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making than with the blurring 4 the lines drawn in Arab sands decades ago. On the map, Tripoli, on the Med=terranean Sea, lies within the borders of Lebanon and is the country's s=cond-largest city. But Tripoli, staunchly Sunni, with an Alawite minority, has always been within the orbit of the S=rian cit

to be given=to the day after a strike on Iran to avoid its downsides or plan for its consequences. Marwan Muasher is vice president fo= studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously =erved as foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan. Article 8. Prospect</=> Michael Sandel and AC Gray=ing in conversa

ose allies. Henri Barkey is a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a professor of international relations at Leh

ountries. It's a completely different situation with Syria. The country holds a key position in the region. What happens there has a direct impact on Lebanon and Iraq. In addition, Gadhafi used heavy weapons from the start, but Assad hasn't. SPIEGEL: Yet tanks have been deployed in Hama, Homs and Latakia

lwark against Israeli and American hegemony. With backing from Washington, Israel has sought to smash Hezbollah (notably through its 2006 invasion of Lebanon) and detach Syria from Iran, a country Israel views as its most dangerous regional rival. Neither objective has so far been realized. But now that Sy

ument. Nathan Brown is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and a nonresident senior scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030049 --- PAGE BREAK --- 21 Article 6. NYT Arabs Will Be Free Roger Cohen March 28, 2011 -- Three Middle Eastern countries have b

13 May, 2011 Article 1. NYT The Tony Awards Roger Cohen Article 2. Project Syndicate Democracy's Dawn in Tunisia and Egypt? Alfred Stepan Article 3. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace A Decade of Struggling Reform Efforts in Jordan (Summary + Conclusion) Marwan Muasher Article 4. Foreign Policy Syria: Too Big to Fail? Aaron David M

l. Since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, U.S. policymakers had viewed the Assads as pragmatists capable of facilitating or blocking U.S. policy in Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli peace process. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030074 --- PAGE BREAK --- 16 If only the Syrians could be brought around, presidents have belie