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Malaysia and the Muslim Spring

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.22.2013 | World
Read More: Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Malaysia, Umno, Southeast Asia, Arab Spring, Burma, World News
Azeem Ibrahim

The movement behind the Arab Spring has a different connotation in Southeast Asian countries where Burma for example, is slowly transitioning into democracy and Thailand and Pakistan are emerging from periods of military rule.

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Lebanon Finally Sees Its Twitter Dawn

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 01.14.2012 | Media
Read More: Digital Diplomacy, Social Media, Lebanon, Saad Hariri, Twitter, Social Networking, Hezbollah, Prime-Minister-Najib-Mikati, Public Diplomacy, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

With Lebanon suffering one of the world's slowest Internet connection speeds, it is certainly not surprising that social media hasn't picked up in this country as quickly as it did in other parts of the globe.

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Is A Civil War in Syria's Future?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.14.2011 | World
Read More: Jordan, Syria, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Turkey, Damascus, Hama, Libya, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Bashar Al-Assad, Hafez-Al-Assad, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

With military intervention rightfully off the table against Syria's Bashar Assad, a realistic assessment of who may pick up the pieces after he goes and under what conditions is exactly what we should be doing now before it is too late to affect any dire outcome.

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