Will Tunisia Inspire More Popular Uprisings?
Elliott Abrams interviewed by Bernard GwertzmanThe Egyptian and Libyan publics are the two most likely to be inspired by the ouster of Tunisia's Ben Ali, and the United States should be...
Speaker: Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Author: Bernard Gwertzman, Presider, Council on Foreign Relations
February 22, 2011
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