The Obama Administration tends to be very low-key in the conduct of its foreign policy. The apparent decision to engage the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is an example of this attribute. Needless to say, the decision is bound to raise a great deal of controversy, but it is unquestionably the right thing to do. It is far better to try to come to an accommodation, particularly when the situation is so uncertain. At the very worst, both sides will at least understand the basis of any possible disagreement. At best, perceived problems may not in fact exist.
The erosion of the middle class in the United States and the world is a potentially very destabilizing development. This essay in the Washington Post outlines the reasons why a middle class is so central to the preservation of a liberal order.
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