Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center at IDC Herzliya and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs Journal. His latest books include The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East and The Tragedy of the Middle East.
How al-Qaeda, once a pioneer among Islamists, has become outmoded.
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