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CMEPP in the News: Commentaries: 2004

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.

CMEPP in The News Archive:
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December 10, 2004: 'Oil for Food' Worked

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

December 2, 2004: In Iran, the U.S. Can't Stay on the Sidelines

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

October 20, 2004: Iraqi Security Forces: Numbers and Needs

By Olga Oliker (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

October 20, 2004: Elections and Nation-building

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

August 27, 2004: Talk It Out on Iran Before It's Too Late

By Robert Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

August 24, 2004: US Troop Withdrawals Costly to Alliances

By Robert E. Hunter (Christian Science Monitor)

August 12, 2004: Afghanistan Without Doctors

By Cheryl Benard (Wall Street Journal)

August 11, 2004: Nation-Building Returns to Favour

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

August 9, 2004: A Dangerous Peace

By Seth Jones (Newsweek) Read commentary msnbc.msn.com

July 23, 2004: Lessons from the Past for Iraq's Future

By Bruce Hoffman (San Diego Union-Tribune)

June 27, 2004: Securing the Peace Will Require Finesse

By James Dobbins (Orange County Register)

June 27, 2004: Engage, Don't Isolate, Iran

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union Tribune)

June 8, 2004: Fighting the Insurgency

By Bruce Hoffman (Washington Times)

May 28, 2004: Gaining The Iraqis' Toleration

By James Dobbins and Philip H. Gordon (Washington Post)

May 27, 2004: A Chance to Overcome Religious Divisions

By Rollie Lal (San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 17, 2004: Changing Course In Iraq Is Not an Option

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

May 13, 2004 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

By Gregory Treverton and Spencer Kim (Korea Herald)

May 6, 2004: Time to Deal With Iran

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

April 29, 2004: Gaza pullout - a Cynic's Path to 'Peace'

By Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

April 25, 2004: Bin Laden May Be Fishing for Allies on Europe's Secular Left

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

April 15, 2004: Can We Learn from Others?

By William Rosenau and Peter Chalk (Wall Street Journal)

March 18, 2004: A Perilous Journey from Sovereignty to the Polls

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

February 17, 2004: Beyond Iraq and the end of the US monopoly

Robert E. Hunter (Financial Times)

January 20, 2004: Bringing the Afghan experience to Iraq

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

January 16, 2004: Help the PA Push Out Hamas

By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson (Wall Street Journal, European Edition)

January 4, 2004: Mao as Guide to Fight in Iraq

By Ralph Masi (San Francisco Chronicle)