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hough the political process had a shaky start as the Sunni community largely boycotted the first post-Saddam election, intense diplomatic efforts by the United States eventually convinced Iraq's Sunni leaders to conditionally support the moving forward with the referendum on the constitution, which received more t

cognize the fact that no one Iraqi group could completely control or defeat its rivals. Regional powers competed to fill the vacuum produced by the United States' departure. Iran wanted Shia to dominate. Gulf states wanted Sunnis to retake power. As neighbors begin to fear the worst-case outcome for their inte

e Orderly Randall L. Schweller June 16, 2014 -- Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, foreign policy experts have been predicting that the United States' days as global hegemon are coming to a close. But rather than asking themselves which country is most likely to replace the United States, they ought to

hen Article The National Interest ISIS Challenge in Iraq: Why America Should Work with Iran 4. Payam Mohseni Article NYT Take Mosul Back 5. Roger Cohen Article The Washington Post Obama's foreign policy of retreat 6. George F. Will Article 7. Foreign Policy Why the New World Order Won't Be O

lly align itself with Tehran again. "[There are] probably recollections of the time, more than 30 years ago, when Iran was the regional gendarme of the United States," he said. "That would mean a long-term strategic erosion in their relative position in the region." The idea that U.S.-Iranian relations could ret

00 15 November, 2013 Article 1. The National Interest Has Iran Outfoxed Netanyahu? Rajan Menon Article 2. NYT French Muscle, American Cheese Roger Cohen Article 3. The Financial Times The four big truths that are shaping the Iran talks Philip Stephens Article 4. Reuters Syria balance tilts towa

hani was his country's nuclear negotiator, Iran offered concessions to the West to limit its program. At that time, Iran had about 164 centrifuges. The United States and Israel refused that deal and decided to squeeze harder. Today, Iran has 19,000 centrifuges. Now, U.S. officials fear a similar process will rep

re Saree Makdisi Article 6. The National Interest Why Pakistan Won't Sell Saudi the Bomb Zachary Keck Article 7. NYT A Dangerous Interregnum Roger Cohen Arncic 1. The Washington Post Barack or Bibi? David Ignatius November 17 -- Three decades ago, a congressional test of wills over Middle East p

a, Latvia and Lithuania. Invoking Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty — an attack against one member shall be considered an attack against all — the United States and its European allies come to their defense. China, in what it calls a pre-emptive strike, invades Taiwan, "a potential Crimea." Japan and India

Magazine While West Focuses on Crimea, Russia Continues To Make Trouble in the Middle East Josh Cohen Article 2. NYT The Unlikely Road to War Roger Cohen Article 3. Al Monitor Iran, Qatar recast regional 'resistance' alliance Ali Hashem Article 4. RAND Libya After Qaddafi - Lessons and Implicati

of the income gains during that 15-year period. In supplementary material emailed to The Times, Gordon acknowledged that Globalization will add to U. S. growth in the same sense that economists have always argued that free trade creates more winners than losers. But the losers from globalization are

: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: October 16 update Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:36:21 +0000 16 October, 2012 Article 1. NYT The New Egypt Roger Cohen Article 2. Ahram Online Egypt's Salafists: A closer look Ali Bakr Article 3. World Policy Institute The Palestinians Want to Negotiate Andrew

m to do so. Experience seems to show that most of them would eventually counter an Iranian bomb by moving even further into the security embrace of the United States — an outcome profoundly at odds with Iran's interests. The idea of a rapid and inevitable proliferation cascade across the Middle East is simply no

1. Los Angeles Times Moving past stalemate in the Middle East Maen Rashid Areikat Article 2. Article 3 Article 4. NYT Beltway Foreign Policy Roger Cohen The Globe and Mail Rapid nuclear proliferation simply doesn't happen Peter Jones The Financial Times Disarmed Europe will face the world alone

gain Juan C. Zarate AnicleS. | Wall Street Journal It's in America's Interest to Stay in Iraq Max Boot Article 6. NYT France Flies, Germany Flops Roger Cohen HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023487 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 1. The Financial Times Iran will not hinder plans for a nuclear- free world Tom Donilon Apri

r weapons. Significant political hurdles must be overcome to make progress on these last two aims. In the case of the CTBT, we must build support in the US Senate by showing that the treaty will advance American interests, especially by limiting the current nuclear build-up in Asia. Meanwhile if a deal t

arly in the twentieth century, when Norman Angell’s The Great Illusion (reprinted in 1933) was required reading in intellectual and policy circles in the United States and Europe. Seventy-six years before Barack Obama was honored in Oslo, Norman Angell also won the Nobel Prize, having come to prominence with the arg

The Shimon Post residential Press Bulletin 13 May, 2011 Article 1. NYT The Tony Awards Roger Cohen Article 2. Project Syndicate Democracy's Dawn in Tunisia and Egypt? Alfred Stepan Article 3. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace A Decade of S

d like a giant game of whack-a-mole, with a new problem popping up daily, was inevitable. And so was the variety of U.S. responses. In Bahrain, where the United States had established the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, and in Yemen, where counterterrorism is king, interests trumped values. You didn't hea

neocons outside clamored for action. This group of realists includes the president, who knows his options on Syria aren't great. He's being told that American leverage isn't great and that if he calls for Assad's head and the Syrian despot survives, he'll have lost access to a key player in the region. And

ahu and the Arab spring 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

llies-in-arms at the ready, or go it alone, even actively dissuading Israel from joining an attack? What would the domestic political situation be in the United States? Would there be an internal political consensus to act, or would there be an active, acrimonious debate? Would the American people be prepared for th

his leads to yet another layer of complexity and uncertainty: Whose war would this be? A U.S.-Iranian war would probably not be fought by the United States and Iran alone. Each would have partners or allies, both willing and not-so-willing. Pre-conflict commitments, longstanding HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018107

orld. This leads to yet another layer of complexity and uncertainty: Whose war would this be? A U.S.-Iranian war would probably not be fought by the United States and Iran alone. Each would have partners or allies, both willing and not-so-willing. Pre-conflict commitments, longstanding HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0

. NYT President Obama on Libya Editorial Article 5. The Daily Star Egypt's new Constitution: an update Nathan Brown Article 6. NYT Arabs Will Be Free Roger Cohen Article 7. The Daily Star The West still beats the rest, but it may no longer be best Robert Skidelsky Article 8. Wall Street Journal Norway to Jews:

sibly close to double that number - is likely to have a major impact on the regional structure of power. The need to contain pressure from the United States and Israel, for decades the all-consuming concern of Syria's leadership, has suddenly been displaced by an explosion of popular protest highlighting

and possibly close to double that number - is likely to have a major impact on the regional structure of power. The need to contain pressure from the United States and Israel, for decades the all-consuming concern of Syria's leadership, has suddenly been displaced by an explosion of popular protest highli