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North Africa, Middle East, and the Persian Gulf

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"Somalia, Redux: A More Hands-Off Approach," by David Axe, Policy Analysis no. 649, October 12, 2009

"Organ Sales and Moral Travails: Lessons from the Living Kidney Vendor Program in Iran," by Benjamin E. Hippen, Policy Analysis no. 614, March 20, 2008

"Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey Sapolsky and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 610, February 13, 2008

"Escaping the Trap: Why the United States Must Leave Iraq," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 588, February 14, 2007

"The Bottom Line on Iran: The Costs and Benefits of Preventive War versus Deterrence," by Justin Logan, Policy Analysis no. 583, December 4, 2006

"Suicide Terrorism and Democracy: What We’ve Learned Since 9/11," by Robert A. Pape, Policy Analysis no. 582, November 1, 2006

"Iran's Nuclear Program: America's Policy Options," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 578, September 18, 2006

"Iraq's Odious Debts," by Patricia Adams, Policy Analysis no. 526, September 28, 2004

"The Syria Accountability Act: Taking the Wrong Road to Damascus," by Claude Salhani, Policy Analysis no. 512, March 18, 2004

"Can Iraq Be Democratic?," by Patrick Basham, Policy Analysis no. 505, January 5, 2004

"Iraq: The Wrong War," by Charles V. Peña, Policy Analysis no. 502, December 15, 2003

"Monetary Options for Postwar Iraq," by Steve H. Hanke and Matt Sekerke, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 80, September 22, 2003

"Mending the U.S.-European Rift over the Middle East," by Leon T. Hadar, Policy Analysis no. 485, August 20, 2003

"Casualties of War: Transatlantic Relations and the Future of NATO in the Wake of the Second Gulf War," by Christopher Layne, Policy Analysis no. 483, August 13, 2003

"After Victory: Toward a New Military Posture in the Persian Gulf," by Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 477, June 10, 2003

"Why the United States Should Not Attack Iraq," by Ivan Eland and Bernard Gourley, Policy Analysis no. 464, December 17, 2002

"Befriending Saudi Princes: A High Price for a Dubious Alliance," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 428, March 20, 2002

"Are Our Troops Ready for Biological and Chemical Attacks?," by Eric R. Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 467, February 5, 2002

"The Great Game, Round 2: Washington's Misguided Support for the Baku-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline," by Stanley Kober, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 63, October 31, 2000

"Imperial Overreach: Washington's Dubious Strategy to Overthrow Saddam Hussein," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 360, November 17, 1999

"Time Bomb: The Escalation of U.S. Security Commitments in the Persian Gulf Region," by Barbara Conry, Policy Analysis no. 258, September 29, 1996

"America's Misguided Policy of Dual Containment in the Persian Gulf," by Barbara Conry, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 33, November 10, 1994

"The Real Lesson of the Oslo Accord: "Localize" the Arab-Israeli Conflict," by Leon T. Hadar, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 31, May 9, 1994

"The "Green Peril": Creating the Islamic Fundamentalist Threat," by Leon T. Hadar, Policy Analysis no. 177, August 27, 1992

""Ancient History": U.S. Conduct in the Middle East Since World War II and the Folly of Intervention," by Sheldon L. Richman, Policy Analysis no. 159, August 16, 1991

"Extricating America from Its Middle Eastern Entanglement," by Leon T. Hadar, Policy Analysis no. 154, June 12, 1991

"Time for Congress to Vote on the Issue of War in the Gulf," by Christopher Layne and Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 5, December 14, 1990

"Arabian Nightmares: Washington's Persian Gulf Entanglement," by Christopher Layne and Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 142, November 9, 1990

"Do We Need to Go to War For Oil?," by David R. Henderson, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 4, October 24, 1990

"The Rise of the Middle Eastern Bogeyman: Toward Post-Cold-War Interventionism," by Leon T. Hadar, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 2, September 5, 1990

"Creating a U.S Policy of Constructive Disengagement in the Middle East," by Leon T. Hadar, Policy Analysis no. 125, December 29, 1989

"Where Angels Fear to Tread: The United States and the Persian Gulf Conflict," by Sheldon L. Richman, Policy Analysis no. 90, September 9, 1987

"A Fortress Built on Quicksand: U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 80, January 5, 1987

"The United States and the Persian Gulf," by Sheldon L. Richman, Policy Analysis no. 46, January 10, 1985

"The Rapid Deployment Force: The Few, the Futile, the Expendable," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 44, November 8, 1984

"The United States in Lebanon: A Case for Disengagement," by Sheldon L. Richman, Policy Analysis no. 35, April 3, 1984

"Can Non-intervention Survive Afghanistan?," by Earl C. Ravenal, Policy Analysis no. -3, June 1, 1980



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