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bout the huge covert program that created it, code-named Olympic Games, which was first revealed earlier this year by The New York Times. President Obama drastically expanded the program as a way to buy time for sanctions to affect Iran, and to stave off a military attack on the Iranian facilities by

tions and thanks with Israeli president Shimon Peres, or regarding the content of the president's meetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcement that President Obama had invited President Morsi to attend the UN General Assembly meeting, which was later corrected.

evealed earlier this year by The New York Times. President Obama drastically expanded the program as a way to buy

eetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcement that President

by such people. EFTA00701622 I learned something about this matter when I had the pleasure this week in Washington, D.C. of being on a panel at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The session discussed a report on Arab youth produced by the institute that I direct at the American University of Beirut

homeini or George W. Bush or Noun al-Maliki, but Barack Obama. I often agree with Elliott, but I could no

d Ignatius Article 3. YaleGlobal As Conflict Grows in Middle East, US-Saudi Gulf Widens Fahad Nazer Article 4. Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East Jeffrey Goldberg Article 5. The Atlantic Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy Peter Beinart Article 6. The

Man Who Broke the Middle East." The man in question is not Sykes or Picot or Nasser or Saddam or Khomeini or George W. Bush or Noun al-Maliki, but Barack Obama. I often agree with Elliott, but I could not let this one go by without a response. Don't worry. This won't take long. Here is Elliott's thesis: T

s Fahad Nazer Article 4. Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East Jeffrey Goldberg

l analyst at JTG Inc. in Vienna, Virginia. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, CNN, Al Monitor and has been featured by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Article 4 Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East effrey Goldberg EFTA00665426 Jun 23 20

Palestinian, the reasonable and grandfatherly Mahmoud Abbas, who has foresworn violence in favor of negotiations? Since the crisis began, President Obama seems to have talked to every other Middle Eastern leader except Abbas. The Israeli operation against Hamas may yet take a large bite out of the P

zation Strobe Talbott EFTA_R 1_00464370 EFTA01977754 19 November 2012 -- The announcement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October 2009 that Barack Obama had won the Peace Prize came as a surprise to just about everyone, including the recipient. The president, barely nine months into his new job, kn

n favor of negotiations? Since the crisis began, President Obama seems to have talked to every other Middle Easte

e Norwegian Nobel Committee in October 2009 that Barack Obama had won the Peace Prize came as a surprise

s. Nathan J. Brown is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington Univeristy and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA_R1_00464344 EFTA01977728 Article 2. Foreign Policy How Hamas Won the War Aaron David Miller November 19, 2012

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

of the international community, along with the United States." If the Lieberman-Graham-Casey resolution guides US policy, says George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, that would "preclude" fulfillment of the UN resolutions and isolate the US from the international coalition that backed t

been evolving, but in what direction has been less clear. Analysts have therefore been dutifully reading between the lines of what the risk-averse Obama administration has been doing and saying to try to tease out the new American strategic vision for the region. Both the administration and the cou

came even more so. Yet these moves only hinted at where American strategy might be headed, and raised more questions than they answered. President Barack Obama, in his own words, has begun to explain what his administration sees as new American strategic policy goals and postures. And they will not please

sed more questions than they answered. President Barack Obama, in his own words, has begun to explain wha

ear-armed Iran. Should this be a hard choice? Astonishingly, too many members of Congress seem to think so. Jessica Tuchman Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA00651277

ed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, whom Indian and U.S. authorities blame for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In separate statements, both U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Congress Party chairman Sonia Gandhi condemned the attacks; Obama indicated that the U.S. would cooperate with India's search for the pe

008 Mumbai attacks. In separate statements, both U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Congress Party chairman Sonia Gandhi condemned the attacks; Obama indicated that the U.S. would cooperate with India's search for the perpetrators. On its face, the incident looks much more like the serial blasts

cks. In separate statements, both U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Congress Party chairman Sonia G

e Islamic Republic's rise, he is more likely to be remembered by historians as the man who hastened its decay. Karim Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA_R1_02033710 EFTA02691537 24 Article 6. Foreign Policy Research Institute Russia's Anxieties About The Arab Rev

le news pundits, Jersey Democrats and politi=al rivals in his own Republican Party will chew on this bone with the zeal of Donald Trump's demanding Barrack Obama producing his long-form birth certificate and Congressman Darrell Issa's continual attempt to link Hill=ry Clinton to the terrorist attack in Bengha

e right has offered a serious strateg= for how to respond to the emergence of new types of militant groups across =he Middle East. President Barack Obama's approach consisted of trusting unchecked CIA drone strikes and NSA eavesdropping to secure the United States. Republicans used the region's instab

lid Phares and others where is your shame? And to President Obama, please don't bite the bait and stay out of Syri

it only because we didn=92t give the "good guys" big enough guns? =br> As Muasher, a former Jordanian foreign=minister and now a vice president at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, put it in an interv=ew: 'Three years of the Arab uprising have shown the bankruptcy of all the ol= political forces in the Arab worl

ri Article 4. The Jerusalem Post What the Patriarch Abraham can teach us about land and peace S. Daniel Abraham Article S. Al-Ahram Weekly Did Obama succeed in Riyadh? Al-Sayed Amin Shalabi Article 6. Hurriyet The next battle: Presidency Mustafa Akyol Article 7. The Economist Egypt's proba

rs he was flying home to Washington to meet with President Obama to reassess the peace negotiations and whether t

iliation and courageous political and economic decisions that would allow Egypt to move beyond such dependence. Michele Dunne, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA00705814

S. District Judge Jon Tigar, appointed by former President Obama, ruled Tuesday that the new policy violates asylu

gy, but delayed the effect of his decision for two weeks. The reports mention that the U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, appointed by former President Obama, ruled Tuesday that the new policy violates asylum laws approved by Congress that allow anyone who enters the U.S. to ask for protection—regardless

tate repression, violence, and impunity that enabled Russia and its ally, Belarus, to launch their criminal war of aggression against Ukraine? Join the Carnegie Endowment, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates for a conversation about human rights, historical memory, and accoun

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Mon 8/26/2013 4:45:44 PM Subject: August 26 update 26 August, 2013 Article 1. The Daily Beast Obama's New Syria Options Leslie H. Gelb Article 2. The Wall Street Journal Syria's Gas Attack on Civilization Andrew Roberts Article 3. The Washing

he most recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, President Obama is sheltering his next moves even from his close

f aid gets cut off and Egypt says, `We're going to war with Israel,' " said Nathan Brown, a Middle East scholar at George Washington University and the Carnegie Endowment. "Egypt's attitude toward Islamic terrorism — right now, they're on the same page as Fox News." Sure, if aid is suspended gulf states will send mo