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“Iran does not like #Dubai, because Dubai shows that doing the opposite of what #Iran does yields good results. The same is true of #Ukraine, whose democracy (with its substantial flaws) #Russia could not abide as a standing alternative to its own system, and of #Taiwan, which cannot threaten #China, but whose flourishing demonstrates that Beijing’s system is not the only option.”