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Nato hopes this is the end of the beginning in Libya
A week after air strikes on Libya began, there is no road map and no endgame. With the Arab League already expressing dissent and Qaddafi showing no signs of going quietly, Nato might find itself drawn into a long battle.
Reason to be sceptical about a new dawn in Syria
Syria has had many false springs before and this one is just as likely not to blossom.
Revolution in the Arab World: lack of context muddles draft of history
Foreign Policy's hurriedly released collection of essays on the Arab world's revolutionary moment seems oddly out of date.
A clear mission in Libya, but history deters intervention
As Qaddafi moves to crush Libya's uprising, Arab countries have to find a way to lead an intervention effort.
North Africans place al Qa'eda in check
The war of ideas in the Middle East now looks very different. People power has accomplished what al Qa'eda could not.
Women united by revolution may be divided by politics
Women fought as equals in this wave of revolutions, but too often politics as usual treats them as objects of concern, not actors in their own right, Faisal al Yafai writes.
In North Africa, dream for best, prepare for worst
The future of North Africa may not be the stuff of America's nightmares. But it may also not be the reality of Tahrir Square's dreams.
A window of opportunity for Europe after Qaddafi's fall
European leaders have at times coddled Qaddafi's regime, but his inevitable departure will offer an opportunity for a relationship that is both moral and practical.
North Africa in 2011 is not eastern Europe in 1989
North Africa's journey may have started in a similar way to eastern Europe, but its destination could be very different.
India should reject British financial aid
This isn't a pessimistic position, nor even a realist one. It is an optimistic position, an aspirational policy.
Switzerland's best kept secret
What the recent referendum on gun ownership really means.
'Muscular liberalism' is just Cameron wooing his base
David Cameron's strategy of exporting British values is fatally flawed by a lack of muscle to translate his words into reality.
Grown up too fast, Jakarta is urbanisation’s future
The Indonesian capital's attractions lie not in its past, but its glittering present, with all the benefits and complications of modern city life.
The irrefutable power of a transcendent sacrifice
Self-immolation is at once a very private act and a very public act.
With all its problems, Yemen needs help of its friends
Yemen has a seething cocktail of problems, from the Houthi rebellion and the southern secessionists to a looming water crisis, and creative solutions are needed, especially from its Gulf neighbours.
