Mohamad Bazzi reviews Robin Wright's Rock the Casbah.

Mohamad Bazzi discusses Bashar al-Assad and the Baathist regime in Syria.

Mohamad Bazzi discusses Muammar el-Qaddafi's "Green Book."

Mohamad Bazzi writes that Bush’s visit to the Middle East last week produced nothing to signal any hope of peace and democracy.

Mohamad Bazzi writes that “the assassination of Benazir Bhutto illustrates the danger of politicians flirting with Islamic militants in hopes of keeping the extremists at bay or using their tacit support to stay in power.”

Mohamad Bazzi looks at the implications of Muqtada al-Sadr’s decision to become an ayatollah.

Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday, hopes the shock caused by the assassination of General Francois Hajj might accelerate a compromise among Lebanon’s factions.

CFR experts offer their analysis of the proceedings at the Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland.

Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday, says there will likely be more haggling ahead of a new deadline for Lebanon’s political parties to agree on a compromise candidate to become the country’s next president.

Mohamad Bazzi argues that "this week's Mideast summit in Annapolis, Md., is bound to fail – unless the Bush administration makes sure that the gathering leads to renewed Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations."

CFR Murrow Press Fellow Mohamad Bazzi discusses the precarious prospects for Lebanon's upcoming presidential election and the impact of a recent assassination on that vote.

Political violence in Lebanon could spell the return of civil war.