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he US broke the habit of more than 30 years and sat down to talk to each other. Know your enemy is a first rule of diplomacy — and of intelligence. John Kerry has his detractors but, unlike his predecessor Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state understands that serious diplomacy demands a willingness

a broadening of the issues on the table could give the Saudis a chance to make their voice heard -- but few expect them to change their tune. "When Kerry went to Saudi Arabia [earlier this month], they told him in no uncertain terms that they're against any deal being cut, any lifting of the sanction

s difficult to imagine that Assad's position will be weaker in six months. This is not a dead man walking," said Ayham Kamel, a Syria expert at the Eurasia consultancy group. "Al Qaeda is here to stay. This is a new reality. It is hard to imagine how the threat will disappear in the future." EFTA0070

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

the principles of a law-based state and an aspiration for social justice. Russia has things it can offer the world. We are not Asia, and not even Eurasia, but an inseparable part of Europe. The same Europe that not only created today's civilization, but also continues to be the world's leading politi

ors: • No visitors scheduled This Town: • John Kerry discusses the state of the ocean at Carnegie Endo

. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith; 1:30 PM • Secretary of State Pompeo meets with THE PRESIDENT Visitors: • No visitors scheduled This Town: • John Kerry discusses the state of the ocean at Carnegie Endowment virtual event - 'The Fragile State of the World's Ocean: A Transatlantic Response' Carnegie E

nder and Director Hilton Kelley; 2:00 PM • House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on 'transatlantic cooperation during coronavirus' - Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment Subcommittee hearing on 'The Importance of Transatlantic Cooperation During the COVID-19 Pandemic', held virtually via

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

y served as European Commission ambassador to Armenia and Georgia. William Courtney was special assistant to the President for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, and U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia. Kenneth Yalowitz served as U.S. ambassador to Belarus and Georgia. Article 5. EFTA00675623 Al-M

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

Afghanistan, but it remains light years away from replacing NATO as a security guarantor. EFTA_R1_02207739 EFTA02722662 As an ascendant power in Eurasia, Turkey may find it useful to keep in a toe in the SCO. However, full membership is not in the offing. And even if it were, Turkey's decision-maker

h Officials Concerned About Crowds And Partiers. Kerry Sanders reported on NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/6, stor

n: Rm 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC; 1:00 PM • House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on 'Kremlin crimes abroad' - Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment Subcommittee hearing on 'Exposing and Demanding Accountability for Kremlin Crimes Abroad', held virtually via Cisco We