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rate. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman was still in a fantasy world on Friday, calling on both sides in the conflict to stop the fighting. The Obama administration is making more of an effort to try to bring the Russians on board. A senior American official was in Moscow this week. Washington ne

o foreign military intervention in Syria was as strong as ever. This has put Russia on a potential collision course with the U.S., should President Barack Obama decide -- against his own best judgment -- to authorize military action in Syria. Turning Point That scenario no longer looks as unlikely as it o

cleansing, and grave and systematic war crimes. President Obama believes in sovereignty as responsibility. Standi

collision course with the U.S., should President Barack Obama decide -- against his own best judgment --

+0000 9 June, 2012 Article 1. NYT Assad, the Butcher Editorial Article 2. The Washington Post syrian intervention is justifiable, na d'List Anne-Marie Slaughter Article 3. Bloomberg syria Could Unite Russia and China Against the U.S. Dmitri Trenin Article 4. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Ira

nces, and increasing nuclear dangers. It's his call. Joseph Cirincione is president of Ploughshares Fund. Danielle Pletka: Any short analysis of Barack Obama's successes and failures in foreign policy must necessarily be incomplete. Is it enough to weigh his undeniable good judgment in ordering Navy SEALS

there will be a lot uncomfortable questions aired — if not answered — behind Davos's closed doors. Ankle 6. Foreign Policy EFTA00660819 Grading Obama's Foreign Policy Eight experts rate the president's performance so far January 23, 2012 Robert Kagan: On the accomplishment side of the ledger, c

d by Random House in 2012. Ted Galen Carpenter: President Obama has amassed a decidedly mixed record on foreign

thrown because Bush criticized them or President Barack Obama failed to shore them up, but because they

s to the contrary. Robert Kagan is senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His new book, The World America Made, will be published next month. Anne-Marie Slaughter: Overall, Barack Obama has had a very good run on foreign policy, aided by his superstar secretary of state. His greatest accomplishments are the

nald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense after the 2006 midterm elections, Mr. Cheney said he was not given a chance to object. Mr. Cheney praised Barack Obama's support, as a senator from Illinois, for passing a bank bailout bill at the height of the financial crisis, shortly before the 2008 election. But h

H. W. Bush, both foreign-policy presidents who subordinated their domestic ambitions to America's national-security requirements. Moreover, where Obama has succeeded internationally, his successes have been largely tactical rather than strategic, reflecting the fact that he is fundamentally a domes

ts (the average frequency of drone strikes under President Obama is one every four days, compared to one every for

ons and coalitions for action — just as President Barack Obama described America's role in this conflict.

Abueid Scientific American Is Muammar Qadhafi Clinically Psychotic? John Matson The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Foreign Policy Sinai's Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed Fadel Fahm y The National Interest Foreign-Policy Failure Dimitri K. Simes

nald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense after the 2006 midterm elections, Mr. Cheney said he was not given a chance to object. Mr. Cheney praised Barack Obama's support, as a senator from Illinois, for passing a bank bailout bill at the height of the financial crisis, shortly before the 2008 election. But h

H. W. Bush, both foreign-policy presidents who subordinated their domestic ambitions to America's national-security requirements. Moreover, where Obama has succeeded internationally, his successes have been largely tactical rather than strategic, reflecting the fact that he is fundamentally a domes

ts (the average frequency of drone strikes under President Obama is one every four days, compared to one every for

ons and coalitions for action — just as President Barack Obama described America's role in this conflict.

Abueid Scientific American Is Muammar Qadhafi Clinically Psychotic? John Matson The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Foreign Policy Sinai's Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed Fadel Fahm y The National Interest Foreign-Policy Failure Dimitri K. Simes

