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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

bsence of cooperation means that time really might be running out. EFTA00707083 Robert Satloff is executive director of The Washington Institute. Anicic 4. The Wall Street Journal Is Rouhani the New Gorbachev? Natan Sharansky Nov. 17, 2013 -- Where have I seen this play before? The plotlines of what

and ruled out a policy of accepting but seeking to contain a nuclear-armed Iran. The Israeli government, he said, recognizes that "as president of the United States, I don't bluff." The White House's choice of interviewer — Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the magazine The Atlantic — was carefully

ng an official US ally? EFTA00719602 Obama and Netanyahu will need to answer these questions, not only for each other, but for their own people. Anicic 4. Foreign Policy America's Israel Obsession Shmuel Rosner March 2, 2012 -- In mid-December of last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah

r Iran to attend, then rescinded it after strong objections from America; from Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional rival; and from the Syrian opposition. The United States has said that Iran could not participate without publicly accepting a 2012 communiqué that is the basis of the conference and stipulates that the g

J. Tabler is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute and author of In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria. Anicic 4. EFTA00651256 Now Lebanon Does the US seek an Arab-Iranian equilibrium?" Hussein Ibish January 21, 2014 -- American policy in the Middle East

hearing a favorite uncle or grandfather. The narrative wasn't a speech so much as a musing. But his essential point was both clear and contrarian: The United States' strength in the world is its values, not its military power. It remains strong because it is a nation characterized by "giving, not taking." The U

i is a doctoral candidate focusing on Iranian policy toward post-Saddam Iraq at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Anicic 4. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace EFTA00669743 Hezbollah's Iraq Problems Alexander Corbeil June 26, 2014 -- Events in Iraq, wher

ivil war," was also designed as another milksop to Russia. The speech used precisely the language that the Kremlin uses whenever it wants to accuse the United States of acting like a superpower: "This is not a zero-sum endeavor," Obama said of the current geopolitical landscape. "We are no longer in a Cold War.

Egypt, is a visiting professor of Middle East policy studies at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Anicic 4. Today's Zaman EFTA00706378 Kurdistan: another state in the making in the Middle East? Robert Olson 2013-12-11 -- That yet another state is i

ty to enrich uranium — leaving it with the potential to produce nuclear weapons. But more fundamentally, they and their neighbors are dismayed that the United States appears to have opted out of the regional power struggle between Iran and its proxies and Israel and the Arab states aligned with the United States

ran. He also served as speaker of the Cabinet. He later became the president of the Iranian International Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations. Anicic 4. The National Interest How to Handle Russia Denis Corboy, William Courtney, Kenneth Yalowitz October 28, 2013 -- That Russia and the West are coo

the world as a result of its objectionable behavior in Iraq and on other issues. She was somewhat taken aback when informed that, however unpopular the United States might be, China was even less popular, especially among neighbors like Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Australia. Altogether, out of EFTA00

rael agrees with that assessment should become clearer after Monday's summit. Patrick Clawson is director of research at The Washington Institute. Anicic 4. The Council on Foreign Relations President Obama's March Summit with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Robert M. Danin February 28, 2014 -- Pres

o tended to oppose Iraq, it must show how an intervention will not degenerate into Iraqi-type warfare. That is hard to do, so for all the rhetoric, the United States is by default falling into a balance-of-power model. The Geopolitical Battle in Ukraine EFTA00684683 Russia emerged as a problem for the United S

tine territories and nearby sovereignties. He worked 16 years at the Washington Post in Nairobi, Istanbul, Baghdad, Los Angeles and Rockville, MD. Anicic 4. The National Interest Syria: The Wages of Inaction Julie Lenarz, Michael Miner February 11, 2014 -- The unrest in Syria has quickly spiraled bey

tment, but at some point the same forces of change that were transforming the rest of the world were bound to visit there as well. There was no way the United States would ever have pushed meaningful reform, let alone broken our ties with the authoritarians, unless the street did it for us. Great powers don't pi

lar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His new book, Can America Have Another Great President?, will be published this year. Anicic 4. Foreign Policy Dear Abu Mazen: End This Farce (An open letter to the Palestinian leader) Yossi Beilin April 4, 2012 To: Mahmoud Abbas EFTA00