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August 5, 2005

Capital Flows
China, the US and the geopolitics of oil

The CNOOC Unocal saga is over. But CNOOC's ambitions remain: Energy market experts now expect Cnooc, which is controlled by the Beijing government, to explore opportunities throughout the Asia-Pacifi…

November 28, 2011

United States
Syria: Military Intervention A La Carte

Opposition delegation of the Syrian National Council, led by Chairman Burhan Ghalioun, attend a news conference during their visit to Moscow on November 15, 2011 (Denis Sinyakov/Courtesy Reuters). A…

Opposition delegation of the Syrian National Council, led by Chairman Burhan Ghalioun, attend a news conference during their visit to Moscow on November 15, 2011 (Denis Sinyakov/Courtesy Reuters).

September 20, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Violence, Demonstrations, Evacuations, and Conciliation

Significant Middle East Developments Libya. U.S. deputy secretary of state William Burns flew into Tripoli today to meet with Libyan officials and to attend a ceremony in honor of Ambassador Chris S…

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a public appearance at an anti-U.S. protest in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 17, 2012 (Hasan Shaaban/Courtesy Reuters).

September 28, 2011

Egypt
The New Corrective Revolution?

  A trader reacts at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters) Outside official circles in Washington these days there is a lot of talk about the Egyptian economy.  This is …

The New Corrective Revolution?

November 8, 2010

United States
Egypt Week in Washington?

Last week was Egypt week in Washington.  On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of policy analysts, former government officials, and democracy advocates visited with National Security Council staff to expr…

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