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... Andrew Lebovich, an expert on North Africa and the AQIM, says that the information which has come out in the last two days could be significant if true because it could cast a new light on the origins of AQIM. ...

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Peter Bergen on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan: "I think it's very credible that very few people knew. He never went out." US author and security expert Peter Bergen, 48, discusses this week's killing of Osama ...

Andrew Lebovich, a researcher at the New America Foundation who tracks AQIM, says that, while the Thursday attack fits the al-Qaida pattern, one cannot ignore the existence of other militant groups in Morocco. It is too early to pin the blame on AQIM. ...

... Einige Nordafrika-Experten warnen jedoch vor Hysterie: Es sei zumindest vorstellbar, dass Algerien aus eigenem Interesse heraus die Gefahren in Nordafrika übertreibe, so der Nordafrika-Experte Andrew Lebovich in einem aktuellen Blog-Eintrag. ...

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"In the case of Libya, they just threw out their playbook," Steve Clemons from the New America Foundation told Foreign Policy. "The fact that Obama pivoted on a dime shows that the White House is flying without a strategy." It also shows that the old ...

American journalist Steve Coll, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his own exposés, rages against the activities of WikiLeaks, calling them "vandalism" ...

Flynt Leverett, on the other hand, is no diplomat. In 2003, he parted ways with the National Security Council and, since then, he has been outspoken about ...

In the future, globalization will further weaken the nation-state. A long transition process toward global government will be, like the Middle Ages, a time of great insecurity. But Europe's governance structure will prevail, even in the United States. It will buy its way to peace and its model will be copied across the globe.

This week's protests in Iran are truly unprecedented, says Iran expert Afshin Molavi in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE. The demonstrators come from all walks of life and from across the country. Discontent with Tehran's hardline leadership is widespread.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: On Thursday, a million people demonstrated in the streets of Tehran. Are we witnessing a revolution in Iran?

Flynt Leverett from the think tank New America Foundation, who is considered one of the foremost Iran experts in Washington, told SPIEGEL ONLINE immediately after the election that support for Ahmadinejad's main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi had been ...