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3 times during his tenure as the Obama administration's top Pentagon Middle East civilian policy advisor from 2009 to the end of 2011. Kahl, now a Georgetown University professor, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign, told Al-Monitor in an intervi

ief should boycott Tehran conference Editorial Article 4 AI-Monitor Take Israel Iran Threat 'Very Seriously' Laura Rozen Article 5. TIME What the Muslim Brotherhood's 'Countercoup' EFTA_R1_00298501 EFTA01884020 Tells Us About Egypt Tony Karon Article 6. The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Natural-Gas Boom Will T

here's no institution adjudicating the battle for power. The result, until now, has been a series of competing power grabs between the generals and the Muslim Brothers." But, he warns, the political tug-of-war between these rival power centers does little to build and legitimize the institutions necessary for a d

ibility of the tendency to overcompensate for past errors," said Mr. Pillar, now the director of graduate studies at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. EFTA00656345 Top intelligence officials have said that analysts believe that Iran has been moving to expand its infrastructure and technological

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Subject: April 2 update Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:56:33 +0000 2 April, 2012 Article 1. Foreign Policy The Muslim Brotherhood's Presidential Gambit Marc Lynch Article 2. The Daily-News Egypt Al-Shater nomination seen to only benefit candidates of old regime Mai Shams El-

me in Damascus, pragmatically preferring weapons, money, and assistance in training to ideological consistency. Hamas, like its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, also devotes much of its attention to education, health care, and social services. Like it or not, by caring for the poor and teaching the next gene

s only makes Hamas stronger, making a difficult task impossible in the years to come. Daniel Byman is a professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and the research director of the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. His book A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterror

utocracy is to get a firm grip on the political process, weeding out the opposition. This is precisely what has been occurring. Massive repression of the Muslim Brotherhood is the most obvious example of this process. While there are some legitimate security concerns regarding the Muslim Brotherhood ties to ongoing viole

epressive the military establishment decides to be, the genie is out of the bottle. Kathryn Alexeeff holds a master's degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University and has worked at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center. Article 2. Now Lebanon What Saudi-Iran talks could mean for Lebanon and the region Alex R