An Uncertain Middle East -- Washington Post Editorial
AWEEK AFTER Tunisia's popular revolution, the country's direction remains far from settled - and unrest in its Arab neighbors is rising. Seven people in Algeria and nine in Egypt have set themselves on fire, or attempted to, in imitation of the desperate man who triggered Tunisia's uprising. There were mass anti-government demonstrations in Jordan on Friday, and Egypt's opposition has called one for Tuesday. In Tunis protesters continue to march, demanding that former government ministers serving in an interim government step down. That administration has freed political prisoners and declared an end to censorship, but it has not yet agreed on a clear political strategy.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Is China Really No. 1? -- Mark Rice, Forbes
"We Are All Khaled Said": Will the Revolution Come to Egypt? -- Mike Giglio, The Daily Beast
A governor's assassination has delivered Pakistan to the extremists -- Pamela Constable, Washington Post
Pak Army: Hypnotised by the India bogey -- Irfan Husain, Deccan Chronicle
The Hizballah-North Korean Nexus -- Carl Anthony Wege, Small Wars Journal
30 years after the Iran hostage crisis, we're still fighting Reagan's war -- Ted Koppel
The Egypt-Colombia dichotomy -- Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Where Do Bad Ideas Come From? And why don't they go away? -- Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
A Radioactive Challenge: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism -- The Stanley Foundation
Will the cyber worm turn? -- L.A. Times editorial
