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Article: Is a Pax Americana in the offing? The Middle East after the Iraq war.(American diplomacy in the Middle East)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 17, 2004
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Despite the misery of Israel-Palestine and the bloody uncertainty in Iraq, there are hopeful signs across the wider region
"THERE is no longer any place for dictatorship," said the president. "Democracy is the choice of the modern age for all peoples." Was this George Bush, preaching reform to Arab leaders? No, it was one of those leaders themselves, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, addressing a recent human-rights conference. Apart from blasts at Israel and demands for a swift American exit from Iraq, Mr Saleh's speech might have been scripted in Washington.
In the wake of the Iraq war, many Arabs still think of America as a bully. Fully 94% of 1,600 ...