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Engaging Hamas and Hezbollah, by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, October 29, 2007
Hamas: Islamic democracy and national liberation, by Sukant Chandan, Conflicts Forum, October 15, 2007
Ticking clocks and ‘accidental’ war, by Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, October 14, 2007. (An edited version of this article appeared in the October edition of US/ME Policy Brief, US/Middle East Project.)
From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism, From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism by Adnan Musallam - a review by Alastair Crooke, Journal of Islamic Studies (Vol 18, Number 3), Oxford University Press, September, 2007
Secularism and Islamism in the Arab world, by Sukant Chandan, Conflicts Forum, October 7, 2007
Your best friend hates you, by Ibrahim El Houdaiby, Conflicts Forum, September 30, 2007
Do not undermine moderate Islamists: The case of Muslim Brotherhood leader, Khayrat El-Shater, by Ibrahim El Houdaiby, Conflicts Forum, September 13, 2007
Talking to terrorists, by Alastair Crooke, BBC Radio 4, July 15, 2007
The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam, by Henry Siegman, London Review of Books*, August 19, 2007
Washington in Lebanon and Palestine: fatal manipulation, by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, openDemocracy, August 14, 2007
Our second biggest mistake in the Middle East, by Alastair Crooke, London Review of Books, June 28, 2007
Document details ‘U.S.’ plan to sink Hamas, by Mark Perry and Paul Woodward, Asia Times, May 16, 2007
Hamas as a revolutionary movement, by Mark Perry, Palestine Internationalist, March, 2007
How the Saudis stole a march on the U.S., by Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, March 5, 2007
Stoking the fire, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, February 8, 2007
Jimmy Carter’s Lipstadt problem, by Mark Perry, Conflicts Forum, January 27, 2007
The Middle East’s new map, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, December 21, 2006
The martial plan, by Mark Perry, Conflicts Forum, December 18, 2006
If the U.S. should talk to Iran, why shouldn’t it talk to Hamas?, by Paul Woodward, Conflicts Forum, December 7, 2006
The white man’s club, by Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, November 9, 2006
The axis of not quite as evil, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, November 2, 2006
How Hezbollah defeated Israel - Part one: Winning the intelligence war, by Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, October 12, 2006
How Hezbollah defeated Israel - Part two: Winning the ground war, by Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, October 13, 2006
How Hezbollah defeated Israel - Part three: The political war, by Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, October 14, 2006
Así derrotó Hezbolá a Israel, Autor: Alastair Crooke y Mark Perry, 12 de octubre de 2006
A slippage in language, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, September 7, 2006
The “new Orientalism”, by Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, August 31, 2006
Why America can’t end the conflict, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, August 10, 2006
The loser in Lebanon: The Atlantic alliance, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, August 8, 2006
How to lose the war on terrorism - Part one: Talking with the ‘terrorists’, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, March 31, 2006
How to lose the war on terrorism - Part two: Handing victory to the extremists, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, April 1, 2006
How to lose the war on terrorism - Part three: An exchange of narratives, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, June 3, 2006
How to lose the war on terrorism - Part four: Acts of faith, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, June 6, 2006
How to lose the war on terrorism - Part five: The politics of indignation, by Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, June 8, 2006
Defend the NPT, by Alastair Crooke, Prospect, June, 2006
Talking to Hamas, by Alastair Crooke, Prospect, June, 2006
Back to 1967, by Alastair Crooke, Prospect, March 23, 2006
Let them starve, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, March 2, 2006
Intolerable disappointment, by Alastair Crooke, World Today, March, 2006
Leaning on Hamas, by Alastair Crooke, IPG Journal, March, 2006
Painting ourselves into the corner of PLO non-recognition, by Alastair Crooke, The Muslim News, February 24, 2006
The best chance towards an enduring settlement, by Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, January 31, 2006
The bloody cost of hugging “good intentions” in Iraq, by Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, January 26, 2006
Wagging the wolf, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, January 5, 2006
Dispensing statehood, by Mark Perry, Palestine Report, September 7, 2005
From conflict to politics, by Alastair Crooke, The Guardian, July 28, 2005
Judging Abbas, by Mark Perry, Palestine Report, June 29, 2005
Listening and talking, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, June 2, 2005
In search of respect at the table: Hamas ceasefires 2001-03, by Alastair Crooke, Conciliation Resources, June, 2005
The road ahead: perspectives on disarming Hamas, by Alastair Crooke, Conciliation Resources, June, 2005
Apply sparingly, by Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, May 12, 2005
Prospects for Palestinian security reform, by Alastair Crooke, Arab Reform Bulletin, February, 2005
It is essential to talk to the ‘terrorists’, by Alastair Crooke, The Guardian, December, 2004
Waving, not drowning: strategic dimensions of ceasefires and Islamic movements, by Alastair Crooke and Beverley Milton-Edwards, Security Dialogue, September, 2004
Elusive ingredient: Hamas and the peace process, by Alastair Crooke and Beverley Milton-Edwards, Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer, 2004
Should we talk to political Islam?, by Alastair Crooke and Beverley Milton-Edwards, British Council, July 5, 2004
The price of ignorance, by Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, June, 2004
America’s Arafat obsession, by Mark Perry, Palestine Report, August 20, 2003