A protester in front of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which was attacked on the anniversary of Sept. 11. Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
Does Mideast Democracy Complicate Diplomacy? -- New York Times (Symposium)
The United States helped the Libyan people overthrow the repressive Qaddafi regime and institute a nascent democracy. But the murder of the United States ambassador and three other officials shows that in Libya, as elsewhere around the world, freedom can unleash ugly forces that are hard to control, even where there is a pro-Western government and pro-American elements, as in Libya. Can the United States stay engaged with modern democratic Middle Eastern countries that have sizable anti-Western populations?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Murder in Benghazi -- New York Times editorial
U.S. compound in Libya was ‘too far outside the wire’ -- Col. Ken Allard, Washington Times
The politics of outrage is still an irresistible temptation -- Issandr El Amrani, The National
What really motivated the embassy attacks? -- Michael Rubin, Daily Caller
What Happened in Cairo -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
In Egypt and Libya, radicals are jockeying for power -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Don't Give Up on the Arab Spring -- Shadi Hamid, Foreign Policy
Iran's ‘Red line’ folly -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
For Whom Syria Tolls -- Dominique Moisi, Project Syndicate
The week Europe turned a corner? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Ireland: This exodus of our women is a disturbing new trend -- David McWilliams, Independent.ie
Why did the Obama administration deny Bolivia's extradition request? -- José R. Cárdenas, Foreign Policy
Will Quebec Blackmail Canada Again? -- Joanna Baron, National Interest
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