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							<title><![CDATA[No Exit: Why the Middle East Still Matters to America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-10-13/no-exit</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington needs to figure out its real interests in the Middle East and craft a strategy to advance them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Does Trump Keep Pardoning Turkey?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/28/trumppardon-turkey-073704</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The president once seemed willing to stand up to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. No longer.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fear of a Muslim Planet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2017/03/26/bill-maher-makes-us-dumber-how-ignorance-fear-and-stupid-pop-culture-cliches-shape-americans-view-of-the-middle-east/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans used to be just ignorant about Muslims and the Middle East. Now we're also fearful, stupid and wrong]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Morsi's Power Grab Means for U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137823/steven-a-cook/morsi-makes-his-move</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sacked Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the minister of defense, and Lieutenant-General Sami Hafez Enan, the chief of staff of the armed forces. He also cancelled the military'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s June 17 constitutional decree, which stripped important...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wake-Up Call: Turkey Becomes Mideast Rival]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/01/how_do_you_say_frenemy_in_Turkish</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, my colleague and good friend, Charles Kupchan, published a book called How Enemies Become Friends. In it, he argues that diplomatic engagement is decisive in transforming relations between adversaries. It is an interesting read, and the book has received some terrific reviews....]]></description>
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