
Kissinger Memorandum: "To Isolate the Palestinians" MER96 MER Public Article Arab-Israeli Conflict, October War, Palestinians, US Policy
Exonerating US Policy Fred Halliday MER98 MER Public Article Iran, US Policy
Economic Sanctions and Iranian Trade Philip Shehadi MER98 MER Subscriber Article Economy, Iran, Sanctions, US Policy
The Arc of Crisis and the New Cold War Fred Halliday MER100-101 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, Russia, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER100-101 MER Public Article US Policy
Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East Amanda Ufheil-Somers Op-Eds Bahrain, Egypt, US Policy
The War in Lebanon
Joe Stork
James Paul
 MER108 MER Public Article Lebanon War (1975-1990), US Policy
From the Editor Chris Toensing MER273 MER Public Article Saudi Arabia, US Policy, Yemen
Burying the Hatchet with Iran Chris Toensing Op-Eds Gulf, Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
The Cold Realities of US Policy in Israel-Palestine Mitchell Plitnick MER Online - Article Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, United States, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER123 MER Public Article Israel, Labor, US Policy
The Cold Peace Joel Beinin MER129 MER Subscriber Article Arab-Israeli Conflict, Egypt, Israel, US Policy
Not Much Better Than Bush Amanda Ufheil-Somers Op-Eds Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), Refugees, US Policy
Matthew Huber, Lifeblood Chris Toensing MER271 MER Public Article Advertising, Oil, United States, US Policy
Three Pawns in the “Great Game” David H. Price MER271 MER Subscriber Article Arab World, US Policy
"Energy Security" Toby Jones MER271 MER Subscriber Article Gulf, Oil, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER270 MER Public Article Arms, China, US Policy
A Loveless Diplomatic Marriage with No Future Amanda Ufheil-Somers Op-Eds Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, US Policy
Learning from the Past in the Iranian Nuclear Dispute Tytti Erästö MER Online - Article Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
The Diplomatic Dance with Iran Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
Conventional Arms Sales Michael Klare MER112 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Nuclear, US Policy
(No) Dialogue in Bahrain Toby Matthiesen MER Online - Article Bahrain, Britain, Gulf, US Policy
Demonstrators, Dialogues, Drones and Dialectics Sheila Carapico MER269 MER Subscriber Article Saudi Arabia, US Policy, Yemen
Seeing Through the Fog Amanda Ufheil-Somers Op-Eds Bahrain, US Policy
Handshakes in Geneva The Editors MER Online - Article Gulf, Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
Kwitny, Endless Enemies Claudia Wright MER133 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
Commanding the Center Daniel Volman MER125 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Gulf, US Policy
US Ready to Intervene in Gulf War
Joe Stork
Martha Wenger
 MER125 MER Public Article Gulf, Iran-Iraq War, US Policy
Peck, The Reagan Adminstration and the Palestine Question MER128 MER Subscriber Article Palestinians, US Policy
The Reagan Administration in the Middle East Fred H. Lawson MER128 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, United States, US Policy
Getting to the War On Time Martha Wenger MER128 MER Public Article Arms, Gulf, United States, US Policy
George Bush in Khartoum Gayle Smith MER135 MER Subscriber Article Refugees, Sudan, US Policy
Militarism, Monetarism and Markets James Cypher MER128 MER Subscriber Article United States, US Policy
Intervention and the Nuclear Firebreak in the Middle East Michael Klare MER128 MER Public Article Cold War, Nuclear, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER128 MER Public Article US Policy
The Gulf Between the Superpowers Scott Armstrong MER130 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, Russia, United States, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER268 MER Public Article Syria, US Policy
US Raid Haunts Libya A Special Correspondent MER141 MER Public Article Libya, US Policy
Pakistan and the Central Command Jamal Rashid MER141 MER Subscriber Article Gulf, Pakistan, US Policy
The CIA in Afghanistan Joe Stork MER141 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, US Policy
Moscow's Kabul Campaign Jonathan Steele MER141 MER Public Article Afghanistan, Cold War, US Policy
Prospects for the Gulf Joe Stork MER132 MER Public Article Gulf, Oil, Political Economy, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER132 MER Public Article US Policy
