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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 --

Annan plan. Nevertheless, it's clear that Putin is losing the argument internationally. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, hinted after the Houla massacre that the U.S. might go outside the Security Council to take tougher action, thus circumventing the Russian and Chinese vetoes. What can Ru

omberg Syria Could Unite Russia and China Against the U.S. Dmitri Trenin Jun 7, 2012 -- The massacre of more than 100 men, women and children at Houla has buried the peace plan for Syria promoted by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. Soon, the regime and its opponents will get to

n when people were still talking about recovery, President Obama was neck and neck with Mitt Romney on his handli

iall Ferguson June 11, 2012 -- Could Europe cost Barack Obama the presidency? At first sight, that seems

afficom] From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent Tue 6/12/2012 2:09:50 PM Subject: June 11 update 11 June, 2012 Article 1. The Washington Post Obama's Iran and Syria muddle Jackson Diehl The Daily Beast How Europe Could Cost Obama the Election Niall Ferguson Foreign Policy Processing Delay

ikely to achieve much else. Ankle 2. The Daily Beast How Europe Could Cost Obama the Election Niall Ferguson June 11, 2012 -- Could Europe cost Barack Obama the presidency? At first sight, that seems like a crazy question. Isn't November's election supposed to be decided in key swing states like Florid

That is more of the Obama legend—the highbrow spin. If the president were really moved by the theory of just war, the massacre of the children of Houla would not have left our Syrian policy unmodified. What is the difference, really, between a man who cares but does nothing and a man who does not c

nion," he remarked to Richard Nixon in 1973, "it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern." Yeah, maybe. IT IS NOT ONLY because of Houla that an intervention against Assad would be justified. But Kissinger and the other elders who know better than to be stirred by the sight of childr

to use the Predator drone. Because it is precisely targeted, often on an individual, it is used almost every week. And now we know that President Obama, for the past three years, has been going through a similar process about how America should use another innovative weapon — one whose destructive

d gaze at her man — receding into the past? It is true that in America, at least, hay can still be made from the role of political wife. President Barack Obama may have experienced his first EFTA00712587 major dip in the polls — and his first real slide with women voters — when a partisan supporter, Hila

States about when and how to use cyberweapons. President Obama raised many of the issues in the closed sanctum o

made from the role of political wife. President Barack Obama may have experienced his first EFTA0071258

ikely, this means that Russia will probably continue its reckless course of supporting the Assad regime — until there are a few more massacres like Houla. EFTA00712578 Alexander Shumilin is the director of the Center for the Analysis of Middle East Conflicts at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian S

captive of the situation that it has created itself. This became clear immediately after the tragic massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla on May 25 that left about 116 civilians dead, including dozens of children. Lavrov cannot deny the evidence presented by the United Nations that th

for any attack against the United States emanating from Cuba, however it started. Today, the threat of an Israeli air strike strengthens President Barack Obama's hand in squeezing Iran to persuade it to make concessions. But EFTA00712524 the possibility that Israel might actually carry out a unilat

attack against the United States emanating from Cuba, however it started. Today, the threat of an Israeli air strike strengthens President Barack Obama's hand in squeezing Iran to persuade it to make concessions. But EFTA00712524 the possibility that Israel might actually carry out a unilateral ai

1970s. He helped shape the ministry's countertenor program and the crackdown on al Qaeda, both moves that won him praise from the West. President Barack Obama, in a statement, offered the U.S.'s condolences and said that under Prince Nayefs leadership, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia "developed a storng and eff

00712535 On the other hand, there's growing pressure on the Hill, led by Senator John McCain, to arm the Syrian opposition, and in the wake of the Houla massacre, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for the same. With the body count in Syria soaring, it is getting more difficult for

A recent report from a German newspaper contends that it was the opposition, rather than Assad's forces, that was responsible for the massacre at Houla. On this reading, it wasn't Sunnis who were killed en masse, but Alawites and other minorities. The facts are otherwise. As this list of casualties