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Robert P. Beschel Jr., who formerly led the Center of Government Practice at the World Bank, is a senior nonresident fellow with the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.

Beppe Severgnini is an Italian journalist and the author of several books, including Italian Lessons: Fifty Things We Know About Life Now.