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tment Requested by JPMorgan Chase EFTA01301049 8 precipitous removal of central authority, it could very well implode like Iraq. That is why the Obama administration wants him to stay in power even as it admonishes him to choose the path of reform. Today, President Assad is expected to announce th

in. So let me start with Bashar Al Assad—whose father, Hafez, Jimmy Carter wrote he had higher regard for than any other leader in the Middle East. Barack Obama never said anything quite that hagiographic about the son. But Hillary Clinton, his pliant chief diplomat, told "Face the Nation" on Sunday

, United Arab Emirates -- Three things happened simultaneously this week that point the way to a looming new era in the Middle East: U.S. President Barack Obama's speech Monday laying down the reasons for American military involvement in Libya, the involvement in that campaign by Qatar and the United Arab Em

nce to the policy priorities of foreign powers. President Obama's speech about the events in Libya was an import

Article 3. Article 2. Brookings The Syrian Rift Starner Rabinovich Article 4. The New Republic Why Has the U.S. Been So Soft on Bashar Assad? Martin Peretz Article 5. Article 6. Agence Global Guts and Guns and Values Rami G. Khouri NYT Looking for Luck in Libya Thomas L. Friedman Article 7. NYT W

t is truthful. Perhaps Rick will read it. I can send it back to him. Rick's contribution to this controversy is a "Talk of the Town" piece titled "O'Bama vs. Netanyahoo." Maybe the placement and the headline are a tip-off that this is not serious. But Rick's frivolity—he is congenitally but congenial

this was di goldene medinah, the golden country. The American people are allies of the state of Israel, however much its prime minister irritates Barack Obama. More to the point: The relationship between America and Israel is about historic and strategic ties, not about whether Obama is offended by Bibi's

untry. For months, as protests mounted in Syria, President Obama waited to see if President Bashar al-Assad could

srael, however much its prime minister irritates Barack Obama. More to the point: The relationship betwee

U.S. Steps Back, Europe Takes Bigger Role in Mideast Peace Push Mark Landler The New Republic What Explains Fashionable Hostility Toward Israel? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed The Washington Post Plotting a post-Assad road map for Syria David Ignatius Forei

t is truthful. Perhaps Rick will read it. I can send it back to him. Rick's contribution to this controversy is a "Talk of the Town" piece titled "O'Bama vs. Netanyahoo." Maybe the placement and the headline are a tip-off that this is not serious. But Rick's frivolity—he is congenitally but congenial

this was di goldene medinah, the golden country. The American people are allies of the state of Israel, however much its prime minister irritates Barack Obama. More to the point: The relationship between America and Israel is about historic and strategic ties, not about whether Obama is offended by Bibi's

untry. For months, as protests mounted in Syria, President Obama waited to see if President Bashar al-Assad could

srael, however much its prime minister irritates Barack Obama. More to the point: The relationship betwee

U.S. Steps Back, Europe Takes Bigger Role in Mideast Peace Push Mark Landler The New Republic What Explains Fashionable Hostility Toward Israel? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed The Washington Post Plotting a post-Assad road map for Syria David Ignatius Forei