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nown opposition to the Iraq War, he is also cultivating a strong military and energy-based relationship with the post- Saddam government in Baghdad. Gazprom and Rosneft have moved in to capitalize on Iraq's increased oil and gas outputs. Last summer, contracts were signed for Russia to sell Iraq $4.2 bi

15 update Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:53:58 +0000 15 December, 2013 Article 1. Los Angeles Times Moonwalking in Syria Doyle McManus Article 2. Agence Global Is John Kerry Serious? Rami G. Khouri Article 3. Project-Syndicate Middle East Frenemies Bernard Haykel & Daniel Kurtzer Article 4. Today's Z

s making a play for natural gas in the Levant basin. Between the overt ambitions of President Vladimir Putin's government, state-owned energy giant Gazprom, and private companies, a concerted effort to establish a strategic commercial edge in the developing Israeli, Lebanese and Cypriot markets is unde

uld Be Drawn into the Syrian Conflict Patrick Clawson Article 6. The National Interest Gazprom Goes to the Middle East Allison Good Article 7. Agence Global France's Aggressive Foreign Policy Immanuel Wallerstein Anlcic I Politico How Obama Can Win Over Congress on the Iran Deal Ray Takeyh EFTA006

ake internal European pressures to boycott Israel go away. Yet Cyprus's close ties to Russia, and its dealings with Russia's state-run gas monopoly Gazprom, raise questions about whether relying on the Cypriot connection might be sowing the seeds of trouble later on. Another idea I discussed with Nobl

eign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson Article 4. NYT From the Pyramid to the Square Thomas L. Friedman _ Article 5. Agence Global Saudi Arabia: Besieged and Fearful Immanuel Wallerstein Article 6. Commentary Magazine Will Israel Be the Next Energy Superpower? Arthur Herman

crediting, pressuring, provoking and defaming him. Fed up with all of this, McFaul issued a strong statement against NTV — the channel controlled by Gazprom, a state-owned company with close ties to President-elect Vladimir Putin — and famous for its aggressive "exposés" about the Russian opposition and

r Israel is not the threat, Mr. Obama. Iran is. John Bolton Article 4. Stratfor Israel's New Strategic Environment George Friedman Article 5. Agence Global The Irrational US-Iran-Israel Dynamic Rami G. Khouri Article 6. The Diplomat Is Africa the Next Asia? Richard Aidoo Article 7. The Moscow Tim