OP-EDs

Reflection in Lebanon, Israel, but not in U.S. Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2006

Success by Hezbollah Overshadows Al-Qaida San Jose Mercury News, July 30, 2006

The Limits of Escalation Baltimore Sun, July 17, 2006

When Iraq Abuses Fail to Shock The Forward, June 2, 2006

Seeing Iran through American Prism , Baltimore Sun, May 15, 2006

Arab Public Opinion and the Trial of Saddam Hussein, bitterlemons-international.org, May 11, 2006

Challenge Bigger than Iraq, Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2006

Seeing Hamas through different lenses, Baltimore Sun, March 15, 2006

In the Mideast, the Third Way is a Myth, The Washington Post, February 17, 2006

Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad: From Insult to Crisis, National Public Radio, January 31, 2006

The Palestinians' New Dynamic, Baltimore Sun, January 25, 2006

Rush to Stabilize may Backfire in Polarized Iraq, San Jose Mercury, Perspective, Sunday, October 30, 2005

 The Iraq War Has Only Set Back Middle East Reform, NPR.org "Taking Issue," March 14, 2005

The Palestinian Elections: The Challenges Cannot be Wished Away, San Jose Mercury, Perspectives Section, Sunday, January 9, 2005

Are We Stuck in Iraq? San Jose Mercury, Sunday, October 17, 2004

Al-Qaida on Course Baltimore Sun, Sunday, July 18, 2004

A Growing Muslim Identity Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 11, 2004

Whose Iraq is it? San Jose Mercury, Sunday, June 27, 2004

Photos Etched in Arab Minds, Baltimore Sun, Sunday, May 9, 2004

Double Blow to Mideast Democracy, Washington Post, Saturday, May 1, 2004

They don't like us, San Jose Mercury, Sunday, April 11, 2004

Israel Gains Little, Risks Much With Yassin Killing, Baltimore Sun, March 23, 2004

The Iraq War: One Year Later - The Arabs See Danger, Not Hope in Iraq by Shibley Telhami, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 14, 2004

War and Liberty-- by Mark Graber and Shibley Telhami, The Baltimore Sun, November 18, 2003

Share the Burden or Bear the Blame, Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2003

'Road Map' Flaws Exposed, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 15, 2003

Plenty of Potholes on the Path to Peace, Baltimore Sun, Friday, May 9, 2003

Syria's Place in the U.S. Agenda, Baltimore Sun, Sunday, April 20, 2003

Mideast Peace?: An Arab-Israeli Pact Must Come First, The New York Times, Saturday, April 12, 2003

History and Humiliation, The Washington Post, Friday, March 28, 2003

Arab Public Opinion - A Survey in Six Countries, San Jose Mercury, Sunday, March 16, 2003

Repression Not Democracy in the Middle East is the Likely Outcome of War, Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2003

This is the Stuff of Great Powers, Right?,  Baltimore Sun, February 28, 2003

A Serious Risk to Oil Supply, Baltimore Sun, February 13, 2003

The Bigger Threat, Version of which appeared in Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2003

A Hidden Cost of War on Iraq, New York Times, October 7, 2002

Regional Reluctance, San Jose Mercury (Perspective Section) Sunday, September 22, 2002

How a Tragedy Changed Foreign Policy Making in America, Al-Qabas (Arabic), Kuwait - September 12, 2002.

No Clear Vision, San Jose Mercury, June 30, 2002

Mideast Policy Tug-of-War, Baltimore Sun, June 30, 2002

The Case Against a Mini Palestine, The Washington Post, June 18, 2002

Mideast: Focus on the Possible, Amitai Etzioni and Shibley Telhami, Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2002

Public, Leaders A Poll Apart, Shibley Telhami and Steven Kull, Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2002

Likud Move Will Mean More Later, Baltimore Sun, May 16, 2002

US Must Define Peace Terms, Edward P. Djerejian and Shibley Telhami, Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2002

Standing Alone With Our Views on Terrorism, Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 19, 2002

Restore Our Moral Authority, Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 17, 2002

The US’s Mideast Disconnect, Christian Science Monitor, Monday, April 15, 2002

Public Opinion Could Flare Out of Control in Arab Nations, San Jose Mercury, Sunday, April 7, 2002

Why Suicide Terrorism Takes Root, New York Times, Thursday, April 4, 2002

A Simple Mideast Plan with Huge Implications, Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Technology exacerbates gap between haves and have-nots, Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, March 5, 2002

