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As the turmoil in the Middle East continues, the United States nears the debt ceiling and the global economy remains weak, politicians in all countries must deal with complex local and international issues. Brookings experts discuss elections and political transitions around the globe, examining the role of politics at all levels.
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Interview | Washington Post Wonkblog
September 27, 2013, Neil Irwin
Interview | Asharq Al-Awsat
August 4, 2013, Salman Shaikh
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South Africa has been good to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe because he was good to them in the darkest years of that country’s long freedom movement. I don’t think they would ever call for diaspora voting rights because they know it would work against Mugabe and he would see it as direct opposition. July 31, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Christian Science Monitor
South Africa has been good to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe because he was good to them in the darkest years of that country’s long freedom movement. I don’t think they would ever call for diaspora voting rights because they know it would work against Mugabe and he would see it as direct opposition.
Interview | CNN
July 19, 2013, F. Gregory Gause, III
Interview | PBS Newshour
July 18, 2013, Fiona Hill
In an ironic way, [the protests in Turkey are] a product of the success of this government in helping to develop a stronger middle class, especially the highly educated section of the middle class that lives in the cities. … The government’s failure to hear their voice and the adoption of policies that these people feel are strangling their individualistic liberties. June 26, 2013, Kemal Kirişci, The Washington Times
In an ironic way, [the protests in Turkey are] a product of the success of this government in helping to develop a stronger middle class, especially the highly educated section of the middle class that lives in the cities. … The government’s failure to hear their voice and the adoption of policies that these people feel are strangling their individualistic liberties.
[Hassan Rohani] won in the first round and he ran on a moderate platform of ending Iran's isolation. Therefore, he's in a position to advance a different approach. But we need to give him time and space to be able to do that and the problem is that the nuclear clock is ticking. There isn't a lot of time. June 19, 2013, Martin S. Indyk, National Public Radio
[Hassan Rohani] won in the first round and he ran on a moderate platform of ending Iran's isolation. Therefore, he's in a position to advance a different approach. But we need to give him time and space to be able to do that and the problem is that the nuclear clock is ticking. There isn't a lot of time.
Interview | BBC
June 10, 2013, Fiona Hill
Interview | The Diane Rehm Show (NPR)
June 6, 2013, Shibley Telhami
The regional divide [in Pakistan] is probably the starkest it’s ever been. May 13, 2013, Madiha Afzal , The New Republic
The regional divide [in Pakistan] is probably the starkest it’s ever been.
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