Middle East Rulers Seek Divergent Paths to Maintain Power

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As clashes continue in Egypt's Tahrir Square, reports from Yemen say the country's president has promised to step down after ten months of protest there. In Barhain, an international commission has found that security forces used excessive force, including torture, on anti-government protesters. Georgetown Professor of International Affairs Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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  • Charles Kupchan - senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; professor of international affairs at Georgetown University; former member of the National Security Council for European Affairs under President Obama - @CFR_org

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