Ismail Haniyeh

Prime Minister Fayyad: Too Good to Last

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


Daoud Kuttab

Salam Fayyad has run a radically improved kind of government, one in which the public good has taken precedent over other issues.

What Was Hamas Thinking? Understanding the Events in Gaza

Shadi Hamid | Posted 01.28.2009 | World


Shadi Hamid

So what are Hamas's strategic imperatives? Hamas still behaves like a traditional guerrilla or terrorist group -- such groups are interested in relative, not absolute, victory.