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CMEPP in the News: Commentaries: 2003

RAND researchers often write commentaries for publications on a variety of topics. This page lists commentaries and op-eds about the Middle East. For a complete list of commentaries and op-eds by RAND staff, visit the RAND Newsroom.

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December 17, 2003: Saddam Is Ours. Does Al Qaeda Care?

By Bruce Hoffman (New York Times)

December 10, 2003: Leaving Irag Too Soon Leads to Failure

By Seth G. Jones (Newsday)

December 6, 2003: Democracy is Best Weapon Against Terrorists in Pakistan

By Rollie Lal and Sara Daly (Chicago Sun-Times)

December 3, 2003: Killing bin Laden, et al, Is No Help

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

November 13, 2003: Pick the UN's Best for a Wider Iraq Role

By Charles Wolf Jr. (International Herald Tribune; available on iht.com)

September 13, 2003: The Perfect Army for Iraq: NATO

By Robert E. Hunter (New York Times)

July 21, 2003: America Needs Europe, to Win Peace in Iraq

By Robert Hunter (Financial Times)

July 20, 2003: The Next Debate: Al Qaeda Link

By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (New York Times)

July 18, 2003: The Decision for War Was Still Right

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Wall Street Journal, European Edition)

July 17, 2003: We've Been Down This Road Before

By James Dobbins (Los Angeles Times)

June 13, 2003: America's Record on Nation Building

By James Dobbins and Seth G. Jones (The New York Times)

May 7, 2003: Hard-earned lessons on nation-building

By Carl Bildt (The International Herald Tribune)

April 11, 2003: And, Now: The Battle For Peace and Order

By James Dobbins (New York Newsday)

March 17, 2003: Learn the Lessons: Know the Price of Iraq War Before Fighting Erupts

By Robert Hunter (Defense News)

March 16, 2003: What if we don't attack Iraq?

By Brian Jenkins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

March 2, 2003: Bush, Blair Can Get the Second OK They Want -- And Need

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union Tribune)

January 19, 2003: War Or Peace? Why, for now, there will be no war with Iraq

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 17, 2003: Turkey Walks a Tightrope Over Iraq Issues

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Newsday)

January 6, 2003: Iraqi Oil and the Global Economy

By James T. Bartis (Albany Times-Union)