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Refugees and Responsibilities

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Refugees and Responsibilities Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 8 September 2015 The picture last week of the little Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi dead on the beach in Turkey is one of those iconic pictures whose intense human face forces deeper reflection, especially upon publics for whom distant tragedies tend to be statistics rather than specific human […]

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Rays of Light in the Middle East?

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Rays of Light in the Middle East? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 11 August 2015 It is risky to try to discern longer range trends in the Middle East based on a few short term developments. Nonetheless, I can’t resist finding some small shards for cautious optimism in the events of the past few weeks. -Syria: […]

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Dangers of a Declining Global Power

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Dangers of a Declining Global Power Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 14 June 2015 Much has been written about the dangers and challenges posed by China as a rising global power. Indeed, historians speak of generic tensions between rising powers and status quo powers that have often led to war. But instability takes at least two […]

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150211 – Three (Encouraging) Cases of Disastrous Political Overreach

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150211 – Three (Encouraging) Cases of Disastrous Political Overreach There is a saying in classical Chinese: wu ji bi fan: When things reach extremes they must reverse course. That isn’t always true of course. But every once in a while, just when things seem to be getting really dark—and it especially happens in the Middle […]

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Graham Fuller’s Five Middle East Predictions for 2015

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Graham Fuller’s Five Middle East Predictions for 2015 Only a fool offers longer term predictions about the Middle East. I offer the following longer terms predictions about the Middle East for 2015. 1-     ISIS will decline in power and influence. I have stated earlier that I do not believe ISIS is viable as a state; […]

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