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cision on Egypt Leaves U.S. Interests at Risk Nikolas Gvosdev Article 3. NYT Foreign Policy by Whisper and Nudge Thomas L. Friedman Article 4. Los Angeles Times A report card for U.S. policy in the Mideast Aaron David Miller Amcle 5 NYT Pressure Rises on Hamas as Patrons' Support Fades Jodi Rudoren Ar

Think the United States is fairing badly in the Middle East? Convinced that our policy is chaotic, confused and contradictory, from North Africa to the Persian Gulf? EFTA_R1_00441192 EFTA01964444 Think again. It may not be politically correct to admit it, but when it comes to furthering America's core nation

ankaj Mishra Article 2. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The Generals' Secret: Egypt's Ambivalent Market Zeinab Abul-Magd Article 3. Los Angeles Times Turkey struggles in the role of Mideast power during Syria crisis J. Michael Kennedy Article 4. The Daily Beast The British Prime Minister Is C

d Nations that declared EFTA_R1_00225757 EFTA01840701 Zionism to be a form of racism. The shah even came to oppose the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. Neighborhood Hegemony Iran in the last years of the shah manifested a striving for local hegemony that transcended the country's strongest allian

n Sent: Wed 2/15/2012 11:36:07 PM Subject: February 15 update 15 February, 2012 Article 1. NYT Iran Is Ready to Talk Dennis Ross Article 2. Los Angeles Times On Iran, a stark choice Benny Morris Article 3. The Washington Post The U.S.-Israeli trust gag on Iran Editorial Article 4. NYT Like Father,

Iran will lose its only state ally in the Arab world and its conduit for arming the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran's Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and even the United Nations General Assembly, no longer hesitate to criticize Tehran. Gone is the fear of Iranian intimidation, as the Saudis dem

Relations How to Read North Korea Deal Scott A. Snyder Article 4. Washington Post North Korea nuclear-food aid deal Allen McDuffee Article 5 Los Angeles Times EFTA_R1_00229369 EFTA01842470 Welcome to the new Middle East Aaron David Miller Article 6. Article I. NYT The Economist Why trade reform ma

But a nuclear Iran could lead to far worse: a regional nuclear arms race without a red phone to defuse an escalating crisis, Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf, more confident Iranian surrogates like Hezbollah and the threat of nuclear materials' being transferred to terrorist organizations. Ensuring that

aos Robert D. Kaplan and Kamran Bokhari Article 3. Forbes American Foreign Policy Must Take Into Account Dueling Irans Rob Sobhani Article 4. Los Angeles Times Will Iran crack? Meghan L. O'Sullivan Article 5. The Diplomat Are Obama's Iran Sanctions A Ruse? Robert Dreyfuss Article 6. Foreign Policy T

rder to win tit-for-tat concessions from Iran in 2012. Better, they calculate, to stall, look tough, and if need be engage in a military buildup in the Persian Gulf now and then. That U.S. and E.U. sanctions against Iran aren't likely to force Iran to back down doesn't mean that Tehran isn't feeling the pain. P

Abdel-Moneim Said AnicleS- |The New Yorker Zawahiri at the Helm Lawrence Wright Article 4. NYT Does Foreign Policy Matter? Roger Cohen Article. | Los Angeles Times European Union: Everywhere you look, a crisis Timothy Garton Ash Ancle®- |The American Interest What Would War with Iran Look Like? Jeffrey White

r defense and coastal defense missiles. These conventional capabilities provide Iran a substantial ability for a local fight in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and along its borders.10 Iran “leans” on the Persian Gulf states from a military and political perspective. Shi‘a populations in Bahrain and Saudi Ar

nt for International Peace and a professor of international relations at Lehigh University. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025005 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 3. Los Angeles Times Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on statehood moves at U.N. Edmund Sanders September 6, 2011 -- Palestinians have everyone guessing about their

y this summer, conducting a dozen panels in those same four countries, with subjects representing the diversity of the Arab World, from fully covered Persian Gulf oil heiresses to skirt-donning Beirut Christians to democracy-minded Tahrir Square veterans to Casablanca slum kids fending off suicide-bomber entrea