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Mysteries Leslie H. Gelb Article 2. The Washington Post Saudia Arabia gets tough on foreign policy Nawaf Obaid Article 3. Foreign Policy Can Obama deliver on Israel and Iran -- or is he overreaching? Aaron David Miller Article 4. Project Syndicate Turkey's Lost Illusions Dominique Moisi A

or at all. Instead what usually emerges is the tendency to end up neither here nor there, sometimes with half a loaf, sometimes with a big mess. If Barack Obama is lucky he'll avoid the latter. And if he's really willful, skillful, and even luckier, he'll get something on each issue that stabilizes matters,

lican Party leanings, his private snorts against President Obama's "weakness," and for his mighty hawkishness (hi

ddle East and perhaps foreign policy in general, Barack Obama is a curious president, a leader deeply am

ents held here. Unfortunately, the prestige that comes with such success has been erased by events like the imprisonment of the women from the band Pussy Riot, the recent, inappropriate arrest of Greenpeace ecologists and the ban on adoptions by Americans. The reason for each of these events is the same:

rakos Article 6. The Washington Post Following the Stalinist recipe in Russia Fred Hiatt Article 7. The National Interest Why Russia Roots for Obama Ariel Cohen NYT Palestinians at the U.N., Again Editorial EFTA00700292 November 4, 2012 -- With peace negotiations at an impasse since 2008 an

s for a long perspective. Putin's view is shared [7] by a vast majority of Russians, who in a recent poll by the respected Levada Center said that Barack Obama's re-election would better serve Russia's national interests. On the other hand, Russians believe Romney's election would not be in Russia's interest

8, the seven least-generous states all voted for President Obama. My father, who kept a charity box for the poor

nt poll by the respected Levada Center said that Barack Obama's re-election would better serve Russia's

ies,' " Applebaum writes of the Polish secret police. "Eventually, this list grew to forty-three categories.") Even the squashing EFTA00700305 of Pussy Riot is unoriginal; the Communists 60 years ago were panicked by oddly dressed jazz musicians they couldn't control. And as in Putin's Russia, those who

It's Not So Simple Peter Baker March 1, 2014 -- President Obama has warned Russia that "there will be costs" for

oes to War David Remnick Article 2. NYT Making Russia Pay? It's Not So Simple Peter Baker Article 3. The Washington Post Ukraine crisis tests Obama's foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson Article 4. NYT From the Pyramid to the Square Thomas L. Friedman _ Articl

furled a banner denouncing the invasion of Prague. Those demonstrators are the heroes of, among other young Russians, the members of the punk band Pussy Riot. This is something that Putin also grasps very well. At the same time that he is planning his vengeful military operation against the new Ukrainian