Bringing the United States Back into the Middle East

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 95-105

  Hamid, Shadi ^a   Mandaville, Peter ^b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890411501     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163660X.2013.861716     Document Type: Article

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2. Ryan Lizza, "The Consequentialist, The New Yorker", May 2, 2011, http://www. newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/02/110502fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all.
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12. For an overview of the MCC as a distinctive approach to foreign assistance, see "MCC at a Glance, " Millennium Challenge Corporation, January 2013, http://www.mcc.gov/ documents/press/factsheet-2010002014712-mccataglance.pdf.
13. Office of the Press Secretary, "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa. " Op cit.
14. For an overview of the MCC as a distinctive approach to foreign assistance, see "MCC at a Glance, " Millennium Challenge Corporation, January 2013, http://www.mcc.gov/ documents/press/factsheet-2010002014712-mccataglance.pdf.
15. Recent research suggests that the aforementioned Millennium Challenge Corporation has succeeded in leading even officials in non-beneficiary countries to integrate its eligibility criteria into their decision-making.
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