Trudy Rubin’s Worldview column runs on Wednesdays and Sundays. In the past five years she has visited Iraq nine times and has also written from Iran, Pakistan, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, China and South Korea
Obama's attempt to enlist Russian support against Iran fizzled. Now what?
A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world's population, finds that, among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence - while the leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.
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When President Obama visits Moscow this week, he'll have long meetings and dinner with President Dmitry Medvedev, a 44-year-old lawyer who says he wants to advance the rule of law.
- Engaging now would only dishearten the opposition and embolden Tehran.Now that Iran has officially confirmed its tainted election outcome, President Obama must reconsider how to deal with the regime.
- As U.S. troops pull back Tuesday, new violence is likely, maybe progress.While Americans have been glued to the Iran drama, we have arrived at a critical turning point in Iraq. By Tuesday, the United States will have withdrawn its combat troops, with few exceptions, from Iraqi cities, in accordance with a security agreement with Iraqis signed in November. (All U.S. troops are supposed to be out by the end of 2011.)
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Worldview: Two who played a key role
- Despite oppression under Ahmadinejad, Iranian women are turning out in force.One of the more amazing and less-noticed aspects of the Iranian election drama is the leading role played by women. In fact, two women have come to symbolize the opposition to an unjust regime.
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Worldview: Without U.S. help, Iranians learn to stand on their own
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The ongoing drama in Iran marks a turning point in Middle East history - precisely because the United States has chosen, so far, not to intervene.
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Worldview: U.S. can't back Iran protest
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Can you hold a dialogue with an Iranian regime that blatantly steals an election as the world watches? Should we help the Iranians who are protesting that election?
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Two weeks' vacation in Italy is a great way for a foreign-affairs columnist to escape from regular duty. As I left Rome on Thursday, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was entertaining Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, who arrived with a group of female bodyguards and pitched his bedouin tent in a public park.
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Trudy Rubin's column, "Worldview," does not appear today. She is on vacation.
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"Worldview": Trudy Rubin is on vacation.
- Protesters have delayed - for now - a return to Taliban-era status.Last month, a group of brave Afghan women held a public demonstration in Kabul against a new marriage law - a law that would have reintroduced Taliban-era restrictions on women and would have legitimized marital rape.
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Finally, some good news from Pakistan! The United States has a dramatic opportunity to help roll back gains made by Taliban militants. Simultaneously, they can reverse widespread Pakistani public hostility toward the United States.
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This project was done in cooperation with The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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