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The Collateral Damage of Europe’s Rescue

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Christopher R. Hill May 21, 2013

Managing Syria’s Meltdown

DENVER – As Russian and American diplomats prepare for a Syrian peace conference, the Middle East is experiencing convulsions not seen since…
Bernard Haykel May 14, 2013

Syria’s Sectarian Stalemate

PRINCETON – What began in Syria as a revolt against an oppressive regime has evolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a p…
Adeel Malik, Bassem Awadallah May 8, 2013

An Arab Marshall Plan

OXFORD – The wave of revolts that swept across the Arab world two years ago were fueled by demands for freedom, bread, and social justice. B…
Nawaf Obaid Apr. 25, 2013

The Collapsing Arab State

BOSTON – The so-called Arab Spring generated a wave of hope among those fighting or advocating for democratization of the Arab world’s autho…
Brian McClendon Apr. 18, 2013

Cartography’s New Golden Age

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – Noé Diakubama, an emigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in Paris, is one of this century’…
Sinan Ulgen Apr. 11, 2013

Erdoğan’s Kurdish Gambit

ISTANBUL – Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. Syria, Ira…
Yuliya Tymoshenko Apr. 9, 2013

The Iron Lady as Liberator

KHARKIV, UKRAINE – Prison is always a place of mourning. But perhaps learning of Margaret Thatcher’s death in this place is grimly appropria…
Robert J. Barro, Rachel M. McCleary Apr. 5, 2013

Popes, Saints, and Religious Competition

CAMBRIDGE – The election of the first non-European pope is long overdue. After all, Pope Francis’s native region, Latin America, is currentl…
Moha Ennaji Feb. 28, 2013

Arab Women’s Unfinished Revolution

FEZ – Though women across the Middle East participated actively in the Arab Spring protests that began in late 2010, they remain second-clas…
Joschka Fischer Feb. 27, 2013

The Arab Revolutions’ Reality Check

BERLIN – Two years after popular uprisings began to convulse the Middle East, few people speak of an “Arab Spring” anymore. Given Syria’s bl…

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