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    Egypt’s Economy Two Years After Mubarak
    Uri Dadush March 1, 2013 PBS NewsHour

    Two years since the outbreak of democratic revolutions in Egypt, the economic situation in the region remains precarious. Egypt's economy struggles to grapple with high levels of unemployment, decreasing reserves, a widening fiscal deficit, and costly, yet inefficient, subsidies.

     
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    As Egypt's Constitution Waits in Limbo, Mohammed Morsi Grabs More Power
    Nathan Brown November 23, 2012 NewsHour

    Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has assumed additional presidential powers, leading to protests largely led by non-Islamic groups.

     
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    The Post-American Middle East
    Marwan Muasher October 19, 2012 Al-Jazeera

    Given diminished U.S. influence in the Middle East, Washington should no longer try to pick winners and losers in the region and instead support democratic transitions to pluralistic societies.

     
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    President Morsi's Effect on Egyptian Foreign Policy
    Marina Ottaway September 27, 2012 KPCC Southern California Public Radio

    Despite fears in the United States, Egyptian foreign policy under President Morsi has been marked by continuity rather than a fundamental paradigm shift.

     
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    Behind The Protests in Libya
    Frederic Wehrey September 26, 2012 Kojo Nnamdi Show

    Protests in Libya sparked an order to disband the country's rogue militias, but this is only the first step to security in Libya. Good governance and building an army are the long term solutions to Libya's challenges.

     
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    How Big a Threat is al-Qaeda in Libya?
    Frederic Wehrey September 24, 2012 CNN International

    The ultimate solution to the security challenges in Libya resides in improved governance and the construction of a cohesive national army.

     
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    Witnessing a Battle of Ideas in the Arab World
    Marwan Muasher September 13, 2012 PBS' NewsHour

    Although tainted by the recent violence in the region, the democratic transitions sparked by the Arab uprisings cannot be measured in days or months, but in decades.

     
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    The Killing Of U.S. Diplomats In Benghazi
    Frederic Wehrey September 13, 2012 Diane Rehm Show

    The turmoil in the Middle East, highlighted by the assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, is fraught with security implications for the region.

     
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    Libyan Salafists Assert Power with Embassy Attacks
    Frederic Wehrey September 12, 2012 PBS NewsHour

    Since Libya established a secular democracy, conservative Muslims in Libya, known as Salafists, have felt disenfranchised. The attack on the American embassy is in part an effort to gain public attention.

     
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    Libyans Vote, But Power Struggle Has Just Begun
    Frederic Wehrey July 8, 2012 NPR

    Despite continued turbulence, Libyans remain guardedly optimistic about the trajectory of their democratic transition, especially after parliamentary elections were held with few problems.

     
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    Religion and Politics in Revolutionary Egypt
    Jonathan Brown, Marwan Muasher, Nathan Brown, Jocelyne Cesari May 8, 2013 Washington, DC

    The Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis, and a host of state institutions dedicated to Islam are being reshaped profoundly by their growing involvement in politics, often in ways that are difficult to predict and even more difficult for their leaders to control.

     
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    The Stakes in Egypt:  Political Action and Democratic Change
    Amr Hamzawy, Karim Sadjadpour April 23, 2013 Washington, DC

    Opposition groups in Egypt face a range of challenges amidst the country’s rapidly changing political context.

     
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    The Russia-Middle East Connection: The Arab Spring and its Impact on Russia’s Muslims
    Alexey Malashenko, Paul Salem April 12, 2013 Beirut

    Since the Arab Spring first broke out in December 2011, Russian policymakers have viewed regional developments with unease. They now wonder what rising Islamist parties in the Middle East will mean for Russia's relationship with its own Muslim minority.

     
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    China-Middle East Relations: A Change in Policy?
    David Schenker March 18, 2013 Beijing

    Religious conflict, border disputes, and ethnic divisions have resulted in decades of upheaval throughout the Middle East. In the past, concerns about energy security—as well as longstanding commitments to allies and friends—have prompted U.S. engagement and intervention in that area.

     
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    The Current Situation in the Levant and Implications for China
    David Schenker March 12, 2013 Beijing

    Although there is a potential vacuum left in the Middle East by the U.S. pivot to Asia, China is reluctant to fill the void.

     
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    The Middle East 2013: Looking Ahead
    David Schenker, Paul Haenle March 12, 2013 Beijing

    The Arab Spring’s chain of revolutions across North Africa and the Middle East transformed the socio-political landscape of the region, but the future of the region remains uncertain.

     
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    Drafting Egypt’s Constitution
    Intissar Fakir, Amr Hamzawy November 15, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    The new Egyptian constitution is surrounded by controversy over who should write it, when it should be drafted, and which principles and values it should embody. With a draft already published, debate is as intense as ever.

     
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    Arab Youth: A Look at the Future
    Rami Khouri, Dalia Mogahed, Marina Ottaway, Vivian Lopez October 11, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    Young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four have played a central role in shaking up the old order, and while so far they have not been able to shape the policies of the new regimes, they remain key to the outcome of transitions in the region.

     
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    Securing Libya's Periphery
    Fadel Lamen, Frederic Wehrey, Marina Ottaway, Peter Cole September 26, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    Nearly four decades of the Qaddafi regime’s systemic marginalization and mismanagement of Libya’s eastern and southern regions have resulted in deep security, political, and economic problems that continue to challenge the country’s transition toward democracy.

     
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    Democratization in the Arab World
    Laurel Miller, Marina Ottaway, Thomas Carothers, Jeffrey Martini July 18, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    The successes and setbacks of other democratic transitions can provide insight into the problems ahead for the Arab Spring.

     
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