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pinpricks," we appear hardly credible or formidable. Obama himself seems unable to fathom the fallout from the NSA's tapping of German chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone or from allowing Vladimir Putin to adjudicate the Syrian mess. It is unclear whether Obama has even appreciated the traditional U.S. r

om the NSA's tapping of German chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone or from allowing Vladimir Putin to

00 15 November, 2013 Article 1. The National Interest Has Iran Outfoxed Netanyahu? Rajan Menon Article 2. NYT French Muscle, American Cheese Roger Cohen Article 3. The Financial Times The four big truths that are shaping the Iran talks Philip Stephens Article 4. Reuters Syria balance tilts towa

ahu and the Arab spring Abdel-Moneim Said AnicleS- |The New Yorker Zawahiri at the Helm Lawrence Wright Article 4. NYT Does Foreign Policy Matter? Roger Cohen Article. | Los Angeles Times European Union: Everywhere you look, a crisis Timothy Garton Ash Ancle®- |The American Interest What Would War with

n the other foot. To save a poorly designed and overextended monetary union, the political must ride to the rescue of the economic. That will require Angela Merkel's leadership. If we are talking about the European economy and currency, Germany is the indispensable power. Only the combination of Germany and the Eu

y the combination of Germany and the European Central Bank, working in unison, has a chance of calming the mighty markets. For more than a year now, Merkel has attempted to find the narrow — perhaps nonexistent — line where the minimum that can be done to save the embattled Eurozone periphery meets the m

gain Juan C. Zarate AnicleS. | Wall Street Journal It's in America's Interest to Stay in Iraq Max Boot Article 6. NYT France Flies, Germany Flops Roger Cohen HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023487 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 1. The Financial Times Iran will not hinder plans for a nuclear- free world Tom Donilon Apri

. There were strong arguments on either side of a Libyan intervention, but with a massacre looming in Benghazi, Germany had to stand with its allies. Angela Merkel has proved herself more a maneuverer than a leader. Germany often conveys the sense that it now resents the agents of its postwar rehabilitation — th

d, and as long it’s on hold the future of the euro is at risk. The German-French alliance will remain under strain. Obama should look to Sarkozy, not Merkel, for strategic support. A last thought. This restless French leader is at his best with his back to the wall. He’s shown that. The same quality mean