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ations High Stakes UN Diplomacy on Syria and Iran Stewart M. Patrick Article 2. NYT Give Iran a ( hance Hooman Majd Article 3. Bloomberg How Obama Was Checkmated by Iran Fouad Ajami The National Interest Beware the Smiling Cleric Michael Miner The Guardian Iran: This time, the west must no

ion's nuclear program. EFTA_R1_02208392 EFTA02722902 These two diplomatic openings offer a tentative, if unexpected, windfall for U.S. president Barack Obama, attending his fifth UNGA opening session. Obama, it should be noted, came to office heralding a new era of global "engagement" after the perceive

sformed. By dint of fortune as much as strategy, President Obama arrives in New York with tentative diplomatic pa

tive, if unexpected, windfall for U.S. president Barack Obama, attending his fifth UNGA opening session.

an nightmare for its dwellers and a focus of criminal and terrorist activity in the eyes of the Jordanian authorities. The bigger question for the Hashemites is what will happen if these people remain permanently in Jordan, changing the makeup and balance of Jordan's population and turning the Transjord

ately needs a Palestinian state in order to preserve its own "Jordanianness"—an issue that is not, in the end, of much concern to the Israelis. The Hashemites know that EFTA_R1_02208417 EFTA02722927 and cannot be comforted by the thought that in the event a Palestinian state fails to materialize, Israe

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

nefited from a strong patron in Iran. Hamas, on the other hand, enjoyed no such support. Mubarak's Egypt, Bashar al Assad's Syria, Jordan under the Hashemites and the Gulf monarchies under the influence of the House of Saud all shared a deep interest in keeping Hamas boxed in. Although publically these c

grimmer by the day— more peaceful protesters killed, ten thousand arrested in the past week, army units shelling residential neighborhoods. But the Obama administration's response has not grown grimmer or louder. As recently as May 6, Secretary of State Clinton was still talking about a "reform agend

2029157 EFTA02689616 Article 3. The Daily Beast The Awkward Exit of Mideast Envoy George Mitchell Daniel Stone May 13, 2011 -- Two days after Barack Obama's inauguration, George Mitchell was named special envoy for Middle East peace. With the new president standing beside Mitchell and Secretary of Stat

ell Daniel Stone May 13, 2011 -- Two days after Barack Obama's inauguration, George Mitchell was named

r the Ottoman administrative district Filistina. Given the complex politics of the Arabian Peninsula, the British had to find a home for a group of Hashemites, which they located on the east bank of the Jordan River and designated, for want of a better name, the Trans-Jordan — the other side of the Jordan