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s interests. They were constant, if not always agreeable, companions. Egypt's Mubarak, Jordan's King Hussein, Tunisia's Ben Ali, Yemen's Ali Saleh, Morocco's King Hassan II, Saudi Arabia's kings Fand and Abdullah. The PLO's Yasir Arafat rounded out the group photo. America's arrangements with the acqu

out dictators Aaron David Miller Article 3. Foreign Policy Can the Brotherhood Win In Egypt Without Its No. 1 Star? Ashraf Khalil Article 4. Los Angeles Times Egypt's looming showdown Rajan Menon Article 5. Wall Street Journal The Risk of Exaggerating the China Threat Michael Eastman Article 6. NYT

ion seemed possible. Millions of Arabs dreamed of smashing down the border fences erected by the British and French colonists to achieve unity from Morocco in the west to the Gulf states in the east. Once again, reality has fallen woefully below even the most modest expectations". All the ingredients

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ogress, but what is important is that they did emerge from the societies themselves. You also have the relatively soft monarchies — like Jordan and Morocco — that are at least experimenting at the margins with EFTA00665419 more participatory governance, allow for some opposition and do not rule with

fi Issawi, Iraq's former finance minister and a well-regarded Sunni moderate who had criticized the prime minister's growing authoritarianism. In a Los Angeles Times op W later that month, Iraq expert Henri Barkey called the move "another nail in the coffin for a unified Iraq." Iraq, he warned, "is on its way to

ptom of this dysfunction and despair, as were the internal conflicts that have convulsed Algeria, EFTA_R1_02013866 EFTA02687049 6 Libya, Yemen, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt itself in the past two decades. Even Iran's so-called green movement today is another manifestation of the phenome

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dominated Middle East politics in matters of war and peacemaking and shaped the region's relations with the great powers. The kings of Jordan and Morocco -- and, of course, Saudi Arabia (and the Persian Gulf states) when it came to oil -- had their say too. But it was the three pseudo-republics, auth

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topovers. In short, they do not constitute either an official visit or a working visit. On 20 June 2014 this rule was broken. On his way back from Morocco, where he was spending a vacation, to Riyadh, the Custodian of the Holy Places, King Abdullah Ben Abdel-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, made a stopover in C

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loping and emerging economies can learn from the Moroccan experience in reforming its economy and boosting its manufacturing production and exports. Morocco is a major hub for international investments, representing one of Africa's largest economies. Strategically located at the intersection between majo

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er more than a symptom of this dysfunction and despair, as were the internal conflicts that have convulsed Algeria, EFTA00586529 6 Libya, Yemen, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt itself in the past two decades. Even Iran's so-called green movement today is another manifestation of the phenome

rticle 5. Article 6. The von pos, 27 February, 2010 Washington Post Arab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washington Post Could the next M

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majority". HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018087 --- PAGE BREAK --- There are exceptions. The Saudis are investing to create jobs and defuse dissent. Jordan and Morocco have tried liberal gestures. Algeria's oil wealth and experience of civil war have helped maintain peace there. But it is striking how Arab unrest ha

nt for International Peace and a professor of international relations at Lehigh University. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025005 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 3. Los Angeles Times Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on statehood moves at U.N. Edmund Sanders September 6, 2011 -- Palestinians have everyone guessing about their

rab sentiment about America in the post-9/11 era. With two colleagues, I traveled across the Arab world—the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Lebanon, and Morocco—for two weeks on what we called a “listening research tour,” interviewing scores of young Arabs individually, in focus groups and at giant roundtable