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• • What Do Israel and Iran Have in Common? - by Meir Javedanfar
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• What Do Israel and Iran Have in Common? - By Meir Javedanfar

  Their hard-liners want Mubarak out.

  01/31/2011

• Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up - By Barbara Slavin

  Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement -- it's 2009 that's a better parallel.

  01/31/2011

• Did the Hu Summit Mean Anything? - By James Mann

  A tour through the WikiLeaks cables suggests that the China-U.S. relationship is far too strained for a single state dinner to resolve.

  01/31/2011

• Fiber Cons - By Charles and Robert Kenny

  You don't need to be superfast to be super-competitive -- but try telling that to the governments sinking billions into fiber-optic networks.

  01/31/2011

• Strait Talk - Obama's Cuba Policy - By Arturo Lopez-Levy

  Barack Obama doesn't want you to know about it, but his administration just made the biggest move in more than a decade to open up Cuba.

  01/31/2011

• Egypt’s Military in the Crosshairs - By Ashraf Khalil

  The army is the only force capable of keeping this revolt from spiraling out of control. But how long can that last?

  01/30/2011

• The Worst of Both Worlds - By Gary Sick

  As the revolt in Egypt spreads, Barack Obama faces a familiar dilemma in the Middle East.

  01/29/2011

• Pharaoh's End - An FP Round Table

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  01/28/2011

• How Tehran Sees Tunis - By Mehrun Etebari

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