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Like millions of his fellow Egyptians, Hussein Hassouna, head of the Arab League office in Washington, could hardly contain his joy when the longest-serving dictator in modern Egyptian history was ousted by a popular insurrection that’s redefining the Arab world. Read More
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Arab dictatorships are teetering on the brink, but elsewhere, Belarus — Europe’s very own dictatorship — has only slid further into the authoritarian abyss, turning its back on reform and outreach to the West. Read More
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Uganda prides itself as a democratic beacon of stability, yet its president has clung to power for 25 years and is accused of using security as a pretext to silence abuses at home. Read More
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In the decade since Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali denounced her Muslim faith and began inflaming the Islamic world with her incendiary public condemnations of the religion, the former Dutch Parliament member’s rhetoric hasn’t cooled. If anything, she’s thrown more verbal fuel on the fire. Read More
With Congress pledging to gut billions of dollars in government spending, America’s foreign affairs budget is in serious jeopardy, just as its Foreign Service finally seems to be coming into its own. Read More
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