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me. In fact, the Assad regime is the only faction in the four-way conflict that has clearly committed to attend the talks, which Secretary of State John F. Kerry has been laboring to organize for more than a year. Even the U.S.- backed civilian groups in Syria's opposition haven't confirmed that they are comi

ericans put their ideas on the table, when we can then assess matters on the basis of facts, rather than leaks and rumors. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's intense pursuit of this issue—this is his tenth visit to the region since assuming office—reflects a deeper motivation that is both striking and

is tenth visit to the region since assuming office—reflects a deeper motivation that is both striking and somewhat unclear. The best explanation on Kerry's energy on this issue that I have heard from Americans close to the Obama administration is that the persistence of the Arab-Israeli and Palestini

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

soon present to the Israelis and Palestinians. While this remains a work in progress, with details yet to be outlined publicly, Secretary of State John Kerry is apparently preparing an outline that largely meets Netanyahu's objectives on two issues of paramount concern to him: recognition of Israel as a

get involved." Yet according to the Palestinian daily al-Quds, Abbas reacted angrily to the American proposals when he met recently with Secretary Kerry in Paris. To be sure, much haggling will likely continue behind the scenes. The March summits with Netanyahu and then Abbas will test whether or no

the American proposals when he met recently with Secretary Kerry in Paris. To be sure, much haggling will likely c

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

a backlash in the midst of the Iran nuclear negotiations, walked the revelation back, but not very far. Just a few days earlier, Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in Israel trying to keep peace talks afloat, reiterated the U.S. view in an interview: "We do not believe the settlements are legitimate. We think

ran tangible evidence that they will become tighter and more painful. As for whether Israel was kept in the dark about Geneva, an inconsistency in Kerry's comments suggests there is something to it. After all, he and other officials have said that Israeli leaders have been continually and fully brie

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

Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has privately and publicly lobbied Western and Arab countries to allow Iran into the Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in settling the Syria crisis, it is unrealistic to expect Iran's leaders to be a positive force when they

the Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in set

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

set by a Sunni-al Qaeda insurgency, has been told, in effect, to seek succor from his Shiite co-religionists in Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry amazingly urges America's only real friends in the area, the Iraqi Kurds, not to abandon the ill-mannered Mr. Maliki in favor of greater independen

ists in Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry amazingly urges America's only real friends in th

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

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

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

tarian crisis but also a_mpolitical nightmare is finally hitting home. Behind closed doors at the [9]Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State John Kerry admitted to a senior delegation of US Congressmen that his administration's Syria policy is collapsing. Geneva II has reached a dead end before it

e heartland of ancient Israel, in the West Bank, known to Jews as Judea and Samaria. And that is: "What is the nation state of the Jewish people?" Kerry, by steadily making the answer to that question unavoidable, has set the whole Israeli political system into a roiling debate, with some ministers

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