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Patrick Seale

Immanuel Wallerstein

Young Arab World Arising  
How the cohort of over 110 million young Arabs deals with its predicament will be the main driver of the overall condition of the Arab world in the coming half century.
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Israel and Syria Trade Threats  
With Obama on the defensive, and Israel apparently bent on further expansion, peace in the Middle East seems further away than ever.
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Peace-making Requires Applying the Law  
We cannot escape the principle that adjudicating conflicts through the equal application of the law to both sides is the inescapable bottom line of any successful negotiation that sees both feuding parties directly involved in the process.
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How to Get Our Democracy Back  
This democracy no longer works. Its central player has been captured. Corrupted. Controlled by an economy of influence disconnected from the democracy. There will be no change until we change Congress.
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Zinn's Critical History  
Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s.
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Amr Moussa’s Brave but Doomed Political Vision  
For all his courage, clear thinking and personal prestige, Amr Moussa lies outside the mainstream of international decision-making. It is the greatest pity that, as Secretary-General of the Arab League, he heads a largely toothless organisation.
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A Bad Spell of Big Power Behavior  
Three incidents last week reminded us that our world usually operates on the basis of power politics, not on the basis of law or morality.
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Richard Bulliet
9/28/2009The End of Middle East History
9/28/2009The End of Middle East History
6/17/2009Iran’s Culture Clash
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Nadia Hijab
1/20/2010Aiding Yemen
12/30/2009When Does It Become Genocide?
12/23/2009Crack Down on Peace
All of Nadia Hijab's articles...

Rami G. Khouri
2/10/2010Young Arab World Arising
2/8/2010Peace-making Requires Applying the Law
2/3/2010A Bad Spell of Big Power Behavior
All of Rami G. Khouri's articles...

Peter Kwong
6/1/2009June Fourth -- Twenty Years Later
5/11/2009They’re Beating-Up Foreign Journalists
4/27/2009No Reform or Relief in China
All of Peter Kwong's articles...

Patrick Seale
2/8/2010Israel and Syria Trade Threats
2/5/2010Amr Moussa’s Brave but Doomed Political Vision
2/1/2010Talking to the Taliban
All of Patrick Seale's articles...

Immanuel Wallerstein
2/1/2010The United States Misreads Brazil's World Policy
1/15/2010How to Think About China
1/1/2010U.S. Concerns: First Germany, Now Japan?
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