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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Vietnam?</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/05/14/irans-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Published in Foreign Policy.] ARSAL, Lebanon — For more than a year, leaders in Lebanon have anxiously eyed the murderous civil war in Syria, wondering whether it would leap across the border and engulf the small, fractious country. And yet, it is Lebanon that now has jumped decisively into the fray, with Hezbollah&#8217;s help apparently crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran &amp; Hezbollah in Syria, on Ian Masters Show</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/05/09/iran-hezbollah-in-syria-on-ian-masters-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Masters spoke with me about the deepening war in Syria and its implications for the outside powers investing in the conflict. Syria&#8217;s civil war is increasingly a reflection of power struggles between the Sunni-Monarchical alliance (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, the US, Lebanon&#8217;s March 14, the Syrian rebels) and the Shia-Resistance axis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah Goes All In?</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/05/04/hezbollah-goes-all-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Bell did a piece on The World this week about Hassan Nasrallah&#8217;s latest speech. In short, has Hezbollah gone all in? And why? You can listen to the conversation here. Quick points: Hezbollah felt compelled to more openly address its involvement in Syria after the big Qusayr offensive of the last month. But this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Lines and Taboos in Syria</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/04/26/red-lines-and-taboos-in-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chemical weapons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thanassiscambanis.com/?p=1498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Orginally published at The Blog of the Century.] Chemical weapons hold a special kind of horror. Ever since the widespread and horrifying use of chlorine and other poison gases in the trenches of the First World War, most nations have agreed not to use any of the increasingly sophisticated agents they have concocted. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How cities reshape themselves when trust vanishes</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/04/21/how-cities-reshape-themselves-when-trust-vanishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon bombings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internationalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blast barriers in Baghdad, 2008. DONOVAN WYLIE / MAGNUM PHOTOS  [Originally published in The Boston Globe Ideas.] BEIRUT — Everything that people love and hate about cities stems from the agglomeration of humanity packed into a tight space: the traffic, the culture, the chance encounters, the anxious bustle. Along with this proximity come certain feelings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should America Let Syria Fight On?</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/04/07/should-america-let-syria-fight-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civl War]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intervention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syrian rebel fighters posed for a photo after several days of intense clashes with the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, in October. (AP: NARCISO CONTRERAS) [Originally published in The Boston Globe Ideas.] THE NEWS FROM SYRIA keeps getting worse. As it enters its third year, the civil war between the ruthless Assad regime and groups of mostly Sunni rebels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Middle East&#8217;s Fight for Civil Marriage</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/03/11/1478/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kholoud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nidal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal status]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kholoud and Nidal, from Kholoud&#8217;s Facebook page. [Originally published in The Boston Globe Ideas.] BEIRUT — Kholoud Sukkarieh and Nidal Darwish weren’t interested in making legal history when they got engaged last year. She’s a Sunni Muslim and he is Shia, and like many interfaith couples in this part of the world who don’t want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerry&#8217;s Maiden Voyage</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/03/10/kerrys-maiden-voyage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday David Alpern&#8217;s show For Your Ears Only talked to me about Kerry&#8217;s trip to the Middle East. You can listen here. The highlights were what you&#8217;d expect: Kerry&#8217;s diplomatic style will only go so far if he has to deal with a dog of a policy, as in Syria. But the optics matter, and perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah&#8217;s Role in Syria</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/02/25/hezbollahs-role-in-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thanassiscambanis.com/?p=1473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Old friend Aaron Schaachter put me on the radio on Friday to ask what we know about Hezbollah&#8217;s latest maneuvers as the Syrian civil war deepens and spreads. I talked about Hezbollah&#8217;s spreading involvement in the conflict, which includes so many outside actors (US, Turkey, Qatar, KSA, Iran, most Lebanese factions, and more) and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion: Hezbollah&#8217;s Changing Strategy?</title>
		<link>http://thanassiscambanis.com/2013/02/25/discussion-hezbollah-changing-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thanassis Cambanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gharib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hersh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Plus hosted a hangout on Friday to talk about whether Hezbollah&#8217;s tactics are changing. I joined Gareth Porter, Ali Gharib and Josh Hersh to talk about the latest European cases against Hezbollah, the debate over terror-listing, and the question of Hezbollah&#8217;s motives. The conversation was good, full of healthy skepticism. Hersh made smart points [...]]]></description>
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