Under Fire is a year-long project initiated by Jordan Crandall that consists of a series of organized discussions that will occur online and in Rotterdam, throughout the year 2004. Co-editors Under Fire I: Asef Bayat, Susan Buck-Morss, Hamid Dabashi, Brian Holmes, Gema Martín Muñoz; Under Fire II: Ryan Bishop, Gregory Clancey, and John William Phillips.

The discussions will involve participation from individuals working in politics, theory, criticism, the arts, and journalism from both the West and the Middle East. A series of publications will be released during the course of the year.