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Did The Intervention Work?

A main topic on this site over the last few weeks has, of course, been the intervention in Libya. I have been pretty adamant in my opposition to American involvement in the mission (and the mission in...

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Libya Ain’t No Cote d’Ivoire

I recently used the escalating situation in the Cote d’Ivoire (nearly 500 killed, 1 million refugees, advancing rebel army…) as a case similar to that of Libya, i.e. why intervene in Libya and not in...

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In Case You Thought It Was Tame

Reports are coming out that the anti-government protesters in Bahrain have administered drugs that mock the effects of nerve gas. After claiming that nerve gas was being used by the government,...

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Obama’s Empty Words

Despite the disingenuous fuss that has been made about the mention of 1967 borders in the President’s Cairo II speech, Obama really did not say anything, despite standing at the microphone for nearly...

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Does Obama Think That Arabs Are Stupid?

Earlier this week, Robert Fisk wrote a piece in The Independent decrying the fundamental hypocrisy of America’s Middle Eastern policy: Obama rhetorically supports democracy in the region but has not...

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Is Syria The New Libya?

After the relatively peaceful revolution in Tunisia, many were shocked by the escalated violence utilized by the Mubarak regime in Egypt. Yet after the vicious response to protests by Qaddafi in Libya,...

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Minor Obstacles for National Dialogue in Bahrain

National dialogues talks are set to begin in Bahrain in a week, but already things are not looking promising for the scarred and divided island nation. The opposition movement saw its entry into the...

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What Does a Successful Arab Revolution Look Like?

So far, the Arab Awakening has toppled two regimes, in Egypt and Tunisia. Obviously, both countries have fared far better than their bloodier counterparts in Syria and Libya, but serious problem...

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Stupid Reasons to be Skeptical of the Arab Spring

There are many challenges to real reform in the Middle East. These are none of them Now that these longstanding rulers are no longer in power in the two countries, where do these seemingly leaderless...

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Will Oil Drown the Libyan Revolution?

Michael Ross wrote a pretty interesting piece in the latest Foreign Affairs (subscription required) about the possibility that the prevalence of oil in many Arab countries will dampen the effects of...

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