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ther bureaucracies, and thus had no legitimacy. Marcus Aurelius was one thing; Tunisia's Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Syria's Bashar al- Assad, quite another. Certainly, the Arab Spring has proved much: that there is no otherness to Arab civilization, that Arabs yearn for univers

r supply have diminished. There are three reasons. First, the most substantial fallout from the Arab world's recent upheaval is behind us. Syria's Bashar al-Assad continues to fight for survival and Yemen continues to flirt with failed-state status, but the Gulf's major oil-producing states are quite stable.

cracies, and thus had no legitimacy. Marcus Aurelius was one thing; Tunisia's Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Syria's Bashar al- Assad, quite another. Certainly, the Arab Spring has proved much: that there is no otherness to Arab civilization, that Arabs yearn for universal values

r installations. Coelho once said: "Be careful. You can hurt with your words, but you can also hurt with your silence." The words of a wise man. Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst and co- author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran. EFTA_R1_020298

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helicopter gunships since the anti-Assad protests began 16 months ago. Despite his claims that the violence is the work of "terrorists," President Bashar al-Assad has a lot to hide. On Thursday, Syrian troops and pro- government supporters barred the monitors from Qubeir, and the monitors were fired upon. The

are -- then this is the path to follow. Dmitri Trenin is director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? Meir Javedanfar June 8, 2012 -- Vladimir Putin has returned to the Russian presidential office. And, if his previous record as president is anything to go by, he's

e terrifying scale of Libya's Qaddafi and Syria's Assad nor stifled economic progress with such alacrity.

t, and Mark Heller Article 3. The Daily Star What the Arab revolts leave unanswered Rami G. Khouri Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedanfar Article 5. The Financial Time Global oil supplies are healthier than they seem lan Bremmer Article 6 Newsweek Robert Gates: America is losing its gri

other bureaucracies, and thus had no legitimacy. Marcus Aurelius was one thing; Tunisia's Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Syria's Bashar al- Assad, quite another. Certainly, the Arab Spring has proved much: that there is no otherness to Arab civilization, that Arabs yearn for universal values ju

ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018204 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact su

quite certain the Quds operatives would be staying in five-star hotels. ““There’s a number of reasons that Iranian intelligence has suffered,” says Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born analyst who lectures at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. “No. 1,” he says, “is the 2009 uprisings in Iran.” The str

ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028655 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact sur

ut quite certain the Quds operatives would be staying in five-star hotels. "There's a number of reasons that Iranian intelligence has suffered," says Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born analyst who lectures at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. "No. 1," he says, "is the 2009 uprisings in Iran." The str