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- Issue Guide: Arab World Protests
- Moscow Times: The Reality of Virtual Power
- Improving Safety in Global Drug Trade
- What Democracy Could Bring
- Ripple Effect of Egypt's Protests
- The World Next Week: February 3, 2011
- FT: The Middle East Sets Its Own Course
- Future Cities Need to Hand Over the Keys
- FP: Return of the Turks as Middle East Kingmaker
- Can Mubarak Follow South Korea’s Path?
- Al-Jazeera: Disrupting Mideast Balance of Power
| Food Prices and Global Instability Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST With food prices at historic levels, unrest is mounting around the world, particularly in import-dependent regions such as the Middle East. CFR's Laurie Garrett says to meet demand going forward, countries will need to enhance food production and efficiencies. |
| Issue Guide: Arab World Protests Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST This issue guide provides a range of background and analysis on the protests in the Middle East and North Africa. |
| Moscow Times: The Reality of Virtual Power Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST In this Moscow Times article, author Joseph S. Nye asks "What will it mean to wield power in the global information age of the 21st century? Which resources will produce power?" |
| Improving Safety in Global Drug Trade Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:23 AM PST Four experts examine the biggest challenge to ensuring the safety of pharmaceuticals traded globally. |
| Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:48 AM PST Ray Takeyh says that what is unfolding in Arab streets is not an assertion of religious reaction but a yearning for democracy with all its burdens and rewards. |
| Ripple Effect of Egypt's Protests Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST The Arab world is watching warily as protests in Yemen, Jordan, Algeria, and Syria add to regional unrest. All are rooted in concern over economic mismanagement and repression, but any new cast of leaders would face steep challenges. |
| The World Next Week: February 3, 2011 Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:38 PM PST A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| FT: The Middle East Sets Its Own Course Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST Philip Stephens of the Financial Times argues in this piece that the uprising in Egypt took western governments by surprise. Even after Tunisia's Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali had been driven from power, they were sceptical about the extent of contagion. The misjudgment now shows up in some excruciating hypocrisies. |
| Future Cities Need to Hand Over the Keys Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:18 AM PST Sebastian Mallaby says that merits exist to the argument for "charter cities." |
| FP: Return of the Turks as Middle East Kingmaker Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST Joshua Walker writes in Foreign Policy that the unprecedented levels and inter-linkages of the protests against the traditional authoritarian regimes represented most starkly by President Mubarak, has brought the Middle East back to a period more reminiscent of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Arab nationalism than anything seen in recent memory. |
| Can Mubarak Follow South Korea’s Path? Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:35 AM PST Peter M. Beck argues that Egypt can have the same path to democracy as South Korea. |
| Al-Jazeera: Disrupting Mideast Balance of Power Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST Analysts struggle to comprehend the Middle Eastern shock waves reverberating since the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings. |
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