Introduction : The epicenter of crisis / Alexander T.J. Lennon
Rethinking religion : the legacy of the U.S.-Saudi relationship / Rachel Bronson
Al Qaeda and the House of Saud : eternal enemies or secret bedfellows? / John R. Bradley
The irony of islah (reform) / Gwenn Okruhlik
Bashar Al-Assad : in or out of the new world order? / Eyal Zisser
U.S. policy toward a weak Assad / Dennis Ross
Confronting Syrian-backed terrorism / Daniel Byman
Hizballah and Syria : outgrowing the proxy relationship / Emile El-Hokayem
The critical battles : political reconciliation and reconstruction in Iraq / Carols Pascual and Kenneth M. Pollack
Is the media being fair in Iraq? / Michael O'Hanlon and Nina Kamp
After Zarqawi : the dilemmas and future of Al Qaeda in Iraq / Brian Fishman
A win-win U.S. strategy for dealing with Iran / Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani, and Larry Diamond.
The Hizballah-Iran connection : model for Sunni resistance / Graham E. Fuller
Understanding Iran's new authoritarianism / Elliot Hen-Tov
How relevant is the Iranian street? / Karim Sadjadpour
Poppies for peace : reforming Afghanistan's opium industry / Peter van Ham and Jorritt Kamminga
Afghanistan : when counternarcotics undermines counterterrorism / Vanda Felbab-Brown
When $10 billion is not enough : rethinking U.S. strategy toward Pakistan / Craig Cohen and Derek Chollet
U.S. strategy : assisting Pakistan's transformation / Ashley J. Tellis
What if Pakistan fails? India isn't worried ... yet / C. Raja Mohan
The role of Islam in Pakistan's future / Husain Haqqani.