Category Archives: foreign policy

“Tunisia: That ‘Wikileaks Revolution’ meme”

16Jan11 – 12:25 am

Dan Murphy questions a fashionable view of what triggered what is already being referred to as the Jasmine Revolution: The theory goes that private US diplomatic cables from the Tunis embassy released via Wikileaks on December 7 revealed to Tunisians that Ben Ali was an authoritarian despot, that his family was supremely corrupt, and that […]

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“Why Tunisia’s Revolution Is Islamist-Free”

15Jan11 – 11:52 pm

In Foreign Policy, Michael Koplow offers his background view of the dark irony behind the sudden fall of Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali—a history of ruthless suppression of Islamist opponents—and a warning for those dreaming of a domino effect: Unlike in Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, and most other secular Arab autocracies, the main challenge to […]

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Conference: Mid East WMD-free zone

31Oct06 – 4:00 am

Dan Plesch at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) writes to notify Euston Manifesto site readers of a conference in London UK next week about “The Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone“. This is jointly sponsored by the centre and Pugwash. Full details are […]

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Generation 9/11

09Sep06 – 3:49 am

Generation 9/11 wants to marry national security with progressive, internationalist values, argue US Democrats Rachel Kleinfeld and Matthew Spence. What are the lessons for European social democrats?

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Free Politics won’t necessarily follow free markets in China

07Sep06 – 7:10 am

How the West handles the emerging Chinese superpower will define foreign relations in the 21st century, argues Greg Pope MP

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