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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Meditating on the Middle East: An Open Letter to the Foreign Policy Establishment

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Labels: Afghanistan, analysis, Egypt, Egyptian revolution, expert opinion, foreign policy, HopeChange Chronicles, international politics, Jordan, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey

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