The Fabric of Arab Society Is in Tatters
Will Arab governments rise to the challenge?
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Will Arab governments rise to the challenge?
Religion, not geopolitics, is at the center of how many Egyptians see regional threats.
There has been much talk of parallels between two celebrated "whistleblowers," Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg. What may be more striking are the differences, both in circumstance and actions.
With the United States preoccupied by war, nuclear threats in the Middle East and an array of problems elsewhere, a quiet revolution is underway in East Asia as the region adjusts to the reemergence of a great power: China.