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The Year of the Arab Spring
Posted by Charles Ries on 12/20/2011 :: Permalink :: Comments

It has been a year since Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest his treatment by a corrupt and abusive policewoman in Cite Bousaid in Tunisia. In that year, the Middle East and North Africa has seen revolution, rebellion, repression, and reform. What has...

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Dancing with Damascus: Washington Engages by David Schenker
Posted by David Schenker on 03/04/2009 :: Permalink :: Comments

Two senior Administration officials will travel to Damascus for meetings with their Syrian counterparts. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Middle East Director Dan Shapiro's visit constitutes the highest-level US-Syria bilateral contact in years. The meeting follows...

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