Peace Plan has already had an impact, San Jose Mercury, March 3, 2002

Polling and Politics in Riyadh, New York Times, Sunday, March 3, 2002

Put Middle East Terror in Global Perspective, Baltimore Sun, Sunday, February 17, 2002

Don’t Let Iraq Dictate Anti-Terrorism Policy, Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, February 13, 2002

A Need for Prudence in the Persian Gulf, New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 2002

A Time to Value Our World of Worry, Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, January 2, 2002

Who is Responsible? Al-Hayat, Thursday, December 27, 2001

Middle East: Will They Ever Learn? Christian Science Monitor, Wednesday, December 05, 2001

Arafat's Predicament, Boston Globe, Tuesday, December 4, 2001

Prism on Palestine, Washington Post, Saturday, October 27, 2001

Where are the Arab World's Moderate Voices, Los Angeles Times, Friday, October 19, 2001

Seeking a Strong Answer to Extremists, San Jose Mercury, Sunday, October 14, 2001

It's Not About Faith, Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, October 10, 2001

One War, Two Separate Missions, Shibley Telhami and David Wippman, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 7, 2001

The Mideast is Also Changed, New York Times, Wednesday, September 19, 2001

What Debate on Zionism is Really About, Boston Globe, Thursday, August 30, 2001

Sympathy for the Palestinians, Washington Post, Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

Time for Realism on Handling Iraq, Washington Post, Wednesday, June 20, 2001

Starting Over in the Mideast, Baltimore Sun, Friday, June 01, 2001

Timidity Risks More Bloodshed, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, May 27, 2001

Mitchell's Middle East Hope, Christian Science Monitor, Thursday, May 24, 2001

The Profound Risks of Palestinian-Israeli Escalation, Christian Science Monitor, Friday, April 27, 2001

Message for Israel: Leadership Needed, Baltimore Sun, Sunday, March 18, 2001

Barak Felled by Country's Psychology of Insecurity, San Jose Mercury, February 11, 2001

Price of Peace Less Than War, Baltimore Sun, January 5, 2001

Peace Hasn't Got a Prayer if Conflict Turns Religious, Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2000

A Stone's Throw from Death, Baltimore Sun, November 17, 2000

A Different Light Gives Arafat's Acts New Meaning, Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2000

How Mideast Diplomacy Lost Control, San Jose Mercury News, October 15, 2000

Mideast needs aggressive U.S. plan to end conflict, USA Today, October 9, 2000

Enter the Israeli Arabs, The Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2000

So Close, and So Dangerous, Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2000

Open policy door for Arabs, Muslims, The Baltimore Sun, August 25, 2000

There is still a way to get Barak and Arafat to agree on Jerusalem, The Boston Globe, August 5, 2000

Avoiding blame in Mideast summit, The Baltimore Sun, July 27, 2000

. . . Let's Make a Deal, The Washington Post, July 21, 2000

Seeking justice at Camp David, The Baltimore Sun, July 19, 2000

If at First You Don't Succeed, Postpone, Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2000

Assad's death leaves Arab leadership vacuum, The Baltimore Sun, June 16, 2000

Diplomacy as endgame, The Baltimore Sun, June 6, 2000

Does Terrorism Work? The New York Times, May 30, 2000

Arafat, Barak feel weight of Lebanon, The Baltimore Sun, May 25, 2000

Time is Running out for Arafat, Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2000

Syria, Israel must give to get, The Baltimore Sun, April 2, 2000

Iranian, Arab Clout is Back, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2000

Freeing the Process for Mideast Peace Talks, The Baltimore Sun, March 12, 2000

Why Israel and Syria Have Come to the Table Now, The Washington Post, December 19, 1999

Fear Drives Perceptions, Not Reality, Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1999

Raise Stakes Via a Clinton Doctrine, Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1999

Real Issue: Israeli, Palestinian Nationalism, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 1999

Strike Quickly While Barak Is Hot, Los Angeles Times, July 16, 1999

Peace Benefits Offer Arabs a New Lever, Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1999

Who Knows What a Desperate Saddam Might Do? Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1999

Lebanon Offers No Unilateral Solution, Los Angeles Times, March 7, 1999

More Than a King of a Poor Nation, Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1999

Falling Oil Revenues Won't Make Gulf States Pushovers, Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1998

Arab Media: New Player in the Quest for Peace, Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1998

The United States is Anything but a Neutral Mediator in the Peace Talks, Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1998

Pax-Americana in the Middle East: 1991-1998, Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1998

A Deal That Could Break Hussein, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1998

U.S. Iraqi Policy Alienating Arab Allies, Los Angeles Times, November 30, 1997