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Prisoner swap: Short-lived ramifications
By Shlomo Brom The exchange of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners for one Israeli soldier,…
The thin blue line
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Between anarchy and order stand the police. Their power…
Dying to grow?
By Henry Miller STANFORD: We are constantly bombarded with information about the purported…
Saudi Arabia’s old regime grows older
By Mai Yamani LONDON: The contrast between the deaths, within two days of…
Women of the Arab Spring: Their issues are everyone’s issues
By Natana Delong-Bas BOSTON, Massachusetts: The capture and killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi,…
The Arab Spring and Europe’s chance
By Massimo D’Alema ROME: The term “spring” may suggest a gentle awakening,…
Reform without regime change in Morocco?
By Moha Ennaji FEZ, Morocco: Influenced by the events in Egypt and Tunisia,…
A French election American-style
By Raphaël Hadas-Lebel PARIS: Primary elections in France? The idea that a…
Strengthening the stabilizers
By Olin Wethington PARIS: The G-20 summit in Cannes in early November is…