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Getting a bit tired of short blog posts, and looking for something more to really sink your teeth into over the weekend? Well, then, I would suggest this piece at […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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Getting a bit tired of short blog posts, and looking for something more to really sink your teeth into over the weekend?

Well, then, I would suggest this piece at Foreign Policy by “Gregory D. Johnsen and Christopher Boucek.” A bit pretentious to insist on being listed with your middle initial, what is he trying to do, differentiate himself from everyone else who spells Johnsen with an “e”?

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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