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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Middle East</title>
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		<title>Humanitarian Intervention in Libya</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/23/humanitarian-intervention-in-libya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/23/humanitarian-intervention-in-libya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A number of analysts have called for humanitarian intervention of some kind in Libya &#8212; a no-fly-zone at least, as suggested by the International Crisis Group, with others implying something more.
While such an intervention might become morally essential, several factors should give us pause:

The anti-imperialist card &#8212; Any military intervention would greatly enhance the &#8220;foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/17/a-note-on-saudi-arabia-and-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/17/a-note-on-saudi-arabia-and-bahrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahrain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are illustrating that the unrest spreading across the Middle East will not happen the same way in any two places, nor are all authoritarian countries equally susceptible.
Writing in the Washington Post, Scott Wilson offers a hint at why Saudi Arabia has remained largely quiet:
The aging monarchy of Saudi Arabia, home to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle East: Some Stability-Related Data</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/02/middle-east-some-stability-related-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/02/middle-east-some-stability-related-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some patterns are emerging from the Middle East unrest that began in Tunisia.
This chart combines three factors that seem relevant:

Purchasing-power income (from CIA World Factbook)
Levels of economic freedom (from Heritage Foundation)
Levels of civil liberties (from Freedom House)


Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, and Yemen are highly similar when plotted against these variables.

They all have a &#8220;5&#8243; level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mideast Turmoil: A Forecast Compilation</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/30/mideast-turmoil-a-forecast-compilation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/30/mideast-turmoil-a-forecast-compilation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a roundup of some of the fast-accumulating forecasts for Egypt and the Middle East, particularly those taking a longer view (including some of my own).
General

Threats to US interests &#8212; &#8220;Were demonstrations to spread in a big way to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, a catastrophe could be looming. A more enlightened, pro-American regime than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Debate over Bombing Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/the-debate-over-bombing-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/the-debate-over-bombing-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Economist held a debate earlier this week about taking military action against Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.
In favor of military action was General Chuck F. Wald, a director at Deloitte.  Dr. Emily Landau, a senior research associate at Israel&#8217;s Institute for National Security Studies, opposed the option.
For military action
General Wald offered these forecasts:

&#8220;There remain levers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Opposition Pro-Nuke?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/iranian-opposition-pro-nuke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/iranian-opposition-pro-nuke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting rid of Ahmadinejad or the current regime may not greatly change the trajectory of Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, as some seem to assume.
As Iran vacillates &#8212; or appears to &#8212; on the uranium stockpile deal, the opposition is accusing Ahmadinejad of giving away too much to the West.
The WaPo reports that 
The strongest criticism has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Sanctions, Regime Change, Etc.</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/29/iran-sanctions-regime-change-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/29/iran-sanctions-regime-change-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US is preparing to push for new sanctions against Iran in light of its nuclear program, aiming to interfere with Iranian trade more broadly.  
A comprehensive sanctions approach has more chance of success than efforts so far, and Iran might be more susceptible to pressure in the wake of the post-election political and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Nukes Closer?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/11/iranian-nukes-closer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/11/iranian-nukes-closer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iran may now have enough nuclear fuel &#8220;to make a rapid, if risky, sprint for a nuclear weapon,&#8221; the New York Times reported this week.
However, design work on an actual nuclear weapon may have been halted in 2003, and &#8220;it is unclear how many months — or even years — it would take Iran to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq to Limit Internet Freedom?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/06/iraq-to-limit-internet-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/06/iraq-to-limit-internet-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq is planning to clamp down on the Internet, raising concerns that it will revert to a restrictive approach more typical of the region.  Iraq currently has many Internet providers and hundreds of Internet cafes.  
A government official told the Associated Press that &#8220;All Web sites that glorify terrorism and incite violence and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;On Iran, Do Nothing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/on-iran-do-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/on-iran-do-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fareed Zakaria advocates doing nothing with Iran in this week&#8217;s Newsweek (&#8221;On Iran, Do Nothing.  Yet,&#8221; August 3, 2009, p. 26).
In the short term, the US should not confer legitimacy on the post-election regime, and in any case has already made a serious offer of talks.
In the longer term, he suggests that passive measures [...]]]></description>
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