| Articles and Short Publications by Michael Rubin |
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Things Fall Apart
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| Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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Things Fall Apart provides an invaluable framework from which policymakers across the political spectrum might begin to develop strategies to contain a collapsing Iraqi state.
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The Development of Trans-Jordan, 1929-1939
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| Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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Because the archives of many Arab countries are sealed or highly restricted, writings by Arab officials are often of value--but not Maan Abu Nowar's study of Jordan's early development.
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Contemporary Politics in the Middle East
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| Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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The second edition of Beverley Milton-Edwards's textbook on the Middle East, though updated, is as mediocre as the first edition.
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Hillary Clinton's Right to Say "Obliterate"
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| Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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In the face of a saber-rattling Iran, the next U.S. president will have just two main policy options: containment and deterrence.
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بلند پروازی های جهانی ایران
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| Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
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Turkey's Uncertain Future: A Symposium
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| Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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The ruling party of Prime Minister Erdoğan may be a threat to Turkish democracy and may be banned from politics for five years.
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Turkey's Turning Point
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| Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
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Fethullah Gülen claims to weld Islam with a pro-European outlook, but if he returns to Turkey from exile, he will damage the country's already shaky secular order and constitutionalism.
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Rose-Colored Foreign Policy
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| Posted: Monday, April 14, 2008 |
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Democrats have criticized the Bush administration for being too optimistic in setting its foreign policy, but the Democrats in Congress are making that same mistake.
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Iran's Global Ambition
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| Posted: Monday, March 17, 2008 |
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While the United States has focused its attention on Iranian activities in the greater Middle East, Iran has worked assiduously to expand its influence in Latin America and Africa.
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Turkey and Democracy
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| Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
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While disentangling the military from politics in Turkey is a noble goal, encouraging it without creation of alternate checks-and-balances is irresponsible.
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Michael Rubin
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5851
Assistant: 202-862-5926
Fax: 202-862-4877
E-mail: MRubin@aei.org
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Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats
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