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Egyptians Skeptical of Broader Arab Spring - Younis & Younis, Gallup

Egyptians' views on the Arab Spring uprisings as indigenous movements for change are consistent with the Obama administration's stance on treating each Arab Spring country differ...

A Touch of Complacency over Libya - The Independent

Such is the chaos that, according to one poll at least, one in three people would prefer a return to authoritarian rule....

Libya Reveals Perils of Humanitarian War - Peter Beaumont, Observer

The mission to remove Gaddafi was a noble one. But it provides a further lesson in the pitfalls of such actions....

The Job Is Far from Over in Libya - The Guardian

Libya is free of Gaddafi's quixotic tyranny but is still miles from building a democratic alternative. Neither Britain, France, nor the UN will do it for them. The assumption that ...

Libya Becoming More Dangerous After Gaddafi - Vivienne Walt, Time

As Libya marks the first anniversary of its revolution on Friday, the dozens of well-armed militia groups operating across the vast country have slipped well out of the control of ...

Tribalism and the Arab Spring - Ruth Sherlock, Bitter Lemons

In many ways the revolutions of the "Arab spring" have been uprisings of unprecedented unity. Autocratic dictatorships have yielded to millions calling with one voice for the rig...

A Year After Uprising, Militias Hold Sway in Libya - Maggie Michael, AP

As Libya on Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi, hundreds of armed militias are the real power on the ground in the country...

Islamist Plot Behind the Libyan Rebellion - John Rosenthal, Nat'l Review

The very fact that the rebels would employ the signature method of al-Qaeda is itself evidence of the jihadist nature of the rebellion....

Why Libya Isn't a Model for Syria - Barak Barfi, The New Republic

With the civilian death toll in Syria climbing ever upwards, commentators are increasingly suggesting that Washington and its European allies cobble together a military alliance ...

Can Tripoli Control All of Libya? - Daily Star

If the government can’t provide clear-cut answers to such questions, and exercise its authority, it can only await the next, inevitable flare-up in Tripoli, after the reconcili...

The Libyan Non-Model - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

It is a good thing that Moammar Qaddafi is gone, even if by barbaric means. So what did we learn from the 2011 misadventure, given that some are advocating much the same sort of ...

Is Libya's Revolution Faltering? - Barak Barfi, The New Republic

The city of Tawargha is the only Libyan coastal town completely populated by blacks, the descendants of the slaves who were once trafficked through the Islamic world. Libya’s bl...

Vengeance Stalks Libya - Mustafa Fetouri, The National

For the first time since the fall of the Qaddafi regime, a trial has opened near Benghazi of civilians accused of supporting the former regime. Some of four dozen civilians are als...

Libya: Open for Business? - Maplecroft

Whilst the interim National Transitional Council (NTC) sustains only loose control over Libya, the rapid resumption of oil production and the gradual return of foreign oil workers ...

Retrenchment & Liberal Internationalism Don't Fit - Duck of Minerva

It is awfully tempting to think that just a little bit more exertion, a little more defense spending, a little more covert assistance could help push through desperately needed c...

Beijing Finds Vulnerable Ally in Berlin - Jian Junbo, Asia Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China highlights a significant warming of relations as the countries find common ground on issues ranging from the eurozone crisis to Lib...

A Post-American World? Not Quite - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

As far as the 21st century goes, compared to the alternatives, it is more likely that we are in a pre-American than a post-American age....

Libya Begets Syria - Christopher Preble, The Skeptics

little over a year ago, as members of the Obama administration were pondering military intervention in Libya, skeptics (including The Skeptics) pressed them to explain how that si...

Libya Success Makes Syria Harder - Joshua Foust, The Atlantic

The intervention in Libya -- often touted by advocates as a sterling example of how to intervene responsibly in a civil conflict to prevent atrocity -- has largely fallen off the...

China Needs to Change Mideast Foreign Policy - James Dorsey, Bloomberg

The decision to veto a condemnation of the Syrian regime at the United Nations Security Council is just the latest signal that illustrates the need for a fundamental change in Chin...

Time for India to Save Africa - Prem Shankar Jha, The Hindu

Wars kill in more ways than one, and the longer they go on the more do the ways multiply. The first war that proved this dictum was the Thirty Years' War of 1618-48 in Europe. Thro...

Blame NATO for the Mess in Libya - Ramzy Baroud, Gulf News

Unrepresentative NTC is unable to control militias, tribes and factions, which are committing human rights abuses in a bid to settle scores....

Mission Not Accomplished in Libya - Tony Karon, Time

In his State of the Union Address last week President Barack Obama seemed to link the fate of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad with that of Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. ...

Leadership Crisis in Crumbling Libya - The National

Local militiamen expelled fighters loyal to Libya's National Transitional Council from the town of Bani Walid this week. A stronghold of the Warfalla tribe, Bani Walid was a final ...

Arab Spring May Benefit Israel - Jonathan Schanzer, Jerusalem Post

To be sure, the Great Arab Revolt could still produce regimes that threaten Israel. But not yet....

Is There Really a Pro-Gaddafi Rebellion in Libya? - Chris Stephen, FP

In post-Gaddafi Libya, the dream of a stable central government is fading. Militias are filling the gap....