True Democrats Don't Bankroll Juntas Joshua Stacher Op-Eds Egypt, Foreign Aid, US Policy
Nuclear Shadow Over the Middle East Joe Stork MER143 MER Public Article Cold War, Nuclear, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER143 MER Public Article Iran, US Policy
Food Aid Diversion Steve Askin MER145 MER Subscriber Article Food, US Policy
Ethiopia's Contras MER145 MER Public Article Cold War, Ethiopia, US Policy
Ethiopia and the Politics of Famine Relief Gayle Smith MER145 MER Public Article Cold War, Ethiopia, Food, Horn of Africa, US Policy
Alignments in the Horn Dan Connell MER145 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, Food, Horn of Africa, US Policy
Public Law 480: "Better than a bomber" MER145 MER Public Article Agriculture, Cold War, Food, US Policy
The Language of Food
Jean-Jacques Dethier
Kathy Funk
 MER145 MER Public Article Agriculture, Egypt, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER145 MER Public Article Activism, US Policy
How to Help Syria Now Chris Toensing Op-Eds Syria, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER147 MER Public Article Egypt, US Policy
Klare, American Arms Supermarket MER140 MER Subscriber Article Arms, US Policy
Findley, They Dare to Speak Out Beshara Doumani MER140 MER Subscriber Article Israel, United States, US Policy
Iran and the Reagan Doctrine Fred Halliday MER140 MER Subscriber Article Iran, US Policy
"The First Prime-Time Bombing in History"
Joan Mandell
Zachary Lockman
 MER140 MER Subscriber Article Libya, US Policy
Mad Dogs and Presidents Joe Stork MER140 MER Public Article Libya, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER142 MER Public Article US Policy
"American Reactions Are a Little Primitive" MER144 MER Subscriber Article France, Libya, US Policy
Low-Intensity Warfare Jochen Hippler MER144 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Cold War, US Policy
Futile Military Financing Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arms, Foreign Aid, Israel, US Policy
Rubenberg, Israel and the American National Interest Edward Danforth MER151 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
Cover-up and Blowback Jonathan Marshall MER151 MER Public Article Iran, US Policy, Weapons
Reagan's Iran Eric Hooglund MER151 MER Public Article Cold War, Gulf, Iran, US Policy
Rewiring a State Nida Alahmad MER266 MER Public Article Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), Oil, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER266 MER Public Article Gulf, Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), Oil, US Policy
North-South vs. East-West Michael Klare MER151 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER151 MER Public Article Cold War, Palestine, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER144 MER Public Article Arms, US Policy
Dorman and Farhang, The US Press and Iran Ervand Abrahamian MER153 MER Public Article Iran, Media, US Policy
"The Pressure Should Be on the US and Israel to Recognize the PLO" Joel Beinin MER146 MER Subscriber Article Activism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
"The US Must Start Negotiations with the PLO" Joe Stork MER146 MER Subscriber Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
"They Control the Hill, But We've Got a Lot of Positions Around the Hill" Joe Stork MER146 MER Subscriber Article Activism, Arab Americans, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, US Policy
AWACS in the Gulf Joe Stork MER148 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Gulf, US Policy
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gulf Ahmed Rashid MER148 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, Gulf, Pakistan, US Policy
Do We Know Enough? Stephen R. Shalom MER Online - Intervention Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United States, US Policy
The Reagan Doctrine and the Secret State Christopher Hitchens MER148 MER Subscriber Article United States, US Policy
Reagan Reflags the Gulf Joe Stork MER148 MER Public Article Gulf, Iran-Iraq War, US Policy
Young, Missed Opportunities for Peace Joe Stork MER152 MER Subscriber Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Pakistan After Zia MER155 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Policy
Pakistan After Reagan Ahmed Rashid MER155 MER Public Article Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Policy
US-Arab Economic Trends in the Reagan Period Fred H. Lawson MER155 MER Public Article Gulf, Oil, US Policy, Weapons
