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What does rise of the Tea Party movement mean for U.S. foreign policy? Since today's populists have little interest in creating a liberal world order, U.S. policymakers will have to find some way to satisfy their angry domestic constituencies while also working effectively in the international arena.
The March/April 2011 issue of Foreign Affairs is now online and will be on newsstands March 1st.
Egypt’s military does not have the stranglehold on power that many think, and a real Tunisian solution -- a civilian government free of military involvement -- could come to Egypt as well.
Taking a cue from the Egyptian revolution, opposition activists in Iran reinvigorated their beleaguered protest movement on Monday. Could Washington's public support help Iranians face down their regime?
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Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months. |
Hosni Mubarak came of age at a time when leaders in the postcolonial world saw a strong, repressive state as necessary to secure national liberty. That era, however, has passed. Will the region's other autocrats now meet similar fates? |
The world won't begin to understand the implications of Egypt's revolution until it stands still long enough to explore the deeper currents of the country's history, instead of falling for the superficial froth of the news, which insists that the waves move the depths. |
Now that Mubarak has stepped down, the army may step in as a transitional power, recognizing that it must turn power over to the people quickly. More likely, however, is the return of the somewhat austere military authoritarianism of decades past. |
Portraying the Muslim Brotherhood as eager and able to seize power and impose its version of sharia on an unwilling citizenry is a caricature that exaggerates certain features of the Brotherhood and underestimates the extent to which the group has changed over time. |
Although the Druze tend to be overlooked, the community is likely to play a vital role in determining the outcome of Lebanon's tribunal process. |
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What does rise of the Tea Party movement mean for U.S. foreign policy? Since today's populists have little interest in creating a liberal world order, U.S. policymakers will have to find some way to satisfy their angry domestic constituencies while also working effectively in the international arena.
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Enforcing the Peace
“The Obama Administration couldn't even get Israel to extend a West Bank settlement building freeze. Sadly, the great power leadership Sachar is looking for will have to be found elsewhere.”
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