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August 13, 2013

Israel
Does Freeing Murderers Bring Peace?

Today Israel will free 26 murderers, a price exacted by the PLO before it would return to peace negotiations. Israel has entered into such deals before, for example freeing over 1,000 prisoners in ex…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 7, 2013

United States
Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment

President Obama has proposed increasing the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00, pointing out that 19 states already have minimum wages in excess of $7.25.  Only one state, however, Wa…

Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

May 29, 2015

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Money Pit, Morocco’s Jewish Community, and Saudi Civil Society

Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge chase after $9.4 billion worth of secret accounts and special funds hidden away by top Egyptian officials. Evelyn Crunden examines how one group in Morocco remembers and…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

July 27, 2012

Turkey
Weekend Reading: The Morsi Meter, What Turkey Wants, and Hanging with Manaf Tlass

Introducing the Morsi Meter Turkey and the  “Syria Cauldron” by Jeremy Salt Bassem Haddad’s 50 Minutes with Manaf Tlass

A man reads a book at Mutanabi Street in Baghdad
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 8, 2019

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: March 8, 2019

This week: Facebook announces new privacy framework; Big Tech goes on the offensive; new developments in China-U.S. cyber relations; UK's proposes a cyber detterence strategy; and India's tech compan…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about Messenger at Facebook conference in May 2018.
Blog Post by Adam Segal Net Politics