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		<title>Democracy at Stake: Options for a “Spring” Aftermath</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Democratization Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab Speing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PolicyMic debate....full thread of comments can be found here The first drops of winter rain reached the Middle East this week, perhaps another reminder of the end of what we have dubbed thus far as the “Arab Spring.” Much has happened since last December when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire and triggered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tunisian Revolution: Virtual Voices Made a Real Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nir Boms &#38; Elliot Chodoff The demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt caught most of us by surprise. Revolutions often do. Sir Anthony Parsons, the British ambassador in Tehran, declared in 1978 that “there has been little or no evidence of unrest among the urban poor.” Shortly after, Iranians poured into the streets and deposed the Shah. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinister Gulf Streams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nabeel Rajabm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caspian Weekly/Cyberdissidents.org Located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula and home to the oil-rich, Western-allied countries of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, the Persian Gulf is usually viewed as an Arab resort and not as a place of oppression and aggression. But oil is the not the only thing to be found [...]]]></description>
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