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a columnist for the liberal Moscow daily Komme=sant. "Moscow has quite limited influence on the Syrian regime." Decades from now, President Bar=ck Obama's decision to not arm Syria's rebels may be condemned or prai=ed. But a visit to Moscow this week showed that it has come at an immediate price. Was

s in neighboring A=ab states. As an oddly passive President Obama ponders what he might do in Syria <http://www.wa

ing between Syria's Alawite regime and the Sunni=led rebellion would remain within the country's borders. Syria is at once the pivot and a mirror of the Fertile Crescent, =nd its sectarian and ethnic fissures reproduce themselves in neighboring A=ab states. As an oddly passive President Obama ponders what he might d

plans to buy 45 percent of its oil from Iran using rupees, meaning that Iran will be forced to buy Indian goods that it may not want or need. The Obama administration initially sought genuine engagement with Iran, but it understood that if Iran's leaders rebuffed such efforts, America would have to

aeli officials believe that in an election year, President Obama would be seriously handicapped when considering

am Hussein, are now making amends. They are also closely aligning with Turkey to balance Iranian influence inside Iraq. Turkish-Iranian rivalry in the Fertile Crescent has opened up a can of worms: Iranian leaders attack Turkey's "secular Islam" and threaten to "strike Turkey" should Ankara act on its commitment

oon to give tin on the Arab Spring Juan Cole Articic 4. Al-Ahram Weekly A strategic stopover Hussein Handy Au',it: 5. The Hoover Institution Obama's World Disorder EFTA_R1_02204470 EFTA02720814 Victor Davis Hanson The American Interest Can Obama Make Iran Pull In Its Horns? Walter Russel

promise and a regional geopolitical compromise. President Obama is right to want a bargain with Iran, and right,

remarkable consolidation of Sunni sentiment against the Shi'a as Iran and its allies make gains. The disparate Sunni terrorist and tribal groups in the Fertile Crescent have united, for now, under the banner of ISIS, which shook the region and the world by routing Iraq's army and occupying much of the country. Mea