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d out that one of her positions clashed with that of then-national security advisor Gen. James Jones, Rice retorted, "I outrank General Jones." 6. John Kerry might have lost his bid for the presidency in 2004 and been passed over in 2008 for the top job at the State Department, but he is a powerful forc

e president's nuclear agreement with Russia through ratification in 2010 -- an arduous process that culminated in an eight-day debate during which Kerry spent some 70 hours on the chamber's floor. And, as "a kind of ex-officio member of Obama's national security team," in the words of FP columnist J

re Turkish presence is wide in Kurdistan, to Syria via the opposition forces, Lebanon in the future and Tunisia, not to mention Turkish presence in Central Asia and the Balkans. Moreover, it will not be easy to compete with the role that the Gulf Cooperation Council states have started to play after they le

d extremism. And they certainly have not been reassured by what Washington has been telling them about its talks with Iran. For Secretary of State Kerry and others to simply say that the U.S. won't make any agreement with Iran that endangers America's allies in the region sounds to them like blowing

come a point when folks will start to wonder whether there's truly anything there. We're already into the second three months of Secretary of State John Kerry informal nine-month clock for making a deal. On Iran, the pressure won't come from any fixed clock as much as it will from an impatient U.S. Congr

was a sense of superiority vis-à-vis the Arab world. The collapse of the Soviet Union awakened "neo-Ottoman" Turkish ambitions in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and revolution in the Middle East seemed to offer the heirs (if not orphans) of a long-dead empire an opportunity to avenge its loss. If a lazy an

and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Boston Globe Peace between unequal parties Andrew J. Bacevich May 5, 2014 -- The collapse of Secretary of State John Kerry's effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has provoked much handwringing. A EFTA00662749 recurring theme is this: Given that the deal'

, 2014 -- The collapse of Secretary of State John Kerry's effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conf

on dedicated to the promotion of democracy and rule of law in post-Communist transitional societies of Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Article 6 Project Syndicate EFTA00662762 The Techno-Political Transformation Klaus Schwab May 5, 2014 -- It would be an understatement to say

Subscription Publication, 8.41M) reports the IPCC said some of the effects of climate change may be irreversible for centuries and US Climate Envoy John Kerry called for "real action," the AP (8/9, Borenstein) says that the report "also eased back a bit on the likelihood of the absolute worst climate catas

For Cases. Looking at the situation in Florida, Kerry Sanders reported for NBC Nightly NewsVi (8/9, 6:3

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core U.S. interests," and that they can be safely relegated to the nebulous realm of •. diplomacy and Geneva conferences, where Secretary of State John Kerry lives. Let's suppose for the moment that al-Qaeda's new base in eastern Syria, Hezbollah's deployment of tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon a

another problem. Virtually no one outside the State Department — including the nominal parties to the talks — takes seriously the possibility that Kerry's plan for a Geneva conference to settle the Syrian war can work in the foreseeable future, or that Israelis and Palestinians can agree on a two-st

ill not be a cure-all, but it can help clear the air and avert some tensions on troubling issues. Security and narcotics threats in Afghanistan and Central Asia as NATO forces leave Afghanistan are urgent issues. Preventing terrorist attacks at the 2014 Sochi Olympics is another. EFTA00675622 This is not

n of commander-in-chief to the Congress. And when the legislators appeared likely to deny any authority to attack Syria, despite Secretary of State John Kerry's assurance that such action would be "unbelievably small" (and therefore probably not too onerous a deterrent or punishment), Obama grasped pathet

to attack Syria, despite Secretary of State John Kerry's assurance that such action would be "unbelievab

w still sees extremism in Afghanistan as a threat to Muslim regions of Russia like Chechnya, and to the Muslim-populated former Soviet republics of Central Asia. China similarly worries that upheaval in Afghanistan could exacerbate Islamic extremism in Xinjiang; India thinks the same could happen in Kashmir

nest Broker"? John Cassidy EFTA00684045 April 16, 2014 -- Was there ever a more predictable end to a Middle East peace effort than the demise of John Kerry's recent initiative? Earlier this year, in a rare effort to be optimistic, I suggested this could be the Secretary of State's year, noting that "his

hat all sides know this may well be the last chance for a peaceful settlement." I should have stuck with my dour Yorkshire skepticism. Even before Kerry could get the two sides to sit down and negotiate, the Israeli government gave him the bum's rush, approving a new wave of settlement construction

breakaway republics returned (in some cases more willingly than others) to the fold. By 1939, when Soviet troops invaded the Baltic Republics, from Central Asia to the Baltic Sea, almost all of the far- flung dominions of the Romanovs were once more under a single flag. Only Poland and Finland were able to r

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds force, are the "terror threats at the top of the list." Last week (his first on the job), Secretary of State John Kerry urgently called upon "other governments around the world—and particularly our partners in Europe—to take immediate action to crack EFTA_R1_0220772

hackles of colleagues in the Senate in part EFTA_R1_02207729 EFTA02722652 because of his reluctance to use force in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Kerry, for his part, has spoken eloquently of the connection between Palestine and Peshawar. "So much of what we aspire to achieve and what we need to do

an, Iran and Mongolia holding "observer" status. Today Turkey—along with Belarus and Sri Lanka—rates as a "dialogue partner." Certainly Russia and Central Asia are important markets for Turkish construction, food and tourism industries. Its trade in the region grew to $62 billion in 2012. But the marketpla

the central actor. As Secretary of State John F. Kerry's recent effort has shown, the Israeli-Palestini

state-backed Chinese think tank_ [10]questioned Japan's claim to Okinawa [10].) Indeed, far beyond Manchuria, possible sparks already abound: from Central Asia, where booming trade with China threatens to erode Moscow's traditional sphere of influence, to the South China Sea, where Russia has worked closel

.S. security are inextricably linked with Pakistan's stability and prosperity, Obama signed into law the Enhanced Partnership for Pakistan Act (the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill) just a few months into his first term. The bill authorized up to $7.5 billion in EFTA00713705 aid to Pakistan's civilian gover

in the heart of Asia." But it is not in the interest of Russia to have China serene on its western borders, positioned to increase its influence in Central Asia and control the extraction of valuable natural resources there. Neither is it in the interest of the United States (or Russia) to see China embolde