WPR's The New Rules: "Guiding Egypt into the Axis of Good"
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 10:28AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Egypt, Middle East, Obama Administration, WPR Column

While there remains a ton of things that can go wrong with the unfolding revolution in Egypt, there's a strong case to be made that America, despite its low popular standing there, has been handed a gift horse whose mouth, as the axiom puts it, is best left unexamined.  Because most of America's concerns center on security issues, I'll frame the argument for why this is the case in tactical, operational and strategic terms, and then finish on the most relevant grand strategic note -- namely, the new Axis of Good that may result. 

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