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-- despite Obama's protestations to the contrary -- make them likely to be less effective. While the president, and particularly Secretary of State John Kerry in his effective remarks on Friday, have made a compelling case for American action in Syria, one can never underestimate this Congress's ability t

rs of his presidency. As Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday, in making the case for a militar

Article 1. The New York Times Tripping on His Own Red Line? David E. Sanger Article 2. Foreign Policy The Gamble David Rothkopf Article 3. Al-Monitor How Will Hezbollah Respond To a Strike on Syria? By: An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut Article 4. The Observer Jordan fears the worst as Syr

specting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp and that Secretary of State John Kerry is mentally incompetent. If Ya'alon were a GOP senator, this wouldn't be worthy of comment. He'd be doing what has come to be the job of Republican

r charm offensive. In January, the mass-circulation daily Yediot Aharonot published leaks from conversations in which the defense minister attacked Kerry's efforts to negotiate a two-state agreement in general, and in particular his proposal for security arrangements between Israel and the Palestinia

onal Interest Lebanon's Next Flashpoint Nicholas Saidel Article 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg Article 4. Al-Monitor Iran resumes monetary aid to Hamas Adnan Abu Amer Articles. The Washington Post Why the study of Vladimir Putin is so important Richard Cohen

October, 2013 Article 1. NYT Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast Mark Landler Article 2. Foreign Policy Assad's War of Starvation John F. Kerry Article 3. Al-Monitor Rift Between Cairo And Washington Deepens Joshua Haber Article 4. The Washington Post Can the military learn from its mi

e Middle East peace process a top priority — even after failing to broker an agreement during the administration's first term — in part because Mr. Kerry had already thrown himself into the role of peacemaker. EFTA00694511 More than anything, the policy review was driven by Mr. Obama's desire to t

NYT Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast Mark Landler Article 2. Foreign Policy Assad's War of Starvation John F. Kerry Article 3. Al-Monitor Rift Between Cairo And Washington Deepens Joshua Haber Article 4. The Washington Post Can the military learn from its mistakes? Thomas E. Ricks

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

nian DNA Ataollah Mohajerani Article 4. The National Interest How to Handle Russia Denis Corboy, William Courtney, Kenneth Yalowitz Article 5. Al-Monitor Why Palestinians Should Not Recognize Israel as Jewish State Nabeel Kassis Article 6. The American Interest A New Grand Strategy in the Middle

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

nmasked Thomas E. Donilon Article 2. The National Interest Why Doesn't Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group? Benjamin Weinthal Article 3. Al-Monitor Kerry Puts Middle East First Geoffrey Aronson Article, 4 The National Interest Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai Ariel Cohen Article 5. The Diplom

the consternation it is causing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's effort to challenge the notions at the heart of Allen's and more broadly the Kerry-led policy to facilitate a negotiated agreement. So, for example, Netanyahu has wrapped himself in the revered mantle of slain Prime Minister Yitzh

It's Time to Build an Arsenal of Awe Lloyd Green Article 3. Washington Post Ousting Assad may be only the beginning David Ignatius Article 4. Al-Monitor Allen mission key to Israeli-Palestinian security talks Geoffrey Aronson Article 5. Bloomberg Middle East Mess Isn't About Settlements Jeffrey