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1. Muslim Rage (Straits Times - Zakaria)
   "The Muslim Brotherhood and organisations like it tried to give people a sense of meaning and purpose in a changing world, something no leader in the Middle East tried to do. Fundamentalism gave Arabs who were dissatisfied with their lot a powerful language of opposition." "If there is one great cause of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, it is the total failure of political institutions in the Arab world." "The disproportionate feelings of grievance directed at America have to be placed in the overall context of the sense of humiliation, decline and despair that sweeps the Arab world. Arabs feel that they are under siege from the modern world and that the US symbolises this world." 10-01

2. 10-30-03 Israeli Army Chief Criticizes Sharon (Guardian Unlimited - McGreal)
   "Israel's army chief has exposed deep divisions between the military and Ariel Sharon by branding the government's hardline treatment of Palestinian civilians counter-productive and saying that the policy intensifies hatred and strengthens the "terror organisations".
   
    "The statements - which a close associate characterised to the Israeli press as warning that the country was 'on the verge of a catastrophe' - will also reinforce a growing perception among the public that Mr Sharon is unable to deliver the peace with security he promised when he came to office nearly three years ago."
   
   "Gen Ya'alon also waded into one of the most contentious issues of the day by saying the army had recommended a less controversial route for the steel and concrete "security fence" through the West Bank."
   
   "He said the military had warned that the fence, which digs deep into Palestinian territory, caging some towns and villages and cutting farmers off from their land, will make the lives of some Palestinians "unbearable" and require too many soldiers to guard it." 10-03

3. Editorial: U.S. Campaign in Kiev (Guardian Unlimited - Traynor)
   "Ukraine, traditionally passive in its politics, has been mobilised by the young democracy activists and will never be the same again."
   
   "But while the gains of the orange-bedecked 'chestnut revolution' are Ukraine's, the campaign is an American creation, a sophisticated and brilliantly conceived exercise in western branding and mass marketing that, in four countries in four years, has been used to try to salvage rigged elections and topple unsavoury regimes."
   
   "Funded and organised by the US government, deploying US consultancies, pollsters, diplomats, the two big American parties and US non-government organisations, the campaign was first used in Europe in Belgrade in 2000 to beat Slobodan Milosevic at the ballot box."
   
   "Richard Miles, the US ambassador in Belgrade, played a key role. And by last year, as US ambassador in Tbilisi, he repeated the trick in Georgia, coaching Mikhail Saakashvili in how to bring down Eduard Shevardnadze." 12-04

4. Meeting the Challenge of Governance and Corruption (CopenhagenConsensus.com)
   Provides a paper and two opponent views.
   
   "Researchers at the World Bank estimate that $1 trillion is spent on bribes annually, some 3% of global GDP. The impact on economic growth and world income could well be much higher than this. Corruption is one symptom of a failure to achieve an appropriate balance between private wealth and public power. Ultimately, there is a risk that government will be captured by powerful interests and rendered dysfunctional. Both private citizens and companies are then drawn into the cycle of bribery, forced to pay corrupt officials to obtain routine services and major contracts and concessions."
   
   "Global solutions to this challenge are difficult to find because corruption and poor governance have a variety of causes. Solutions are not easy to implement because they disadvantage powerful vested interests that can block reforms. Despite these caveats, carefully tailored policies – carried out with the personal commitment of those on the ground – can have large benefits and very low costs.""
   
   "In summary, promising policy options are:"
   
   "Option 1: Grassroots monitoring and service delivery, with technical assistance and information provision provided centrally by government or nongovernmental organisations." 10-05