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This undated file picture show’s St. Basils Cathedral, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images/Yunhao Liang/EyeEm)


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US President Barack Obama is greeted by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2015. (AFP Photo)


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A handout picture made available on 24 June 2015 by the Supreme leader official website shows Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking during a meeting with Iranian government in Tehran, Iran on June 23, 2015. (EPA/SUPREME LEADER OFFICIAL WEBSITE)


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A woman holds a copy of the Bugün newspaper with the headline “Operation against the media is the end of democracy” as they protest while police search the premises of Koza İpek Holding which owns the newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, September 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)


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Lebanese protesters carry a placard while chanting slogans outside the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on September 1, 2015. (EPA/Nabil Mounzer)


Opinion: The Return of the State

Opinion: The Return of the State

From Egypt to Lebanon and Iraq, we are seeing a resurgence in street mobilization. Each of the protest movements in these countries are calling for the state to once again fulfill its proper role, after people have suffered as a result of politicians’ attempts to turn...