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ay not be especially reassuring. "The connections between the opposition and the Free Syrian Army are still tenuous, but they're getting better," a State Department official told McClatchy. "If we can get Assad and his cronies out, that will at least create an atmosphere to have a dialogue. That can't happen no

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: July 25 update Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:06:44 +0000 25 July, 2012 Article 1. NYT Syria Is Iraq Thomas L. Friedman Article 2. Stratfor Consequences of the Fall of Syrian Regime George Friedman Article 3. TIME Five Syria Nightmares Tony Karon Article 4. A

expected to press Moscow and Beijing to increase pressure on Assad by backing an arms embargo and other punitive measures. Mona Yacoubian, a former State Department official and consultant on the Middle East, said Russia is key to any strategy for punishing an Assad regime that until now has had few incentives

n Post syrian cease-fire violations deepen gloom over options for ousting Assad Joby Warrick Article 4. NYT Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way Thomas L. Friedman Article 5. NYT In Sudan, Give War a Chance Gerard Prunier Article 6. The Washington Post An economic boom ahead? David Ignatius Anicic I. A

nctions, the proper environment now exists for diplomacy to work. The next few months will determine whether it succeeds. Dennis B. Ross, a former State Department and National Security Council official, was a special assistant to President Obama for the Middle East, Afghanistan and South Asia from 2009 to 20

a stark choice Benny Morris Article 3. The Washington Post The U.S.-Israeli trust gag on Iran Editorial Article 4. NYT Like Father, Like Son Thomas L. Friedman Articles. The Council for Foreign Relations The UN's Mideast Struggles Interview: William H. Luers Article 6. NOW Lebanon EFTA_R1_00229072 EF

such treatment of a U.S. ambassador unthinkable. He specifically pointed out that "only in Russia" was such behavior possible. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department issued statements in defense of its ambassador. But all of this did not stop Obama from being kindly disposed toward President Dmitry Medvedev duri

Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: April 4 update Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:33:08 +0000 4 April, 2012 Article 1. NYT A Middle East Twofer Thomas L. Friedman Article 2. The Washington Post Muslim Brotherhood officials aim to promote moderate image in Washington visit William Wan Article 3. The Chris

presumed to be an abuse of power — one intended to mask many other abuses. Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the U.S. State Department, is professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. Foreign Policy Is relying on Saudi Arabia in times of war a smart t

ffice of Tetje Rod-Larse Subject: August 26 update Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:36:57 +0000 26 August, 2012 Article 1. NYT I Made the Robot Do It Thomas L. Friedman Article 2. World Politics Review The Realist Prism: Tracing the Roots of the Arab Spring Nikolas Gvosdev Article 3. Hurriyet Daily News Turkey

an Assange, began posting thousands of classified State Department cables online. Candid descriptions of foreign lea

The Shimon Post. Presidential Press Bulletin 8 May, 2011 Article 1. NYT End of Mideast Wholesale Thomas L. Friedman ance 2. | Le Monde diplomatique Is This the End of the Assad Dynasty? Patrick Seale Article 3. NYT _ Books Mohamed ElBaradei, the Inspector Lesli

lity must eventually give way to the more mundane realities of running the department. She is midway through a five-year plan to increase the size of the State Department’s foreign- service staff by 25 percent and double USAID. And she’s taken a leaf from the Pentagon playbook and launched a “Q.D.D.R.”— Quadrennial Diplo

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ama team to shut down the peace process and drop any demands that Israel freeze settlements. This, in turn, has created a culture in Washington where State Department officials, not to mention politicians, are reluctant to even state publicly what is U.S. policy — that settlements are "an obstacle to peace" - for f