Middle East Commentary - July, 2008

Iran: The Threat
Thomas Powers
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21592
At a moment of serious challenge, battered by two wars, ballooning debt, and a faltering economy, the United States appears to have lost its capacity to think clearly. Consider what passes for national discussion on the matter of Iran.

Lebanon's Palestinian Ghetto Redesigned
Don Duncan
LeMonde Diplomatique - July, 2008
http://mondediplo.com/2008/07/13lebanon
2008 MENA Economic Developments and Prospects: Regional Integration for Global Competitiveness
World Bank - June, 2008

Does the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Still Matter? Analyzing Arab Public Perceptions
Shibley Telhami
Brookings Institution - June, 2008
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/06_middle_east_telhami/06_middle_east_telhami.pdf

The Food Price Crisis in the Arab Countries: Short Term Responses to a Lasting Challenge
Ibrahim Saif
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - June, 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20246&prog=zgp&proj=zme,zted

Egypt's Muslim Brothers: Confrontation or Integration?
International Crisis Group - June, 2008
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5487&l=1

Democratization and Its Discontents: Should America Push Political Reform in the Middle East?
Eva Bellin
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080701fareviewessay87408/eva-bellin/democratization-and-its-discontents.html

When to Leave Iraq: Today, Tomorrow or Yesterday?
Colin H. Kahl and William E. Odom
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080701faresponse87413/colin-h-kahl-william-e-odom/when-to-leave-iraq.html