Mediations MER155 MER Public Article Gulf, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
NATO Goes to the Persian Gulf Jochen Hippler MER155 MER Subscriber Article Gulf, NATO, US Policy
State of the Drones Lisa Hajjar Op-Eds September 11, US Policy
Saudi Arabia and the Reagan Doctrine Jonathan Marshall MER155 MER Public Article Gulf, Saudi Arabia, US Policy, Weapons
Jesse and the Jews Micah Sifry MER155 MER Subscriber Article Elections, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER155 MER Public Article Iran-Iraq War, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Four More Years
Mouin Rabbani
Chris Toensing
 MER Online - Article Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Palestine, United Nations, US Policy
Berkeley's Sister-City Initiative Marianne Torres MER157 MER Subscriber Article Activism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Proposition W Jeffrey Blankfort MER157 MER Subscriber Article Activism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Cambridge Voters Challenge US Policy Matthew S. Gordon MER157 MER Subscriber Article Activism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Jesse Jackson on Palestine MER157 MER Public Article US Policy
Primer: The Bush Team Steve Niva MER158 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
Containment, Counterrevolution and Credibility Irene Gendzier MER160 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, US Policy
Israel, the Contras and the North Trial Jonathan Marshall MER160 MER Public Article United States, US Policy
Talking Up Turkey Joe Stork MER160 MER Public Article Turkey, US Policy
Turkey and US Strategy in the Age of Glasnost Ömer Karasapan MER160 MER Public Article Cold War, Turkey, US Policy
"No Forum for the Lebanese People" Irene Gendzier MER162 MER Subscriber Article Lebanon, US Policy
Iran in the Campaign's Crosshairs Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER163 MER Public Article European Union, Israel, Sanctions, South Africa, US Policy
The Money Tree Martha Wenger MER164 MER Public Article Israel, US Policy
US Aid to Israel Martha Wenger MER164 MER Public Article Israel, US Policy
Washington's Game Plan in the Middle East
Joe Stork
Rashid Khalidi
 MER164 MER Subscriber Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
To Save Syria, Work with Russia and Iran
Aslı Bâli
Aziz Rana
Op-Eds Iran, Russia, Syria, US Policy
From the Editor The Editors MER264 MER Public Article Arms, China, Gulf, US Policy
Brownlee, Democracy Prevention Chris Toensing MER264 MER Subscriber Article Egypt, US Policy
Big Empire, Little Minds Christian Parenti MER264 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, US Policy
A Tale of Two Secessions in the Sahara George R. Trumbull IV MER264 MER Subscriber Article Mali, Sahel, South Sudan, Sudan, US Policy
Embracing Crisis in the Gulf Toby Jones MER264 MER Public Article Bahrain, Gulf, Oil, Saudi Arabia, US Policy
Culture, a Weapon System on the Wane Rochelle Davis MER264 MER Subscriber Article Afghanistan, Arms, Iraq, US Policy
Fighting Over Drones Laleh Khalili MER264 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Human Rights, September 11, US Policy
Anatomy of the US Targeted Killing Policy Lisa Hajjar MER264 MER Public Article Human Rights, September 11, US Policy
Plain Old Murder Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arms, Pakistan, September 11, US Policy, Yemen
From the Editor The Editors MER263 MER Public Article US Policy, Yemen
"Iran Will Require Assurances" Aslı Bâli MER Online - Article Iran, Nuclear, United Nations, US Policy
Operation Lip Service Chris Toensing Op-Eds Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, US Policy
To Stop the Killing, Deal with Asad
Aslı Bâli
Aziz Rana
Op-Eds Syria, United Nations, US Policy
Washington Watch Fred H. Lawson MER168 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Iraq, Kuwait, US Policy
America's Pakistan
Zia Mian
Sharon K. Weiner
 MER Online - Intervention Pakistan, September 11, US Policy
The Sudan Split Mimi Kirk MER262 MER Subscriber Article South Sudan, Sudan, US Policy
A Year After Tahrir Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arab World, Egypt, Iraq War (2003- ), Tunisia, US Policy
Narrowing the Options on the Table Farideh Farhi MER Online - Article Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
A New Clarity for Washington Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arab World, US Policy
Halliday, From Kabul to Managua Rajan Menon MER166 MER Subscriber Article Cold War, Russia, US Policy
