CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Jin Liangxiang, Energy First
China's thirst for oil requires active engagement in the Middle East

Dan Blumenthal, Providing Arms
Beijing builds its diplomacy on guns, not butter

THE POST-ZIONIST CRITIQUE

Meyrav Wurmser, Post-Zionism and the Sephardi Question
Some Jews from Arab countries have second thoughts

Efraim Karsh, Benny Morris's Reign of Error, Revisited
Morris still tries to blame Israel for the Palestinian refugee crisis

Daniel Pipes, "The Hell of Israel Is Better than the Paradise of Arafat"
Surprise: Palestinians prefer a liberal democracy

Timothy Furnish, Beheading in the Name of Islam
Decapitation has a long Islamist legacy

Khaleel Mohammed, Assessing English Translations of the Qur'an
Sectarian bias and political agendas mar most publications

INTERVIEWS

King Abdullah II, "Iraq is the Battleground-the West against Iran."
Jordan tries to build stability in a rough neighborhood

Kanan Makiya, "All Levels of the Iraqi Government Were Complicit."
A leading Iraqi intellectual discusses tyranny, freedom, and remembrance

CORRESPONDENCE

Who Undercut Ambassador Horan?
A colleague of the late Ambassador recollects his recall from Saudi Arabia

COMMENTARY

Suzanne Gershowitz, Dissident Watch: Aktham Naisse
A Damocles' sword hangs over Syria's most outspoken human rights activist

REVIEWS

Brief Reviews
Hizb ut-Tahr ... CIA ... IAEA ... Eurabia ... Neve Shalom ... Israel's Left