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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions
Arab Spring

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Mehmet Rakipoglu

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

12/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

12/06/2025 By Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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McCain Strategist Lobbyist for Georgia; Scheer: Did He Stage Provocation?

McCain Strategist Lobbyist for Georgia; Scheer: Did He Stage Provocation?

McCain’s campaign strategist Randy Scheunemann was a lobbyist for Georgia until recently, and remained part of Orion Strategies until May 15. OS had signed a […]

Juan Cole

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Arato: The Decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court: the Way Ahead

Arato: The Decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court: the Way Ahead

Andrew Arato writes in a guest op-ed for IC The Turkish Constitutional Court has made its very important decision. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) […]

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Russia & Georgia, US & Hamas, Cheney & Musharraf

Russia & Georgia, US & Hamas, Cheney & Musharraf

Bush’s demand that Russia “reverse course” on Georgia and not try to overthrow an elected government is full of special pleading. Bush has no standing […]

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Walbridge: Suskind on America’s Declining Moral Authority

Walbridge: Suskind on America’s Declining Moral Authority

John Walbridge writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Most of the discussion of Ron Suskind’s new book, “The Way of the World,” has focused […]

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Mountain of Evidence Marshaled against Musharraf; US Refuses to Back Elected Civilian government

Mountain of Evidence Marshaled against Musharraf; US Refuses to Back Elected Civilian government

Dawn says that the parliament in Pakistan has prepared a mountain of documentation in its push to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Senate leader Raza Rabbani […]

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Iraq
Wave of Attacks Kills over a Dozen; US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded at Tarmiyah; Zebari insists on Withdrawal Timeline

Wave of Attacks Kills over a Dozen; US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded at Tarmiyah; Zebari insists on Withdrawal Timeline

A new wave of bombings and attacks in Iraq, especially one at Tarmiya targetting Awakening Council members that may have left nearly a dozen people […]

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Iraq
Outbreak of Armed Conflict in Kirkuk Feared

Outbreak of Armed Conflict in Kirkuk Feared

Outbreak of armed conflict in Kirkuk feared. Fighting between Russia, Georgia risks wider war. Iraq will try to ensure that its army is “self-sufficient” by […]

Juan Cole

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Ali-Karamali: Of Documentaries and Dehumanization

Ali-Karamali: Of Documentaries and Dehumanization

Sumbul Ali-Karamali writes in a guest op-ed for IC: A lazy way to dismiss conflicts as hopeless is to characterize (usually erroneously) the disputing parties […]

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Iraq
Al-Iraqiyah: Arab-Kurdish Polemics over the Oil City of Kirkuk

Al-Iraqiyah: Arab-Kurdish Polemics over the Oil City of Kirkuk

BBC Monitoring carries a translation of a discussion of the Kirkuk crisis on al-Iraqiyah televisions between a Kurdish and an Arab member of parliament.: August […]

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