The Globalist’s Top Features on the Middle East
Our top ten recent features on the Middle East paint a nuanced portrait of the world’s most volatile region.
February 1, 2011
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Why Mubarak Is Worried About Tunisia Why are the recent events in Tunisia finding echo in Egypt?
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Why America Is Like Imperial Spain What lessons can Imperial Spain’s travails in the Netherlands teach the United States about Afghanistan?
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Destroying Palestinian Olive Trees What effect does the destruction of Palestinian olive trees by Israel Defense Forces and settlers have on local farmers?
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Globalization and the Pending Collapse of the Islamic World With which tools can Islam, in the eyes of the Islamists, actually conquer the world of today?
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The Muslim World and the Titanic Does Islam share the same fate as the Titanic?
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Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations? Is the real problem between Islam and the West — or within Islam itself?
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Afghanistan’s Arc of Modernization: 1880 to 1978 What lessons can be learned about Afghanistan from the country’s past modernization efforts?
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Middle East Peace: God Has Already Spoken Why has the religious dimension of the Israel-Palestine conflict received scant attention?
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Palestine and the Fayyad Difference Does Salam Fayyad’s plan for Palestine offer an exit from the Israel-Palestine conflict?
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Dateline Cairo: Can Egypt Fulfill Its Potential? Is Egypt poised to finally overcome its decades of stagnation?
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