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ing in Syria Doyle McManus December 15, 2013 -- Here's how feeble U.S. influence on the outcome of Syria's dreadful civil war has become: For the Obama administration's diplomacy to succeed, it now needs help from an armed group with the unpromising name of the Islamic Front. That wasn't where the

litics, beyond the support of a few oilmen and arms manufacturers. The Saudi royals do not even enjoy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George Bush (both father and son) and Bill Clinton, who managed bilateral relations directly. Perhaps the most

wasn't where the administration hoped to be. When President Obama first got interested in Syria back in 2011, his

oy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George

le McManus Article 2. Agence Global Is John Kerry Serious? Rami G. Khouri Article 3. Project-Syndicate Middle East Frenemies Bernard Haykel & Daniel Kurtzer Article 4. Today's Zaman Kurdistan: another state in the making in the Middle East? Robert Olson Article 5. The American Interest Russia's Re

a well-structured, fair, and balanced policy aimed at driving the peace process toward resolution. Failure to do so will handicap everything else Barack Obama's administration tries to accomplish in the Middle East. If the United States is willing to put in the effort, it may actually yield surprising and

scalation are also clear, beyond the casualties. The last Israeli war with Gaza was in 2008, then as now within weeks of the election of President Obama. The war, which Israel called Operation Cast Lead, claimed 13 Israeli lives and more than 1,200 Palestinian lives. Yes, Israel now has the Iron D

008, then as now within weeks of the election of President Obama. The war, which Israel called Operation Cast Le

espite long- standing tensions between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany

ian Science Monitor For both Hamas and Israel, there are reasons to escalate Dan Murphy Article 5. Foreign Policy The Peace Process Isn't Dead Daniel Kurtzer Article 6. Los Angeles Times Middle East peace takes a beating Editorial Article 7. The New York review of Books Is There a Jewish Gene? Rich

The Washington Institute Prospects for Success in the Iran Nuclear Negotiations Patrick Clawson and Mehdi Khalaji Article 3. Foreign Policy How Obama Missed an Opportunity for M.E Peace Steven White, P.J. Dermer Article 4. The New Republic Obama's Cult of Complexity—and How It's Hurting Syria

rated by Europeans, Israelis, Palestinians, and our regional partners alike, its significance seems largely lost on those in Washington. President Barack Obama's Middle East team has particularly failed to grasp the importance of this effort: It has not only failed to exploit the progress for political gain

said, "We have a tail wind going into this." For President Obama, the stakes are huge. A successful meeting could

s largely lost on those in Washington. President Barack Obama's Middle East team has particularly failed

Bank was solely something to decry rather than something to be mitigated through intense work with both sides. As former U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer pointed out in a meeting with the authors, "The USSC was started to get someone in the door who could work both sides of the street; the training

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

ations recently made by a man who knows all sides of the conflict, and in fact has proposed just such a draft framework. He is former U.S. diplomat Daniel Kurtzer, who served as ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, and in recent years has been a Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson

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

ations recently made by a man who knows all sides of the conflict, and in fact has proposed just such a draft framework. He is former U.S. diplomat Daniel Kurtzer, who served as ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, and in recent years has been a Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilso