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    <title>Democracy in Arabia?</title>
    <description><![CDATA[In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville argued that the public’s trust alleviates pressure on the state, allowing it to function more effectively. But, in times of elevated risk, real or perceived, people begin to organize increasingly on the basis of homogenous identities – a process now unfolding across the Middle East.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-growth-of-sectarian-solidarity-after-the-arab-spring-by-sami-mahroum</comments>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Sami Mahroum</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>The Trouble Within Islam</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The murder of Lee Rigby on a London street last month does not signify a problem with Islam. But there is a problem within Islam: a strain that has at its heart a view of religion – and about the relationship between religion and politics – that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lee-rigby-and-the-struggle-to-contain-violent-islamists-by-tony-blair</comments>
	<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Tony Blair</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Taksim and the Left</title>
    <description><![CDATA[A striking feature of the Turkish protests has been the distance that the demonstrators have put between themselves and existing center-left political parties. In this sense, Turkey's protests resemble those elsewhere, from the “Occupy Wall Street” movement to the protests in Spain and Italy.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-turkish-protests-and-global-progressive-politics-by-kemal-dervi</comments>
	<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Kemal Derviş</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Turkey’s Class Struggle</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Higher visibility for Islam is the inevitable result of more democracy in Muslim-majority countries. So, rather than dwell on the problems of contemporary political Islam, which are certainly considerable, it would be more fruitful to look at Turkey’s conflicts from another, now distinctly unfashionable, perspective: class.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-battle-for-liberalism-in-turkey-by-ian-buruma</comments>
	<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Ian Buruma</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by John Overmyer</media:copyright>
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    <title>Why Turkey is Rebelling</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Turkey’s economy has been booming for a decade, earning praise not only from financial markets, but also from development economists like Jeffrey Sachs. Why, then, have peaceful demonstrations turned into a nationwide protest movement, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets?]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-turkey-is-rebelling-by-sebnem-kalemli-ozcan</comments>
	<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Anchoring the Arab Awakening</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The economic situation in the so-called Arab Awakening countries is deteriorating quickly, and the imperative for large-scale coordinated action is overwhelming. But the post-1945 Marshall Plan in Europe, which targeted countries with well-developed economic institutions, is the wrong model.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-right-reform-strategy-for-arab-economies-by-erik-berglof</comments>
	<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-right-reform-strategy-for-arab-economies-by-erik-berglof</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Erik Berglof</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Conditioning the Arab Transition</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Arab nations in transition need a financial rescue package. This should be linked to a time-bound process of political transition involving broadly endorsed rules – a constitution, electoral law, election finance law, and an electoral calendar.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/political-transition-must-come-first-in-the-arab-world-by-ishac-diwan-and-hedi-larbi</comments>
	<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Ishac Diwan, et al. </dc:creator>
	
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    <title>A Talking Cure for Syria</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The proposal by the US and Russia to hold a diplomatic conference to end the carnage in Syria deserves a less skeptical reaction than it has received. While it will be difficult to get all of the relevant parties to the table in Geneva any time soon, much less to craft an outcome that will stick, diplomacy is the only game left in town.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-diplomacy-is-the-only-option-in-syria-by-gareth-evans</comments>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Gareth Evans</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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    <title>The Syria Lessons</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The US and Russia are trying to broker a conference that can bring the various sides in the Syrian conflict to the negotiating table. But when no side in a war has a reason to stop fighting, a peace conference cannot succeed.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-consequences-of-ruling-out-military-intervention-in-syria-by-anne-marie-slaughter</comments>
	<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-consequences-of-ruling-out-military-intervention-in-syria-by-anne-marie-slaughter</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Anne-Marie Slaughter</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Chris Van Es</media:copyright>
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    <title>Why Turkey is Thriving</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Turkey's economy grew by 5% per year on average from 2002 to 2012. But there is nothing flashy about the country's rise, which has been based on fundamentals, like rebuilding the banking sector, getting the budget under control, and investing heavily where it counts: infrastructure, education, health, and technology.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/inside-the-turkish-economic-miracle-by-jeffrey-d--sachs</comments>
	<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/inside-the-turkish-economic-miracle-by-jeffrey-d--sachs</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Jeffrey D. Sachs</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Dean Rohrer</media:copyright>
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    <title>After Ahmadinejad</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The disqualification of two leading candidates for Iran's presidency sends a strong message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei. Simply put, Khamenei is determined to avoid the type of friction that has characterized his relationships with previous presidents, particularly outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-presidential-succession-struggle-in-iran-by-mehdi-khalaji</comments>
	<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-presidential-succession-struggle-in-iran-by-mehdi-khalaji</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Mehdi Khalaji</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Managing Syria’s Meltdown</title>
    <description><![CDATA[As Russian and American diplomats prepare for a Syrian peace conference, the Middle East is experiencing convulsions not seen since the Arab Spring two years ago. Indeed, in historical terms, the Syrian crisis, not the Arab Spring, will most likely be regarded as the region's seminal event in this decade.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-russian-us-peace-conference-on-syria-by-christopher-r--hill</comments>
	<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-russian-us-peace-conference-on-syria-by-christopher-r--hill</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Christopher R. Hill</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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    <title>Reinvigorating Egypt’s Economy</title>
    <description><![CDATA[While blaming the revolution is not a persuasive explanation for Egypt’s current economic woes, its appeal to many Egyptians is understandable. Over the last few months, their economic situation has gone from bad to worse.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/high-hopes-and-large-disappointments-for-egypt-by-mohamed-a--el-erian</comments>
	<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/high-hopes-and-large-disappointments-for-egypt-by-mohamed-a--el-erian</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Mohamed A. El-Erian</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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    <title>Syria’s Sectarian Stalemate</title>
    <description><![CDATA[In Syria, what began as a revolt against an oppressive regime has devolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a proxy conflict. In the process, the struggle has become increasingly convoluted, with conflicting agendas among allies, rendering the situation nearly intractable.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/syria-s-intractable-sectarian-civil-war-by-bernard-haykel</comments>
	<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/syria-s-intractable-sectarian-civil-war-by-bernard-haykel</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Bernard Haykel</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Margaret Scott</media:copyright>
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    <title>The Endangered Arab Christian</title>
    <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Arab Spring, Christian communities across the Arab world have been facing a surge in discrimination and violence, driven primarily by Islamist militancy and the rise of political Islam. With few remaining options, Christians are increasingly seeking to flee the Arab world altogether.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-exodus-of-christians-from-the-arab-world-by-fiorello-provera</comments>
	<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-exodus-of-christians-from-the-arab-world-by-fiorello-provera</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Fiorello Provera</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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    <title>The Egypt-Israel Peace Test</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The rocket strikes that a militant group recently fired from the Sinai Peninsula into the Israeli city of Eilat were yet another reminder of the fragility of the relationship between Egypt and Israel. To avoid a crisis on the border – or a military confrontation – the countries' leaders must renew the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty now.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-to-renew-the-israel-egypt-peace-treaty-by-itamar-rabinovich-and-tamara-wittes</comments>
	<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Tamara Wittes, et al. </dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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    <title>An Arab Marshall Plan</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The charged and uncertain political climate in the Arab Spring countries constrains economic-reform efforts. In order to create the political space for reform, Arab leaders must underwrite a regional growth pact that facilitates large-scale cross-border investment and dismantles regional trade barriers.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a-growth-pact-for-the-arab-world-by-adeel-malik-and-bassem-awadallah</comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a-growth-pact-for-the-arab-world-by-adeel-malik-and-bassem-awadallah</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Adeel Malik, et al. </dc:creator>
	
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    <title>The Changing Map of Middle East Power</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Since the first Arab Spring uprisings erupted in late 2010, power relations among Middle Eastern countries have been in a state of flux, and both winners and losers have emerged. But, given that most actors’ strengths and weaknesses are highly contingent, the regional power balance remains fluid.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-changing-map-of-middle-east-power-by-volker-perthes</comments>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Volker Perthes</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>The Vision and the Fantasy</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Israel, an audacious vision that came true, is now celebrating its 65th anniversary with a sense of well-deserved satisfaction at its extraordinary domestic achievements. In its relations with the outside world, however, the Jewish state still has a long way to go.]]></description>
	<comments>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-fateful-militarization-of-zionism-by-shlomo-ben-ami</comments>
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    <link>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-fateful-militarization-of-zionism-by-shlomo-ben-ami</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Shlomo Ben-Ami</dc:creator>
	
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    <title>Syria’s Hijacked Struggle</title>
    <description><![CDATA[As Syria’s civil war has progressed, the West’s views on arming the opposition have become increasingly confused, and defining the conflict according to the proverbial “good versus evil” dichotomy has become increasingly difficult. Syria needs a new narrative – one that is not shaped exclusively by Western-backed Islamist groups.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Ribal al-Assad</dc:creator>
	
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			<media:copyright>Illustration by Paul Lachine</media:copyright>
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