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hel Bronson Article 5. The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the tiger's tail Isabel Hilton Article 6. Politico Iran: U.S. losing allies in Mid East Michael Adler EFTA_R1_02013862 EFTA02687045 2 Article 1. Washington Post Arab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D.

a 10 percent economic growth rate, Turkey is also a demographic and economic juggernaut that can project soft power throughout the Mediterranean. The Middle East's march away from authoritarianism will ironically inhibit the projection of American power. Because of the complexity of hybrid regimes, American in

m the dust of tyrannies legitimate political orders. It is less democracy than the crisis of central authority that will dominate the next phase of Middle Eastern history. Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a correspondent for the Atlantic. EFTA_R1_02013865 EFT

2. Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack Article 3. Article 4. NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washington Post Could the next Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia? Rachel Bronson Article 5. The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the

n in Saudi Arabia? Rachel Bronson The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the tiger's tail Isabel Hilton Politico Iran: U.S. losing allies in Mid East Michael Adler EFTA00586525 Washington Post Arab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan February 27, 2011 -- Wit

a 10 percent economic growth rate, Turkey is also a demographic and economic juggernaut that can project soft power throughout the Mediterranean. The Middle East's march away from authoritarianism will ironically inhibit the projection of American power. Because of the complexity of hybrid regimes, American in

m the dust of tyrannies legitimate political orders. It is less democracy than the crisis of central authority that will dominate the next phase of Middle Eastern history. Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a correspondent for the Atlantic. EFTA00586528 AniCIC

an 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 Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia? Rachel Bronson The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the tiger's tai

as held his fire in the face of great slaughte=, and truth be known, congressional and popular opinion have given him a p=ss. America has wearied of Middle Eastern wars. Syrian rebels sure that the Ame=ican cavalry would turn up after this or that massacre have been bitterly =isappointed. It's the tragic luck

ave the opp=site effect, enabling Egypt to pursue its goals of consolidating the military's authority at home and e=hancing its influence throughout the Middle East. Egyptian and Israeli leade=s must recognize that the ongoing struggle to secure the Sinai Peninsula =96 which the treaty established as a demilita

will continue. Article 2.</=ont> The Washington Post 4 EFTA_R1_00107017 EFTA01785155 4=ont> In Syria's war, the line= that matter aren't red Fouad Ajami May 9 -- It is rarely a go=d idea to draw maps in a hurry. But that is what colonial cartographers di= in the Arab world after the First World War,

mic interests they share. There is also the fact that neither country needs fresh diplomatic tensions at a time given the fact that developments in the Middle East are not exactly progressing as they'd like. The "magic" that existed in Turkish-Iranian relations a mere two EFTA_R1_00537959 EFTA02029078 years

g down problems that will only grow more complex and dangerous with time. There have been some admirable exceptions — Libya is certainly one — but Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution describes the sum as a "foreign policy of strategic abdication." Ideology is partly responsible. Mann's book describes a

power to civilians. As for human rights, though, just what do Egyptians have to celebrate? Not all that much — a sad commentary on the uprising in the Middle East's most populous country, one that is a reference point for regional politics despite its poverty and EFTA_R1_00234086 EFTA01845140 stagnation. Yes

erje Rod-Larsen Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:20:50 PM Subject: January 25 update 25 January, 2012 Foreign Affairs The Arab Spring at One Article 1. Fouad Ajami NYT The State of the Union in 2012 Article 2. Editorial Wall Street Journal The State of His Policies Article 3. Editorial Los Angeles Times

and north Africa today have international implications. Iran's nuclear issue is but one of these, and certainly not the biggest; but in addressing the Middle East's other problems, much depends on the manner in which this one is resolved. In order to be successful, any dialogue must use the language of polit

cy on Syria and Iran Stewart M. Patrick Article 2. NYT Give Iran a ( hance Hooman Majd Article 3. Bloomberg How Obama Was Checkmated by Iran Fouad Ajami The National Interest Beware the Smiling Cleric Michael Miner The Guardian Iran: This time, the west must not turn its back on diplomacy Moham

tal to regional dominance, or fear that their neighbours will. Some experts argue that nuclear-armed states tend to behave responsibly. But imagine a Middle East with five nuclear powers riven by rivalry and sectarian feuds. Each would have its fingers permanently twitching over the button, in the belief tha

ruary 24 update 24 February, 2012 Article 1. The Economist Bombing Iran Article 2. Wall Street Journal America's Alibis for Not Helping Syria Fouad Ajami Article 3. NYT Deep Divisions Hobble Syria's Opposition Neil MacFarquhar Article 4. NYT How to Halt the Butchery in Syria Anne-Marie Slaughter

e Middle East. We created reality; others watched, baffled, paralyzed, afraid. In 1989, Americans gloated as the Soviet Union, our former rival for Middle Eastern supremacy, retreated ignominiously from the region. When Saddam Hussein tried to challenge us from within, we thrashed him in the Gulf War. Throug

How Did this Nakba Day Differ from All Other Nakba Days? Elliott Abrams Article 6. Article 7. Wall Street Journal Gadhafi And The Vanished Imam Fouad Ajami The National Interest Another Revolution Betrayed Walter Laqueur EFTA00586633 NYT The Long Overdue Palestinian State Mahmoud Abbas May 16, 2