Washington Watch Joe Stork MER166 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
The US in the Persian Gulf
Joe Stork
Martha Wenger
 MER168 MER Subscriber Article Gulf, US Policy
Editor's Bookshelf Joel Beinin MER168 MER Subscriber Article Debt, Egypt, Israel, US Policy
Al Miskin MER168 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Iraq, US Policy
Blocking Palestinian Statehood Chris Toensing Op-Eds Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Occupation, Palestine, United Nations, US Policy
Of "Instructors" and Interests in Iraq Reidar Visser MER Online - Article Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
The Grand (Hip-Hop) Chessboard Hisham Aidi MER260 MER Subscriber Article France, Islam, Music, Muslims in Europe, Race, September 11, US Policy
Bagram, Obama's Gitmo Lisa Hajjar MER260 MER Public Article Afghanistan, International Law, September 11, Torture, US Policy
America's Egypt Timothy Mitchell MER169 MER Public Article Development, Egypt, Foreign Aid, Political Economy, US Policy
"Eventually There Can Only Be an Arab Solution" James Paul MER169 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), United Nations, US Policy, Yemen
Calculating "Collateral Damage" Joost Hiltermann MER169 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Iraq, Kuwait, US Policy
From the Editors MER169 MER Public Article Sanctions, United Nations, US Policy
From the Editors MER170 MER Public Article Iraq, Kurds, US Policy
This Is Not Vietnam Marilyn Young MER171 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), US Policy
Ehrenfeld, Narcoterrorism Jonathan Marshall MER172 MER Subscriber Article Drugs, US Policy
"The Regime Has Simply Barricaded Itself in Khartoum" Joe Stork MER172 MER Subscriber Article Arab World, Sudan, US Policy
Dangerous Asset Joel Beinin MER173 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
Bush Locks Horns with Shamir Jeffrey Blankfort MER173 MER Public Article Israel, United States, US Policy
The Iraq Sanctions Catastrophe James Fine MER174 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, Sanctions, US Policy
Tilting Democracy Christopher Hitchens MER174 MER Public Article US Policy
The Democracy Agenda in the Arab World MER174 MER Public Article Democratization, US Policy
How Israel Gets Its Credit Rating Fareed Mohamedi MER175 MER Subscriber Article Israel, Political Economy, US Policy
Palestinian Self-Government Proposal Joe Stork MER175 MER Public Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace Process, US Policy
How Bush Backed Iraq Jack Colhoun MER176 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, US Policy
One World, No Rivals MER176 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
New Enemies for a New World Order Joe Stork MER176 MER Public Article Arms, US Policy
The News Industry MER177 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Press, US Policy
Discriminate Intervention Mariano Aguirre MER177 MER Subscriber Article European Union, NATO, US Policy
Shock Troops for the New Order David Isenberg MER177 MER Public Article Arms, US Policy
Making War Difficult: Cooperative Security in the Middle East
Joe Stork
Yahya Sadowski
 MER177 MER Subscriber Article Arms, US Policy
Reversing the Middle East Nuclear Race Yezid Sayigh MER177 MER Public Article Arms, Nuclear, US Policy
Scuds versus Butter Yahya Sadowski MER177 MER Subscriber Article Arms, Debt, Nuclear, Saudi Arabia, Syria, US Policy
From the Editors MER177 MER Public Article Arms, US Policy
USAID's "Free-Market" Democracy MER179 MER Subscriber Article Democratization, US Policy
Books on Oil Majid Alsayegh MER180 MER Subscriber Article Oil, US Policy
Gulf War Journalism Barbara Harlow MER180 MER Subscriber Article Censorship, Gulf War (1990-1991), Press, US Policy
Israel Stonewalls US Aid Investigation Jack Colhoun MER180 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
Money, Media and Policy Consensus Joel Beinin MER180 MER Public Article Israel, US Policy
From the Editors MER180 MER Public Article Somalia, United Nations, US Policy
Clinton, Israel and the Hamas Expulsion The Editors MER181 MER Public Article Hamas, Israel, US Policy
Fawcett, Iran and the Cold War Moyara de Moraes Ruehsen MER183 MER Subscriber Article Azerbaijan, Cold War, Iran, US Policy
Korn, Stalemate Mouin Rabbani MER183 MER Subscriber Article Arab-Israeli Conflict, US Policy
"Free People Will Set the Course of History" Robert Blecher MER Online - Intervention Iraq War (2003- ), United States, US Policy
