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The country's jihadi problem isn't about religion or politics. It's about generational revolt.

Olivier RoyOlivier Roy is a professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and the author of Globalized Islam.

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Saudi royals are scared about everything from the rise of Iran to the drop in oil prices. And Washington telling them to calm down only makes them angrier.

Kenneth M. PollackKenneth M. Pollack is the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He is the lead author of "The Arab Awakening: America and The Transformation of the Middle East," from which this essay is drawn.

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Yuri Andropov Would Drop Assad Like a Hot Kartoshka

And four other lessons Putin could learn from his hero, the Soviet Union’s most ruthless reformer.

Mark GaleottiMark Galeotti is a professor of global affairs at New York University's Center for Global Affairs.

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How Far Will Beijing Go to Curtail North Korea’s Atomic Provocations?

The United States and other allies urge China to join a U.N. Security Council push to punish Pyongyang for flouting its repeated calls for an end to nuclear detonations.

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