Middle East

June 15, 2008

Iran’s Shi`a Reach Out to Mainstream Salafists

Alex Vatanka

When to Confront Mahdists

Reidar Visser

May 15, 2008

Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi

Joas Wagemakers

Al-Qa`ida’s Medinan Strategy

Jack F. Williams, Marisa Urgo

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Hayder Mili, Jacob Townsend

Iraq’s Ho Chi Minh Trail

James Denselow

April 15, 2008

After Action Report

Major Jeremy Gwinn, U.S. Army

Al-Qa`ida in Yemen’s 2008 Campaign

Gregory D. Johnsen

March 15, 2008

Drawing the Right Lessons from Israel’s War with Hizb Allah

Andrew Exum

Jihad After Iraq

Mohammed M. Hafez