PROSPECTS 2008: Bush Middle East policy is moribund

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  • Persistent Iraqi quagmire
  • Progress?
  • Sahwa-backed 'surge'
  • Reaping the whirlwind
  • Accommodation, not reconciliation
  • Departure plans
  • Moribund Iran policy
  • No strategic talks
  • Shaky 'containment'
  • Israel-Palestine flaws
  • US Palestinian policy failure
  • No strategic consensus
  • Missed opportunity?
  • Democratisation dream
  • Durable authoritarianism

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