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China's Soft Power Crusade in Islamic World - Massoud Hayoun, Atlantic

China has engaged in and often won a number of such cutthroat races to bring Islam to Muslims in Algeria and across the Muslim world. Analysts say that, after September 11, 2001, I...

Algeria's Revolution That Wasn't - James Traub, Foreign Policy

What's wrong with Algeria? Over the last year, the fever that is the Arab Spring has overtaken one country after another. Monarchies like Morocco or Jordan have been able to focus ...

Arab Spring May Become Chilly Winter - Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph

We may not like the consequences of elections in North Africa - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past....

After Gaddafi, a Mideast Awash With Weapons? - Con Coughlin, Telegraph

Now that the war in Libya is over, it is tempting to think that the world will be a safer place because Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is no longer able to promulgate his distinctive bran...

Next to Fall: Oil Darling Algeria - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Bloomberg

The death of Muammar Qaddafi is a cause for joy in Libya, and for concern. Some worry that the ruling National Transitional Council will force its way to permanent ...

Al-Qaeda Surges in Algeria - Combating Terrorism Center

Regardless of what emerges from the infighting and tension in Algeria’s ruling classes, it seems likely that AQIM’s violence will continue to increase in the north. Whi...

Chaos in Libya Threatening Algeria's Stability - Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Chaos in Libya is threatening Algeria's stability by fuelling jihadism, while popular discontent adds to internal tensions....

Algeria Playing an Old Game With Libya - Erna Paris, Ottawa Citizen

There's a very old game being played out before our eyes and the stakes are high. Members of the Gadhafi family have found sanctuary in Algeria, the welcoming country next door; ...

Algeria Sends the West a Message - Robert Fisk, The Independent

Neighbor thinks the Libyan revolution gathered Western support because the land is so rich in oil....

Algeria Will Be the Next to Fall - Bruce Riedel, The National Interest

So Algeria is poised between its fear of returning to chaos and violence if the army and the regime loosen up and its underlying socio-economic difficulties that cry out for politi...

More North African Dominoes May Fall - Azzedine Layachi, Foreign Affairs

In Arabic, the Maghreb means "where and when the sun sets." The region, which includes Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, is part of both Africa and the Arab world, and it enjoy...

Can the Global Economy Survive Disaster, Debt & Unrest? - Economist

The damage to the world economy from Japan's disaster, Europe's debt crisis and war in Libya is uncertain. That in itself is damaging....

Should U.S. Cheer or Cringe in the Middle East? - Leslie Gelb, Daily Beast

I don't know anyone who has the foggiest idea where these revolutions from Algeria to the borders of Saudi Arabia are going or whether future leaders there will be true democrats ...

Muslims Don't Need Washington's Help - Andrew Bacevich, LA Times

Rendering a decade of U.S. policy irrelevant, the people of the Middle East are transforming the region themselves....

Arab Rulers Confront a New World - David Gardner, Financial Times

Egypt is a player once more, its freedom within grasp and dignity restored. Arabs are mesmerised by the message of Tahrir Square. Their rulers will be, too....

Arab World's Berlin Wall Moment - Fawaz Gerges, CS Monitor

Arabs are on the brink of a democratic wave similar to the one that swept through Eastern Europe 20 years ago. The Arabs' democratic journey may well be rocky, but there is no turn...

Why Algeria Will Not Go Egypt's Way - Geoff Porter, Daily Star

Algeria effectively had its revolution, and has no stomach for another....

The Demise of Arab Dictators - Fouad Ajami, Newsweek

Historians of revolutions are never sure as to when these great upheavals in human affairs begin. But the historians will not puzzle long over the Arab Revolution of 2011. They...

Unrest Surprises the West - Why? - German Marshall Fund

Once again, European and American policymakers are surprised by a sweeping popular uprising. The outcomes and implications of what is currently happening in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan,...

No Quick Fix for Arab Youth's Economic Woes - Ulrike Putz, Der Spiegel

The unrest in the Arab world is being fueled by massive economic problems, as young populations, who are facing a grim future, vent their frustration on the streets. But economists...

Mideast Unrest Challenges U.S. - Solomon & Spindle, Wall St. Journal

Uprisings in the Middle East have placed the future of some of the U.S.'s closest strategic allies into question, and raised the specter that grass-roots anger at leaders perceived...

