From the Middle East Quarterly

Hezbollah's Plans for Lebanon
by Hilal Khashan

The Politics of Muslim Magic
by Dawn Perlmutter

Can Assad's Syria Survive Revolution?
by Eyal Zisser

Questioning Riyadh's Nuclear Rationale
by Yoel Guzansky

Will Riyadh Get the Bomb?
by Naser al-Tamimi

The Maturation of Indo-Israeli Ties
by P. R. Kumaraswamy

Problems in the U.S. Military
by David J. Rusin

Jerusalem's Decreasing Isolation
by Efraim Inbar

MEF Articles

What Turkey's Riots Mean
by Daniel Pipes :: June 19

Muslim Persecution of Christians: March, 2013
by Raymond Ibrahim :: June 12

Russia's new Middle Eastern role
by David P. Goldman :: June 10

The Center for American Progress' Willful Blindness
by Andrew E. Harrod :: June 9

Happy Israel
by Daniel Pipes :: June 5

When Sunni and Shiite Extremists Make War
by Daniel Pipes :: June 5

Muslim Civil Wars Stem from a Crisis of Civilization
by David P. Goldman :: June 5

The Good News in Turkey
by Daniel Pipes :: June 4

The France/Jihadist Critical Mass
by Michel Gurfinkiel :: June 3

Jihad on Egypt's Christian Children
by Raymond Ibrahim :: June 3

The economics of the 'Turkish Spring'
by David P. Goldman :: June 3

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In the Spotlight:

With the mass demonstrations throughout Turkey showing no sign of abating despite the government’s heavy-handed measures, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan derided the protests as the work of secularist opponents of the ruling Islamist AKP party. “This is a protest organized by extremist elements,” he claimed. “We will not give away anything to those who live arm-in-arm with terrorism.” Meanwhile an apology by Deputy PM Bulent Arinc for the use of excessive force was dismissed by protesters as an insincere ploy to quell public anger.

• The economics of the 'Turkish Spring' by David P. Goldman (June 3, 2013)
• The Problem with Turkey's "Zero Problems" by Ilias I. Kouskouvelis (Winter 2013)
• Ankara's "Economic Miracle" Collapses by David P. Goldman (Winter 2012)
• What Drives Turkish Foreign Policy? by Svante E. Cornell (Winter 2012)

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