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End the antiquated process of choosing a World Bank president
By Devesh Kapur | February 23, 2012 01:33 AM
Robert Zoellick will depart in June as president of the World Bank, once again raising the thorny issue of leadership of the Bretton Woods twins.
On Syria and beyond, no one gains from China’s mistakes
By Christopher R. Hill | February 22, 2012 01:32 AM
Forty years ago, in February 1972, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon journeyed to China. On the seventh day of “the week that changed the world,” as Nixon called it.
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Detangle the Holocaust from Israeli-Palestinian politics
By Moriel Rothman | February 22, 2012 01:32 AM
Late last month I went to the children’s memorial in Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem.
In Libya and Syria, tribes compete with new national feeling
By Ruth Sherlock | February 21, 2012 01:36 AM
In the makeshift military operations room in Libya’s Nefusa Mountains, amid crackling radios and milling rebel officers, the “wise men” held council on Libya’s future.
A stable transition in Tripoli, actually
By Amanda Kadlec | February 21, 2012 01:36 AM
As Libya celebrates the one-year anniversary of the start of the uprising against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi.
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The Maghreb’s modern Islamists must look West
By Moha Ennaji | February 21, 2012 01:37 AM
Just over a year ago, the Arab Spring sparked dramatic change throughout the region.
Muslim Brothers and Egypt’s economy
By Mohamed El Dahshan | February 20, 2012 01:10 AM
Egypt’s new Parliament is taking seat amid ongoing protests on the streets.
History warns against an Israeli attack on Iran
By Fareed Zakaria | February 20, 2012 01:09 AM
We are hearing a new concept these days in discussions about Iran: the zone of immunity.
China’s progress doesn’t make it any less hostile to liberal values
By Minxin Pei | February 20, 2012 01:08 AM
When U.S. President Richard Nixon embarked on his historic trip to China 40 years ago, he could not have imagined what his gamble would unleash.
Yes, the world would be more peaceful with women in charge
By Joseph S. Nye | February 18, 2012 01:40 AM
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is “yes.”
Muslim Americans reach out to unregistered voters
By Shazia Kamal | February 17, 2012 01:29 AM
In a 2009 report by Gallup entitled “Muslim Americans: A National Portrait,” opinion surveyors found that only 51 percent of Muslim American youth (aged 18 to 29) were registered to vote.
Russia’s ‘Snow Revolution’ protesters must avoid Ukraine’s mistakes
By Anders Aslund | February 17, 2012 01:29 AM
Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning Russians that their budding “Snow Revolution” will be as big a mistake as Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of 2004.
Egypt’s generals have a big secret
By Zeinab Abul-Magd | February 17, 2012 01:28 AM
Egypt’s generals have a big secret: They own at least 35 factories and companies – and they refuse to privatize them.
Military dominance is no longer adequate for U.S. interests
By Ian Buruma | February 16, 2012 01:22 AM
The eccentric Bengali intellectual Nirad C. Chaudhuri once explained the end of the British Raj in India as a case of “funk,” or loss of nerve.
The laughter is dying down in Egypt
By Maria Golia | February 16, 2012 01:21 AM
“Prosperity,” wrote stoic philosopher Seneca, “fosters bad tempers.” This helps explain why Egyptians have such good ones.
Tunisia works to halt a downward economic spiral
By Amine Ghali | February 15, 2012 01:35 AM
A year after the fall of the previous regime, Tunisia is undergoing an unprecedented political transformation.
The Eurozone’s strategy of survival is also one of pain
By Jean Pisani-Ferry | February 15, 2012 01:35 AM
For the third year in a row, the eurozone is the weakest link in the world economy.
Jordan is working hard to mediate a Palestinian-Israeli accord
By Oraib Al-Rantawi | February 14, 2012 01:50 AM
In Jordan’s view, the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state, resulting from a serious peace process and intense meaningful negotiations.
China’s support for Assad’s repression is folly
By Steve Tsang | February 14, 2012 01:46 AM
In vetoing the United Nations Security Council’s draft resolution on Syria, China claims that it has acted in the interests of the Syrian people.
The time for talk on Syria is over
By Michael Glackin | February 14, 2012 01:44 AM
Here’s a thought. Imagine that Russia and China had supported the recent diplomatic maneuvers at the U.N. Security Council to further isolate Syria.
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