Dan Fleshler offers insight into the shifts taking place in the pro-Israel American Jewish community, including growing dissent against what he calls the “conventional Israel lobby.”

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Ayman Abdel Nour, consultant to various multinational organizations dealing with civil society in Syria, discusses the current state of the peace process in the Middle East.

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Dr. Shibley Telhami focuses on the high regional expectations for a new American role in Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and relations with Iran, and on the shifting economic and global priorities that are likely to alter the next President’s agenda.

Nizar Abdel-Kader, political analyst and columnist at Ad-Diyar Newspaper, discusses the roles of major players that will effect Lebanon's stability and explains the current challenges that Lebanon is now facing.

Ambassador Lawrence E. Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, comments on our current state of relations with Iraq, and the political, security and economic challenges ahead.

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Aaron David Miller offers expert analysis of what future leaders can learn from past successes and failures, and outlines a workable roadmap to peace in the Middle East.