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The Obama Administration's policies towards the Arab world, largely focused on counterterrorism cooperation and avoiding pushing hard for political reform in autocracies like Egypt, are in fact an almost straight continuation of President Bush's approach, particularly in his second term.

"After a time during which we used to offer catastrophic models of 'Lebanonization,' 'Somalization,' and 'Iraqization,' we now have a model that is worthy of respect to offer the world: 'Tunisification,' " Yasser abu-Hilalah wrote in Jordan's Al Ghad newspaper.