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is time) Obama must lead Fareed Zakaria March 14 -- The crisis in Ukraine was produced by two sets of blunders, neither emanating from Washington. The European Union's vacillations and — most significantly, of course — Russia's aggression created the EFTA00684173 problem. But it will be up to President Obama to

llenger Mitt Romney had accused him of a "lack of leadership" and a "policy of paralysis." During the last month, Obama may have been responding to John McCain, Lindsay Graham and other Republicans who attacked him for showing weakness toward Putin and in the Ukraine. These critics advocated even louder s

ast month, Obama may have been responding to John McCain, Lindsay Graham and other Republicans who attack

ill have replaced it with the anxiety of persistent low-level tension with their neighbors. Of course, having suffered the turbulence of disbanding the European Union, there will initially be resistance on the Continent to starting the experiment anew. But after a number of years, maybe even decades, when the ple

mblatt, who denounced the tribunal as "politicized" in the days when he was cozying up to the Syrian regime, recently praised the American senator, John McCain, for having been steadfast in defending the institution. As leverage against Hezbollah, the tribunal still serves a purpose, but no one should expe

gime, recently praised the American senator, John McCain, for having been steadfast in defending the inst

an foreign minister Javad Zarif had offered a PowerPoint presentation, details publicly unknown but described as "very useful" by the spokesman for the European Union's top foreign-policy official at the talks. According to several reports, the basic outline of the Iranian proposal has Tehran offering to limit enri

ed I-word is making one of its periodic comebacks. Bill Keller of The New York Times sees a "new isolationism" creeping across the land, while Sen. John McCain alleges that there are 15 isolationists in the Senate GOP caucus. This debate on America's role in the world is not new — indeed, it is a constant

onism" creeping across the land, while Sen. John McCain alleges that there are 15 isolationists in the Se

its strict crackdown. (Katie Shepherd) The E.U. accused China of waging a pandemic disinformation campaign, lumping it with the Kremlin. "It was the European Union's highest-level and most forceful criticism yet of the way Beijing has handled its messaging about the pandemic," Michael Birnbaum reports. "'The pan

watchdog. This undercuts the administration's previous claim that the trip only cost taxpayers $17,000. (USA Today) • Jack McCain, son of the late John McCain, said he has no "immediate" plans to run for public office. Chatter of a possible run started after the New York Times reported that McCain's widow

te John McCain, said he has no "immediate" plans to run for public office. Chatter of a possible run started after the New York Times reported that McCain's widow, Cindy McCain, was not sure about how public she should be about supporting Biden in the general election because one of her sons was thin

would be unavoidable. First, Israelis would be further confirmed in their belief that the Europeans could not be trusted, diminishing even further the European Union's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Second, such a move could only undermine Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, which view Hamas as an enem

t that wasn't their approach—to put it mildly." He insisted that the G.O.P. had moved too far to the right to make bipartisanship possible. He and John McCain had agreed on issues like immigration, climate change, and campaign finance. "The center of gravity for their party has shifted." But maybe, Obama

de and welfare reform. In 2000, Bush ran on a more progressive education platform than E FTA_R1_02204187 EFTA02720658 his Republican colleagues. McCain once supported a cap-and- trade system and a version of immigration reform now condemned by almost all Republicans. There would be no such "zones o

spread. If it remains, the hopes for a European role in a final peace deal will be dashed. European animosity toward Israel goes beyond the public. The European Union recently adopted guidelines forbidding its agencies to send money to Israeli companies and organizations in the West Bank; this and other similar s

y between president and people, a mutually reinforcing feedback loop. This, too, is not surprising. Obama ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidate. He then made rolling back the "tide of war" the core of his identity as president. The explicit rationale for most of h

a ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidate. He then made rolling

Spanish Academy George Vassiliou, Member of Parliament and leader of United Democrats, head of the Negotiating Team for the Accession of Cyprus to the European Union, former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicosia Franco Venturini, Foreign Correspondent, Corriere della Sera, Rome Friedrich Verzetnitsch, Mem

an, Muhammadiyah Movement, Indonesia H. Harrison McCain, Chairman of the Board, McCain Foods Limited, To