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y nearly three dozen respected national security experts from both political parties who signed it: including two former national security advisers, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski; former Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering; and the retired Gen. Anthony Zinni. Yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

s seem to have the advantage on national security policy. The Iraq debacle tarnished the Republican brand and Obama ordered the missions that killed Osama bin Laden and, indirectly, Muammar Qaddafi showed that he shoots to kill. As such, Team Romney is alternately ignoring the topic altogether -- for example, h

e coming years should be this: You have to know when to hold'em and when to fold'em. Robert A. Manning is a senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security and formerly served on the State Dept. Policy Planning staff and National Intelligence Council (NIC) 2001-2012);

e need for a new strategy stems in part from the success of the previous one: The United States has left Iraq, the war in Afghanistan is ending and Osama bin Laden is dead. President Barack Obama and Russian then- President Dmitry Medvedev signed a new nuclear treaty, and the U.S. economy is on the mend. But no

it for the spread of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, peers of his EFTA_R1_02029445 EFTA02689796 23 and foreign policy "realists" who took the world as it is. They had styled themselves as unillus

prevail: the jihadist Frankenstein it created or the democratically elected civilian government it despises. The American commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2nd accelerated the struggle underway inside Pakistan to determine the country's future. Contrary to some assessments, Pakistan is neither

it for the spread of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, peers of his EFTA_R1_02029511 EFTA02689839 23 and foreign policy "realists" who took the world as it is. They had styled themselves as unillus

prevail: the jihadist Frankenstein it created or the democratically elected civilian government it despises. The American commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2nd accelerated the struggle underway inside Pakistan to determine the country's future. Contrary to some assessments, Pakistan is neither

it for the spread of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, peers of his EFTA_R1_02030851 EFTA02690497 23 and foreign policy "realists" who took the world as it is. They had styled themselves as unillus

prevail: the jihadist Frankenstein it created or the democratically elected civilian government it despises. The American commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2nd accelerated the struggle underway inside Pakistan to determine the country's future. Contrary to some assessments, Pakistan is neither

t the idealism of a previous generation of interventionists, but his realism, if that's what it is, diverges from the realism of Henry Kissinger or Brent Scowcroft. "It comes from the idea that change is organic and change comes to countries in its own way, modernization comes in its own way, rather than throu

e aides to pass the time. (He and his former body man Reggie Love EFTA00684497 took a break to play spades at one point during the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.) After a while, one of the aides led me to the front cabin to talk with the President some more. The week before, Obama had given out the annual P

it for the spread of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, peers of his EFTA00584785 23 and foreign policy "realists" who took the world as it is. They had styled themselves as unillusioned men who had

prevail: the jihadist Frankenstein it created or the democratically elected civilian government it despises. The American commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2nd accelerated the struggle underway inside Pakistan to determine the country's future. Contrary to some assessments, Pakistan is neither