Never Too Soon to Say Goodbye to Hi
Elliott Colla
Chris Toensing
 MER Online - Intervention Press, US Policy
Letting the Colonel In from the Cold Dennis Sammut MER184 MER Subscriber Article Libya, US Policy
From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement Patrick Gilkes MER185 MER Subscriber Article Somalia, United Nations, US Policy
The Saudi Economy: A Few Years Yet Until Doomsday Fareed Mohamedi MER185 MER Subscriber Article Economy, Oil, Saudi Arabia, US Policy
Elections and Mass Politics in Yemen Sheila Carapico MER185 MER Public Article Elections, US Policy, Yemen
Chemonics Revisited MER186 MER Subscriber Article Foreign Aid, US Policy
The Democratization Industry and the Limits of the New Intervention Robert Vitalis MER187 MER Subscriber Article Democratization, Foreign Aid, US Policy
Clinton, Ankara and Kurdish Human Rights Maryam Elahi MER189 MER Subscriber Article Human Rights, Kurds, Turkey, US Policy
Washington's Physics Problem in Iraq Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
From the Editors MER191 MER Public Article Iran, US Policy
Paris, Washington, Algiers
Roger Diwan
Fareed Mohamedi
 MER192 MER Subscriber Article Algeria, France, US Policy
Intervention, Sovereignty and Responsibility Sarah Graham-Brown MER193 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, Kurdistan, Sanctions, United Nations, US Policy
From the Editors MER193 MER Public Article Iraq, Sanctions, US Policy
Camille Mansour, Beyond Alliance Joe Stork MER194 MER Subscriber Article Israel, United States, US Policy
From the Editors MER194 MER Public Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
From the Editors MER196 MER Public Article Nuclear, US Policy
Nuclear Counterproliferation in the Middle East
Hans M. Kristensen
Joshua Handler
 MER197 MER Public Article France, Nuclear, US Policy
Keeping Up with the French William D. Hartung MER197 MER Subscriber Article Arms, France, US Policy
The Middle East Arms Bazaar After the Gulf War Joe Stork MER197 MER Subscriber Article Arms, US Policy
Iran and the Virtual Reality of US War Games William M. Arkin MER197 MER Public Article Arms, Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
Gun Belt in the Beltway Robert Vitalis MER197 MER Subscriber Article Saudi Arabia, US Policy
The Imperial Lament Joel Beinin MER Online - Intervention Britain, Colonialism, France, United States, US Policy
From the Editors MER201 MER Public Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
The Demise of Operation Provide Comfort Joost Hiltermann MER203 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, Kurds, US Policy
The Closing of the Arabian Frontier and the Future of Saudi-American Relations Robert Vitalis MER204 MER Subscriber Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Oil, Saudi Arabia, US Policy
Following the Flag Irene Gendzier MER205 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
(Re)Made in the USA
Lisa Hajjar
Steve Niva
MER205 MER Subscriber Article Orientalism, US Policy
From the Editor MER205 MER Public Article US Policy
Legalism and Realism in the Gulf Sheila Carapico MER206 MER Subscriber Article Gulf, Iraq, United Nations, US Policy
From the Editor Phyllis Bennis MER206 MER Public Article Iraq, US Policy
To Clear the Minefield Karen Pfeifer MER207 MER Subscriber Article Lebanon, US Policy
American "Blood Money" and a Question of Reparations Susan Slyomovics MER259 MER Public Article International Law, Pakistan, US Policy
From the Editor The Editors MER259 MER Public Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Washington Still Refuses to Learn an Obvious Lesson Chris Toensing Op-Eds Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, September 11, US Policy
US Aid to Israel Phyllis Bennis MER207 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
Short-Circuiting the Media/Policy Machine Sam Husseini MER208 MER Subscriber Article Media, Press, United States, US Policy
Points of Difference, Cases for Cooperation Volker Perthes MER208 MER Subscriber Article European Union, US Policy
From the Editor MER211 MER Public Article US Policy
The Fateful Choice The Editors MER Online - Article Al-Qaeda, International Law, September 11, Terrorism, US Policy
Between Clash and Cooptation Steve Niva MER208 MER Subscriber Article Islam, US Policy
Arab Perspectives on US Hegemony in the Middle East Georges Corm MER208 MER Subscriber Article Arab World, US Policy
Oil and the Middle East Simon Bromley MER208 MER Subscriber Article Oil, OPEC, US Policy
"Praise God and Pass the Ammunition!"
