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Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan By ALISSA J. RUBIN, New York Times, April 27, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan — It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view.        That is especially true in Afghanistan, where diplomats painstakingly

The Seven Pillars of the Arab Future The United States cannot make a success of the Arab Spring. Only the region’s nations can. Here are the ways they need to mature.Michael Wahid HannaDemocracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue # 28, Spring 2013The early days of the Arab uprisings were uncomplicated and inspiring, as they reaffirmed many Westerners’ long-held beliefs regarding universal values, human

Living Through Terror, in Rawalpindi and BostonBy HAIDER JAVED WARRAICH, New York Times, April 17, 2013 BOSTON I WAS in the middle of having Chinese food with my wife and friends yesterday afternoon when we heard the dull and deathly reverb. The water in our plastic cups rippled. We looked at one another, and someone made a joke about that famous scene in “Jurassic Park.” We tried to