, 2014 Article 1 The Washington Post America is slipping to No. 2. Don't panic. Charles Kenny Art"1e 2 The New Yorker On and off the road with Barack Obama. David Remnick Anoc I. The Washington Post America is slipping to No. 2. Don't panic. Charles Kenny January 18, 2014 -- Charles Kenny is a seni

e Jarrett, Obama's most intimate consigliere. To admirers, Jarrett is known as "the third Obama"; to wary aides, who envy her long history with the Obamas and her easy access to the living quarters of the White House, she is the Night Stalker. Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, David Plouffe,

icorruption. The New Yorker On and off the road with Barack Obama. David Remnick January 27, 2014 -- On the Sunday afternoon before Thanksgiving, Barack Obama sat in the office cabin of Air Force One wearing a look of heavy- lidded annoyance. The Affordable Care Act, his signature domestic achieveme

but be overtaken by China. You only need recall President Obama and Mitt Romney sparring over who would be toughe

y, rather than through liberation narratives coming from the West," Fareed Zakaria, a writer on foreign policy whom Obama reads and consults, says. Anne-Marie Slaughter, who worked at the State Department as Hillary Clinton's director of policy planning, says, "Obama has a real understanding of the limits of our po

Leon Panetta, America's defence secretary, has spoken of Israel attacking as early as April. Others foresee an Israeli strike designed to drag in Barack Obama in the run-up to America's presidential vote, when he will have most to lose from seeming weak. A decision to go to war should be based not on one

sence. This sure applause line precludes the acceptance of a new burden just on the other side of the Syria-Iraq frontier. The silence of President Obama on the matter of Syria reveals the general retreat of American power in the Middle East. In Istanbul some days ago, a Turkish intellectual and poli

side of the Syria-Iraq frontier. The silence of President Obama on the matter of Syria reveals the general retre

rs foresee an Israeli strike designed to drag in Barack Obama in the run-up to America's presidential vo

g Syria Fouad Ajami Article 3. NYT Deep Divisions Hobble Syria's Opposition Neil MacFarquhar Article 4. NYT How to Halt the Butchery in Syria Anne-Marie Slaughter Article 5. The Independent (London) US raises alert over possible chemical weapons arsenal Charlotte Mcdonald-Gibson EFTA_R1_00484966 EFTA0199

ion or future folly? Amy Jaffe August 24, 2012 -- As oil prices ticked above $115 per barrel last week, a White House leak revealed that President Barack Obama may dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the United States' 695 million barrel stockpile of emergency fuel supplies. The leak might have

even increased its oil production after the 9/11 EFTA00713333 attacks, which badly strained U.S.-Saudi relations. Likewise, this spring, when the Obama administration was debating whether or not to release the SPR ahead of the tightening of sanctions against Iran, Saudi Arabia helpfully boosted its

week, a White House leak revealed that President Barack Obama may dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reser

Article 4. The National Interest Turkey's Syria Conundrum Sinan Ulgen Article 5. The Globe and Mail The `new cold war' is an information war Anne-Marie Slaughter Article 6. Foreign Policy Is relying on Saudi Arabia in times of war smart ? Amy Jaffe NYT I Made the Robot Do It Thomas L. Friedman August 2

not given a chance to object. Mr. Cheney praised Barack Obama’s support, as a senator from Illinois, for passing

Scientific American Is Muammar Qadhafi Clinically Psychotic? John Matson Anicle2- | The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Article S- | Foreign Policy Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed Fadel Fahmy ance |The National Interest Foreign-Policy Failure

rge H. W. Bush, both foreign-policy presidents who subordinated their domestic ambitions to America’s national-security requirements. Moreover, where Obama has succeeded internationally, his successes have been largely tactical rather than strategic, reflecting the fact that he 1s fundamentally a domesti

irls pushed the boys into war is ludicrous,” says Anne-Marie Slaughter, who until recently served as director of policy

four a.m. when Hillary Clinton’s plane touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, and by midmorning she was in the Oval Office conferring with President Obama. The night before, as her plane was en route from Tunis, they had agreed that the vote of the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone

orning she was in the Oval Office conferring with President Obama. The night before, as her plane was en route from

andled by nato. Whatever the burden-sharing logistics, the United States was in deep now, on a course that no one could predict. Madam Secretary For Barack Obama, the Arab Spring and its aftermath will shape just one critical piece of his record. But, for Hillary Clinton, the swirling challenges of the region

we should have a policy to depose Assad. Mm BWN Re Ann Marie Slaughter (ex Obama) . Depose but with military light. Inte

especially wrt Iraq) has unnecessarily limited Administrations ability to engage in Iraq which -as we see now w Syria - is just dumb. Dannzinger (ex Obama Admin): obama has done a remarkable job and the only way he could have done better is if I had held a senior post in the Administration. Kahl (ex Oba