Phyllis Bennis
Khaled Mansour
 MER208 MER Subscriber Article Israel, US Policy
The Containment Myth Stephen Hubbell MER208 MER Public Article Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Oil, Sanctions, US Policy
From the Editor The Editors MER208 MER Public Article US Policy
The Rise and Fall of the "Rogue Doctrine" Michael Klare MER208 MER Subscriber Article Nuclear, United Nations, US Policy
What's the Line? Peter Hart MER258 MER Subscriber Article Egypt, Media, Press, US Policy
Sulayman the Malevolent Katherine Hawkins MER258 MER Subscriber Article Egypt, September 11, Torture, US Policy
Of Principle and Peril The Editors MER Online - Article France, International Law, Libya, Migration, United Nations, United States, US Policy
Seeking "Stability" Chris Toensing Op-Eds Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, US Policy
Arcs of Crises The Editors MER209 MER Public Article Gulf War (1990-1991), Islamism, US Policy
No Pink Slip for Salih Stacey Philbrick Yadav MER Online - Article Foreign Aid, US Policy, Yemen
No More Mr. Nice Autocracy Chris Toensing Op-Eds Egypt, US Policy
Dreamland: The Neoliberalism of Your Desires Timothy Mitchell MER210 MER Public Article Economy, Egypt, US Policy
The Working Class and Peasantry in the Middle East Joel Beinin MER210 MER Subscriber Article Political Economy, US Policy
The Fake Moderation of America's Moderate Middle East Allies
Aslı Bâli
Aziz Rana
Op-Eds Egypt, US Policy
Into Egypt's Uncharted Territory
Hesham Sallam
Joshua Stacher
Chris Toensing
 MER Online - Article Egypt, Foreign Aid, US Policy
Dead-Enders on the Potomac The Editors MER Online - Article Egypt, US Policy
Shootout in the Horn of Africa Dan Connell MER210 MER Public Article Eritrea, Ethiopia, US Policy
Rosen, Aftermath Chris Toensing MER257 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), Lebanon, US Policy
Visser, A Responsible End? Chris Toensing MER257 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
The Push for Petro in the Twenty-First Century Chris Toensing Op-Eds Oil, US Policy
Deep Traumas, Fresh Ambitions Joost Hiltermann MER257 MER Public Article Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq, Kurds, Turkey, US Policy
From the Editors The Editors MER257 MER Public Article Censorship, Tunisia, US Policy
Clipped Wings, Sharp Claws Joost Hiltermann MER212 MER Subscriber Article Iraq, US Policy
Iran and the United States James A. Bill MER212 MER Subscriber Article Iran, US Policy
From the Editor The Editors MER256 MER Public Article China, Horn of Africa, US Policy
Poetic Injustice Ian Urbina Op-Eds Iraq War (2003- ), Turkey, US Policy
Sanctions No Longer Serve US Interests Ian Urbina Op-Eds Libya, US Policy
The Fight for Iran's Democratic Ideals
Ian Urbina
Saeed Razavi-Faqih
Op-Eds Iran, US Policy, Youth
To Deny Iran Atomic Weapons, Create a Nuclear-Free Region Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
Hi, and a Low at the State Department Chris Toensing Op-Eds Pop Culture, US Policy
Imperial Musings in Washington Chris Toensing Op-Eds Colonialism, US Policy
Ethno-Sectarian Approach Likely to Have Lasting Consequences Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iraq, US Policy
Military Families Feel Betrayed by Administration Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iraq War (2003- ), United States, US Policy
Kerry on Israel: Me Too Catherine Cook Op-Eds Elections, Israel, US Policy
Middle East Reform: Right Idea, Wrong Plan
Maren Milligan
Jillian Schwedler
 Op-Eds Civil Rights, US Policy, Western Sahara
The Gaza Strip: From Bad to Worse Maren Milligan Op-Eds Gaza, Israel, Occupation, US Policy
Hypocrisy Doesn't Win Arab Friends Marc Lynch Op-Eds Democratization, Iraq War (2003- ), United States, US Policy
Iran's Human Rights Record Should Be As 'Intolerable' As Its Nukes Kaveh Ehsani Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, Sanctions, Trade, US Policy
