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here: withdrawal from Afghanistan, which followed the ignominious departure from Iraq; negotiations with the mullahs in Iran rather than bombs over Tehran; an aimless and hollow pivot to Asia that is failing to deter a rising China; a newly assertive Russia seizing territory without consequence; cuts

y agreed swaps." This is more or less what a bipartisan group of former foreign-policy advisers, including Zbigniew Brzezinski, Frank Carlucci, and Thomas Pickering, argued in Politico Magazine this week. If America had a foreign policy, and not (as George Kennan once lamented) just domestic politics, this plan

. Netanyahu to try to push the President into a corner publicly and raise questions about Washington. Is that really the message he wants to send to Tehran? There is no reason to doubt President Obama's often-repeated commitment to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. But 70 percent of Americans (in

ical parties who signed it: including two former national security advisers, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski; former Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering; and the retired Gen. Anthony Zinni. Yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is trying to browbeat President Obama into a pre-emptive stri

y talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal with Tehran. An emerging school of thought suggests that the best means of "testing" Iran is to offer it a final nuclear agreement that presumably promises meas

cle 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018202 --- PAGE BREAK --- The Washington Institute Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 2013 James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering February 12, 2013 -- On February 7, 2013, James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Jef

y talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal with Tehran. An emerging school of thought suggests that the best means of "testing" Iran is to offer it a final nuclear agreement that presumably promises measu

rticle 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028653 --- PAGE BREAK --- The Washington Institute Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 2013 James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering February 12, 2013 -- On February 7, 2013, James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Jeff