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You had assad, saddam hussein, gadhaf gadhafi. i mean, people think of them at least as some of the richest regions in the world, and it is, yet out of the 320 million arabs, 40% of arabs either live in poverty or below the poverty line. you also have had foreign intervention. think of the american invasion and occupation of iraq, what it has done to state institutions, how it dismantles state institutions and, finally, you have, of course, the lack of progressive leaders in the arab world. and ...

Post" column this week. lets get started. so lets make sense of all of this turmoil in the middle east and where its likely to lead. joining me now to do just that, robin wright is a longtime foreign correspondent having reported from an astounding 140 countries. her latest book is rock the casbah, and farwaz gerge is tis london school of his latest book is "the knew middle east." welcome back to both of you. rob robin, let me start with you. you had a terrific peet in "new york times" a year ...

Institutions. how dismantled state institutions. finally you have, of course, the lack of progressive leaders in the arab world. this is linked to the crisis. where is the nelson mandela of the arab world. >> robin, is there in prospect of leadership that has the authority to, first of all, actually control the country, take control, in effect have a monopoly of force on the borders, then to build the state institutions, make them exclusive, but still strong enough to actually govern the country...

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Pakistan and yemen has eliminated fanatics but not fanaticism. the core question is whether any military options can provide an enduring solution. robin wright is the author of that police piece in the new yorker. she is distinguished scholar at wilson center and and robin, great to have you back on the program. tell us a little bit about this cycle you were writing about and you have been observing. why cant we seem to defeat the ideology at the center of it all? >> wealth challenge this time i...

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Together both of those countries. but were not there yet. thats why the political solution is the only way to prevent both countries from falling apart. >> back in 2006, joe biden as a u.s. senator, he was already speculating seriously about breaking up iraq into three autonomous divisions, regions, if you will. robin, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> up next, protests erupt in the west bank today. ill show you what happened to a cnn reporter when he was targeted by security forces. stand ...

Since lost control of a wide swath of the country and now the chairwoman dianne feinstein wonder if its time for al maliki to hit the bricks. >> it seems to me that maliki has to be convinced that it is in the greater interest of his country to retire and to for this newly elected government to put together a new government. >> joining me now is robin wright, senior fellow at the woodrow wilson center and daniel benjamin who was the adviser to hillary clinton on counterterrorism and is with the ...