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On June 7, Lebanon chooses between the incumbents and the Islamists - but only a grand coalition government makes sense.
Lebanese voters head to the polls Sunday morning in elections that could determine their nation's future direction and strategic position in the Middle East.
WHAT could Barack Obama tell the Muslim world tomorrow that we would be happy to hear? He could tell us that he’s going to stay out of our elections.
Efforts to move the Israeli–Palestinian peace process forward will fail if the United States continues to marginalize or ignore Hamas.
The costs of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s economic mismanagement and foreign policy adventurism may compel the Islamic Republic to usher in a new era which focuses on competent management and economic growth. But if the last three decades are any guide corrections have usually tended to take place after two presidential terms are served, not one.
Carnegie experts in the Middle East and D.C. discussed regional expectations for President Obama's address to the Muslim world, the administration’s approach to the Arab-Israeli peace process, and the significance of his stops in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Lebanon faces critical parliamentary elections on June 7 between the pro-western March 14 coalition and the March 8 coalition led by Hezbollah. Whatever majority might be gained by either side will be very slim.
The appointment of a Muslim woman who wears the hijab (headscarf) to the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships has generated discussion in Europe over whether European Muslim women could experience greater political participation.
If anything can unblock the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and save the threatened prospects for a two-state solution, it is the Arab initiative.
In February 2009, the Saudi government released a new list of 85 most wanted terrorism suspects. All of the individuals on the list are suspected of being outside the country’s borders, many in neighboring Yemen.