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LEBANON
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Student Politics in Lebanon
Lebanon's annual round of university student elections, held by most schools in mid-November, offers revealing glimpses of what politics might look like after Syrian troops depart.
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Gary C. Gambill
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Dossier: Issam Fares
Although widely credited in Lebanon and Syria with convincing American officials to accept Syria's occupation of Lebanon, Lebanese billionaire Issam Fares' reputation is largely hype.
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
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Hariri's Dilemma
Lebanon's prime minister faces a difficult dilemma: comply with Syrian demands and fade into obsolescence, or stand his ground and fight.
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Gary C. Gambill
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SAUDI ARABIA
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Interview: Saad al-Faqih
One of Saudi Arabia's leading dissidents speaks with MEIB about why the royal family is living on borrowed time.
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Mahan Abedin |
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IRAQ
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Syria's Failure in Iraq
While Syria's proxy war against coalition forces in Iraq has been a success, the political track of its strategy is floundering.
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Gary C. Gambill |
The Intelligence on Iraq's WMD
Contrary to popular belief, American pre-war intelligence estimates of Iraq's WMD capabilities were sound, if not fully accurate.
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Thomas Patrick Carroll
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