Looking Into the Syrian Abyss - Derek Flood, Asia Times

Syrian activists along the Turkish border describe a lopsided conflict bearing little resemblance to Libya, with Iraq lending Bashar al-Assad's regime American surveillance equipme...

'Arab Spring' a Media Concoction - Jay Bushinsky, Jerusalem Post

One of the most perplexing aspects of the "Arab Spring" is that it does not relate in any way to Israel. There has been no discussion among its activists of accepting Israel's ex...

New Libyan Government Turns a Blind Eye to Torture - The Guardian

The lack of oversight by Libya's National Transitional Council has created an environment conducive to torture....

Torture, Lawlessness Mar Libyan 'Victory' - Oliver Holmes, Reuters

Violent crime and clashes between armed militants are running rife in Libya as the jubilation of last year's liberation fades, to be replaced by the harsh and unromantic reality of...

Libyan Government Faces Growing Frustration - Alice Fordham, Wash Post

As Libya's interim government struggles to bring security, stability and democracy to the country, a burgeoning protest movement is rocking the fragile nation, venting grudges an...

The Failure of the Arab Spring - Martin Peretz, The New Republic

A year has passed since liberal America and the liberal opinion class, in particular, went ecstatic over the Arab debut into the modern world. I know that my standing in that cla...

Syria Looks More Like Libya Every Day - Rami Khouri, The Guardian

Libya saw a phased process of opposition organisation before international intervention. Syria seems to be following its lead....

Libyans Storm Gov't HQ in Benghazi - Mohammad Al Tommy, Reuters

People in Benghazi, birthplace of the revolt which forced out former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, have been protesting for weeks to demand the sacking of Gaddafi-era officials ...

Arab Troops in Syria? Probably a Bad Idea - Michael Young, The National

A look at previous Arab military actions does not encourage the idea that armed intervention in Syria would go smoothly....

Britain's Secret Mission to Overthrow Gaddafi - Mark Urban, BBC News

British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters. Thi...

The 'Arab Spring' as Winter Descends - Mitchell Belfer, National Review

The movement had many causes, and democracy is not the only solution....

Will Assad Be the Next Gaddafi or Milosevic? - Tony Karon, Time

The fighting words from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, who vowed Tuesday to hold on to power and crush his opponents with “an iron fist”, were optimistically interprete...

Libya's Nasty New Friend - Los Angeles Times

Sudan President Omar Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He's not someone Libya's new leaders should be hos...

Chaos on the Shores of Tripoli? - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

Libya may be in a better place without Muammar Gaddafi, but the country is certainly not out of the woods quite yet. Nobody expected a functioning government by now, but the libe...

Post-Gaddafi Libya Is Messy - and Getting Messier - Tony Karon, Time

The residents and militias of Tripoli have been trying for months to persuade the Misrata and Zintan fighters who stormed the capital to topple the regime to go back to their hom...

Why Libyans Have Fallen Out of Love With Qatar - Steven Sotloff, Time

When Libya's cashed-strapped rebels needed financial support to bankroll their revolution last spring, they did not look to Western powers such as the U.S. and England for aid. I...

It's Time to Retire the NATO Alliance - Doug Bandow, Forbes

NATO was created at a different time in a different world for different circumstances. It is time for Europe to take over responsibility for its own defense. The U.S. and Europea...

2012's Global Hotspots to Watch - Bloomberg

Could the world in 2012 surprise us more than it did in 2011? Certainly, after Japan’s earthquake, the Middle East’s upheavals and Osama bin Laden’s dea...

Even Despots Don't Live Forever - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

It was a bad year for the villains of the world.Three of the biggest bad guys met their ends: Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. commandos who stormed his villa in Pakistan&...

Gaddafi's Son: I Want My Lawyer - Fred Abrahams, The Daily Beast

Saif al-Islam, the captured son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, tells Human Rights Watch's Fred Abrahams he has not seen a lawyer....

Are Protesters Helping the World? - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld

As 2011 draws to a close, we all feel the calendar-driven pull to convert News to History. We're primed for the end-of-the-year efforts to make sense of it all. But like the museum...

2012: Year of Counter-Revolution? - Leon Hadar, Singapore Business Times

The outgoing 2011 is the Year of the Protester, according to Time Magazine. The insurgency targeting the ruling political elites, first in Tunisia, and then in Egypt, Libya, Syria,...

Mideast Bloodshed Has Only Begun - Shashank Joshi, Daily Telegraph

This year, the certitudes of the old Middle East dissolved with unseemly haste. A regional order frozen in place since the death of Egypt’s Colonel Nasser 40 years ago final...

Libya's Civil War Isn't Over - Patrick Haimzadeh, Le Monde Diplomatique

The new government formed by the National Transition Council includes some of the former rebel leaders as ministers, but still has to win recognition among the Libyans. It also ...

UN Approves Air Strikes in Libya

A pro-Qaddafi crowd stormed a news conference given by Libya's deputy foreign minister at a hotel in Tripoli early Friday. The United Nations Security Council voted Thursday to aut...

Gaddafi Planes Bomb Rebel City

Libyan students attend a pro-Gadhafi rally organized in the parking lot of the Rixos hotel where the foreign press is staying in Tripoli, Libya, Monday March 14, 2011. Teachers ...

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