Dictatorship Remains OK for our Allies Chris Toensing Op-Eds Egypt, Iraq War (2003- ), Saudi Arabia, United States, US Policy
For Arab World Peace, More Voices Need Attention
Waleed Hazbun
Michelle Woodward
 Op-Eds Arab World, Democratization, United States, US Policy
US Stays with Egyptian Dictator Chris Toensing Op-Eds Arab World, Democratization, United States, US Policy
West Bank Road Vs. Peace Stephanie Koury Op-Eds Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Occupation, Palestine, US Policy
Why Hamas Won and Why Negotiations Must Resume Joel Beinin Op-Eds Elections, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, US Policy
Respect Democracy? Engage Hamas Richard Falk Op-Eds Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, US Policy
Hurting Peace, Not Hamas Michelle Woodward Op-Eds Foreign Aid, Palestine, US Policy
Obama's Nuclear Postures Zia Mian MER Online - Article Nuclear, US Policy
We Need Negotiations, Not Saber-Rattling, With Iran Kaveh Ehsani Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, Sanctions, US Policy
Let Cooler Heads Prevail on Iran
Shiva Balaghi
Chris Toensing
 Op-Eds Iran, Nuclear, US Policy
National Unity in Iraq -- As One Government or Three? Sinan Antoon Op-Eds Iraq, US Policy
The Power of The Guantánamo Bar Association Lisa Hajjar Op-Eds Guantánamo Bay, US Policy
Court Wrongly OKs Profiling Moustafa Bayoumi Op-Eds Arab Americans, Human Rights, US Policy
Letting Gaza Burn Chris Toensing Op-Eds Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, US Policy
Grinding Palestine To Powder Lori Allen Op-Eds European Union, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Sanctions, US Policy
Israeli Siege is Undermining Peace Lori Allen Op-Eds Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Sanctions, US Policy
Study Group Shows Why US Must Leave Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
Behind the Gaza Breakdown Chris Toensing Op-Eds Hamas, Israel, Palestinians, US Policy
Iraqis Deserved Better Justice Shiva Balaghi Op-Eds Iraq, US Policy
Somalia Airstrikes Are Not the Answer Khalid Mustafa Medani Op-Eds Al-Qaeda, Somalia, US Policy
Wasting Time In The Middle East Joel Beinin Op-Eds Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace Process, US Policy
Hear Out Muslim Brotherhood
Joshua Stacher
Samer Shehata
 Op-Eds Egypt, US Policy
A Simulacrum of Internationalization Chris Toensing Op-Eds Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace Process, US Policy
Israel's Military Court System Is the Model to Avoid Lisa Hajjar Op-Eds Israel, Palestinians in Israel, Torture, US Policy
Waging Peace, Step by Step Chris Toensing Op-Eds Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
A Country at a Crossroads Kamran Asdar Ali Op-Eds Pakistan, US Policy
Egypt Stifles Debate in the United States Bayann Hamid Op-Eds Egypt, Foreign Aid, US Policy
A Battleground for the Foreseeable Future Chris Toensing Op-Eds US Policy
Yes, We Really Must Talk With Iran
Charles Knight
Chris Toensing
 Op-Eds Iran, Iraq, Syria, US Policy
Gaza, the 21st Century Ghetto Bayann Hamid Op-Eds Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, US Policy
Letters, He Gets Letters Chris Toensing Op-Eds Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, US Policy
Western Sahara Poser for UN Jacob Mundy Op-Eds Morocco, United Nations, US Policy, Western Sahara
More Troops Won't Do It Chris Toensing Op-Eds Afghanistan, Terrorism, US Policy
The Reawakened Specter of Iraqi Civil War Michael Wahid Hanna MER Online - Article Iraq War (2003- ), Terrorism, US Policy
Dismantling the Matrix of Control Jeff Halper MER Online - Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Refugees, Settlements, US Policy
Norse Code The Editors MER Online - Article US Policy
A Reckoning Deferred The Editors MER Online - Article Iraq, US Policy
War Is Peace, Sanctions Are Diplomacy Carah Ong MER Online - Article Iran, Nuclear, Sanctions, US Policy
