Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy was kind enough to ask me to contribute a piece to its Policy Watch series, the result has just been released and is […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy was kind enough to ask me to contribute a piece to its Policy Watch series, the result has just been released and is available here.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy was kind enough to ask me to contribute a piece to its Policy Watch series, the result has just been released and is available here.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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