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What Obama should tell Middle East: no security without reform

By Michael Allen on December 11, 2008

The indispensable Project on Middle East Democracy is running an interesting series of responses to the question, “As President, What Should Obama Say to the Middle East?”
A recent article suggested that Obama should give his first 100 days speech in Cairo. POMED is soliciting ideas from notables about should be in such a speech. The [read full story]

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Russia’s autocrats: must reform, can’t reform

By Michael Allen on September 5, 2008

The oil export revenues that are bolstering the Kremlin’s “market authoritarianism” could also be the source of its ultimate failure, a symposium of Russia experts suggests.
“When oil contributes one-third or more of export revenues, no country in history has ever made an enduring transition to genuine democracy,” notes Princeton University’s Stephen Kotkin (Russia’s oil and [read full story]

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