World Food Prices Are Too Low - Nick Cullather, Globe and Mail

The global economy includes the global countryside, and the return of prosperity will have to begin there....

What WikiLeaks Has Done for Arab World - Tom Malinowski, Foreign Policy

In one fell swoop, the candor of the cables released by WikiLeaks did more for Arab democracy than decades of backstage U.S. diplomacy....

After Tunisia, Algeria Rages On - Amel Boubekeur, Middle East Channel

Since the fall of Tunisian President Zineddine Benali on Friday, four young Algerian unemployed have immolated themselves in imitation of the inspiration for the demonstrations t...

Algeria's Rioters May Not Rest Long - Mohamed Ben-Madani, The Guardian

The government has calmed protesters for now, but without serious reform and greater civil liberties this peace will not last....

America Reveals Two Minds on Algeria - James Badcock, Daily Star

The State Department cables on Algeria released by WikiLeaks late last year suggest that when it comes to security in North Africa and the Sahel region, the United States regards A...

Failure of Governance in the Arab World - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Protests in Tunisia and Algeria are part of a rising tide of popular dissatisfaction with illiberal, unreformed Arab rule....

Could Job Riots Spread to the West? - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

The recent unrest in Tunisia and Algeria could well come to Western European nations....

The Great Food Crisis of 2011 - Lester Brown, Foreign Policy

It's real, and it's not going away anytime soon....

Algeria Protest About Politics, Not Food - Hugh Roberts, Foreign Policy

The massive wave of protests that have engulfed Algeria and the recent unrest in Tunisia are both premised on a fundamental political deficit -- the absence of credible political i...

Growing Discontent in Mideast & North Africa - The National

With the strike of a match, Mohamed Bouazizi did more than take his own life - he ignited the dormant anger of a generation. The 26-year-old graduate, who died from self-inflicted ...

An 'Arab Spring' in the Making? - Marc Lynch, Middle East Channel

Yesterday I noted the spread of seemingly unrelated protests and clashes through a diverse array of Arab states -- Tunisia, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt. Last night, protests spread to Al...

Al-Qaeda Is Growing in Africa - Abderrahim Chalfaouat, Le Monde Diplo.

It is not just in Yemen that the al-Qaida networks have grown active. In North Africa, too, the local affiliate is growing, and the results could be far-reaching....

Western Sahara, the Maghreb's Separator - Anouar Boukhars, Daily Star

Everybody is in agreement that a resolution of the Western Sahara dispute would untangle the main obstacles toward regional reconciliation, interregional economic integration and ...

Obama's Shadow War on al-Qaeda - Shane, Mazzetti & Worth, NY Times

This article is by Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti and Robert F. Worth. White House officials worked to win support for their efforts in Yemen from President Ali Abdullah Saleh. ...

Algeria Caught Between Army & Corruption - M. Belhimer, Daily Star

Less than a year after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s election to a third term on April 14, 2009, Algeria is once again caught in a political crisis. Demonstrations are disr...

Stopping Africa's Democratic Backslide - Christian Hennemeyer, Global Post

Nigerians have a highly developed skill at sniffing out political chicanery, and they have identified a substantial threat to democracy as “third termism.” In 2006, Nigeria's t...

Obama Shouldn't Forget North Africa - Edward Gabriel, Daily Telegraph

When President Obama delivered his precedent-breaking, prejudice-shattering appeal for peace and partnership to a billion and a half Muslims from Egypt, observers immediately...

Give Netanyahu a Chance - Menachem Rosensaft, Jerusalem Post

Even before Binyamin Netanyahu's new government was sworn in, skeptics and pundits alike warned that he would both isolate Israel internationally and refuse to engage i...

Why the Maghreb Matters - Claude Salhani, Middle East Times

While the Middle East proper has tended to grab most of the attention in the U.S. media as well as from official Washington, it is important to point out every now and then ...

We're All Middle Easterners Now - Melik Keylan, Forbes

These days we all live in the Middle East. With the Muslim world's diaspora and its discontents spreading worldwide, we've all become stakeholders in what we call "the region." It ...

Afghanistan Needs a Marshall Plan - Ashraf Ghani, The Independent

Home > Opinion > Commentators Monday, 29 December 2008 What are these? The Obama Presidency provides a second chance to get Afghanistan right...

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