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  The Arab World has experienced a number of shifts and shocks since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the Great War. It has never been…

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[caption id="attachment_55232793" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference at the UN offices in Geneva [/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55232658" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Supports of Mohammed Morsi hold his portrait aloft[/caption]Five days have passed…

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[caption id="attachment_55232390" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Ian Bremmer (photo © Jason Alden)"][/caption] Ian Bremmer is the founder…

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[caption id="attachment_552320" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Syria has been the subject of several scholarly texts"][/caption] 1. Malik…