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s ago, a congressional test of wills over Middle East policy between an American president and an Israeli prime EFTA00707074 minister was dubbed "Reagan or Begin." This week, the showdown on Iran negotiations might be described as "Barack or Bibi." Despite Obama administration opposition, Israeli Pr

ent crisis is already one of the biggest U.S.-Israel blowups, ever -- and it could get worse before it gets better. Not since Menachem Begin trashed Ronald Reagan's 1982 peace plan has Israel so publicly criticized a major U.S. diplomatic initiative. In a rousing speech in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, Netanyahu even c

r Menachem Begin tried to block the sale despite President Reagan's advocacy. Reagan won the test, and the AWAC sa

to the 1970s and 1980s, and have become especially prevalent over the past decade. Nonetheless, despite decades of suspicions, the existence of a Saudi- Pakistan nuclear pact is based almost entirely on speculation. Moreover, like the alleged Saddam-AQ nuclear nexus, the notion that Pakistan would s

ical force shaping Obama's 2008 campaign and subsequent transition period; as Time magazine put it, "not since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a EFTA00712779 single outside group held so much sway." Podesta himself has been a leading voice on climate change and, pe

recently disgraced Nixon with deference, which helped start Nixon's late-career return to respectability, but the two men eventually fell out over Reagan's Soviet policy. In 1989, George H. W. Bush recruited Jimmy Carter to help with policy toward Panama; that helped revive Carter's reputation, but t

ccount the circumstances, repercussions and transformations it is witnessing in the post-revolution phase, and the roles being played by Turkey and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The entry of a new player on the scene connotes change at the level of the rules of the game and its arena, as well as the availability of conditi

our greatest intuitions, especially after Ronald Reagan proclaimed in his first inaugural address on Janu

. This slide of lost trust didn't just start with President Trump, as Americans have been losing trust in our greatest intuitions, especially after Ronald Reagan proclaimed in his first inaugural address on January 20, 1981 that "Government is the problem." Continuing on with this soundbite, Republican Conser

ve disqualified a candidate for school office in a middle-school, to his absolutely unwillingness to say anything negative against Vladimir Putin or Saudi Arabia's monarchy. This is a leader who refuses to acknowledge the greatest assault against America since 9/11, the hacking of the recent Presidential elect

entury Foreign Policy, with Rep. Cheney discussing America's role in the world given the landscape of national security threats and challenges * The Reagan Institute carries out the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's mission in Washington, DC; 1:00 PM • AASHTO Washington Briefing (virtual) - Ameri

hallenges * The Reagan Institute carries out the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's mission in Washington,

said." Fox News (2/22, Manfredi, 23.99M) reports, "The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory damages for an attack the families say was caused by Saudia Arabia and its 'intentional, knowing, reckless, willful and/or grossly negligent' act to send a terrorist operative 'Trojan horse' into a U.S. program tie

onstantin Chernenko, before a younger and more open-minded Mikhail Gorbachev arrived too late to save a stagnant society and economy. As President Ronald Reagan famously said of those old Soviet leaders, and as the next U.S. president may say of the Saudis, "They keep dying on me." In Saudi Arabia, there ar

tagnant society and economy. As President Ronald Reagan famously said of those old Soviet leaders, and as

1. American Interest The Middle East Mess Part One: Over There Walter Russell Mead Article 2. Washington Post Next up in the Middle East mess? Saudi Arabia's succession fight Karen Elliott House Article 3. Los Angeles Times In an Islamist Egypt, can diversity survive? Michael Wahid Hanna and Elijah Z

e funding for the FBI headquarters to move to the Ronald Reagan Building. The Reagan Building formerly housed th

ng for the FBI headquarters to move to the Ronald Reagan Building. The Reagan Building formerly housed th

ate the discussion. • CSIS: MBS in Washington: What's Next for U.S.—Saudi Relations? — Thursday, November 6, 2025. Location: Online event, 9:00 AM. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will travel to Washington D.C. and meet with President Donald Trump in the White House on November 18. His visit fo

epublicans want to oppose these measures, let them do so—but the sensible center can and should prevail. It is also worth remembering the role that Ronald Reagan's high tech military buildup played in bringing the Soviet leaders of the 1980s down to earth. The United States has the ability to deprive Russia's

It is also worth remembering the role that Ronald Reagan's high tech military buildup played in bringing

ectacle of the secular government of the United Arab Emirates last year prosecuting dozens of Islamists as alleged members of a fifth column, while Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi government—far more theologically reactionary than the Brothers— declares the group a terrorist threat. The Brotherhood has become a pan- Ar

The one thing we can say for sure is that the announcement highlights two interrelated problems with U.S. energy policy: that every president since Ronald Reagan has used Saudi Arabia as his de facto SPR and that there exist no clear standards for when to dip onto the actual SPR. Both problems have the poten

energy policy: that every president since Ronald Reagan has used Saudi Arabia as his de facto SPR and th

s. Deaths of rulers can change dynamics overnight virtually anywhere in the region, and Israel's defense policy remains an ever-present black swan. Saudi Arabia's own rumored pursuit of new nuclear-style ballistic missiles from China adds an additional layer of uncertainty about a nuclear arms race in the reg

e funding for the FBI headquarters to move to the Ronald Reagan Building. The Reagan Building formerly housed th

ng for the FBI headquarters to move to the Ronald Reagan Building. The Reagan Building formerly housed th

ate the discussion. • CSIS: MBS in Washington: What's Next for U.S.—Saudi Relations? — Thursday, November 6, 2025. Location: Online event, 9:00 AM. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will travel to Washington D.C. and meet with President Donald Trump in the White House on November 18. His visit fo

ry the other. Thus, Eisenhower refused to come to the rescue of Hungarian freedom fighters in 1956; LBJ to support the Prague uprising in 1968; and Reagan to deny overt support for Polish Solidarity and others as they loosened the Soviet grip on the Warsaw Pact. If the likely outcome on the current p

est Why Israel Worries Richard L. Russell Article 3. Project Syndicate The Post-National Mirage Shlomo Ben Ami Article 4. The National (UAE) Saudi Arabia's military exercise was a goodbye wave to America Faisal Al Yafai Article 5. The Washington Post Obama tends to create his own foreign policy head