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Elliott Colla
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The Joint Strike Fighter in the Middle East
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American Justice, Ashcroft-Style Keith Feldman MER224 MER Public Article Civil Rights, Guantánamo Bay, Race, US Policy
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Strings and the Global Gulliver Ian Williams MER Online - Article Iraq War (2003- ), Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations, US Policy
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Shiite Religious Parties Fill Vacuum in Southern Iraq Juan Cole MER Online - Article Iraq War (2003- ), Shiism, US Policy
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The Palestinian Elections That Never Were Charmaine Seitz MER Online - Article Elections, Palestine, US Policy
Occupied Maan Jillian Schwedler MER Online - Article Iraq, Jordan, US Policy
Letter from France Jean-Paul Chagnollaud MER Online - Article France, Iraq, US Policy
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Bilal El-Amine
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Sanctions Renewed on Iraq Sarah Graham-Brown MER Online - Article Iraq, Sanctions, United Nations, US Policy
The Band Played On Kamran Asdar Ali MER Online - Article Pakistan, Terrorism, US Policy
Jordan's King Abdallah in Washington Marc Lynch MER Online - Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jordan, US Policy
Bleak Horizons After Operation Defensive Wall Mouin Rabbani MER Online - Article Israel, Occupation, Palestine, US Policy
The "Do More" Chorus in Washington Charles D. Smith MER Online - Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United States, US Policy
War Clouds Over Somalia Dan Connell MER Online - Article Horn of Africa, US Policy
Toward Submission or War in Palestine? Adam Hanieh MER Online - Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Occupation, US Policy
Turkey's Ecevit Ertugrul Kurkcu MER Online - Article Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey, US Policy
Iraq: Rolling Over Sanctions, Raising the Stakes Sarah Graham-Brown MER Online - Article Iraq, Sanctions, US Policy
Pitching the Princes Robert Vitalis MER254 MER Subscriber Article Saudi Arabia, US Policy
Smart Sanctions Marc Lynch MER Online - Article Iraq, Sanctions, United Nations, US Policy
Sudan's Opposition and the US Dan Connell MER Online - Article Sudan, US Policy
The Mitchell Report Mouin Rabbani MER Online - Article Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace Process, US Policy
Catcher's Mitt Graham Usher MER Online - Article Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Policy
Once More Into the Breach Ussama Makdisi MER Online - Intervention Orientalism, US Policy
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Iranians Debate the 1953 Coup Malcolm Byrne MER216 MER Subscriber Article Iran, US Policy
The CIA Looks Back at the 1953 Coup in Iran Mark J. Gasiorowski MER216 MER Subscriber Article Iran, US Policy
The Situation in Iraq: Democracy Cannot Be Manufactured at Foggy Bottom or the Pentagon Laurie King-Irani MER Online - Article Human Rights, Iraq, Sanctions, US Policy
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Iraqi Elections Chris Toensing MER234 MER Public Article Elections, Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
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Not All Roads Lead to Washington Yahya Sadowski MER249 MER Subscriber Article US Policy
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Afghan Wonderland Christian Parenti MER239 MER Public Article Afghanistan, US Policy
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Rogue Libya's Long Road Lisa Anderson MER241 MER Subscriber Article Libya, US Policy
Imagining the Next Occupation Jason Brownlee MER249 MER Public Article Iraq War (2003- ), US Policy
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