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olumnist Sarkis Naoum told Reuters. "We had a war that went on for 15 years, envoys would meet but nothing would happen," Naoum said, referring to Lebanon's own 1975-1990 civil war. Even if the parties agree in Geneva, analysts say, they would need to convince rebel armed groups on the ground, who ha

a deal that leads to peace, they think this leads to Iranian domination of the Gulf," said Jon Alterman, the director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "To their minds it doesn't do anything about Iranian ambitions, it just takes the United States out of the equation as a

ministration said Assad's fall was inevitable but refused to make it so. Thousands died as Washington fiddled; instability and violence spread into Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan; and U.S. weapons leaked into terrorist hands. Now civil war has virtually engulfed the most strategic region in the world, making

rsecurity rushed to fill in the blanks. "His speech laid the dots alongside each other without connecting them," James A. Lewis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote Friday in an essay for ForeignPolicy.com. "Iran has discovered a new way to harass much sooner than expected, and

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the energy to overcome great collective difficulties can only be forged in great collective failure. Walter Laqueur is a Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. His most recent book is HARVEST OF A DECADE. NYT Why Our Elites Stink David Brooks July 12, 2012 -- Th

ecurity forces in the West Bank. It would be far more effective than deploying an international force. After all, United Nations forces in southern Lebanon have failed to prevent a colossal military build-up by Hezbollah since Israel withdrew from the area in 2000. Second, the Palestinian state must be

the value and effect of cyber attack will grow. James Andrew Lewis is a senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. EFTA_R1_02031728 EFTA02690747 Is Arbele 5. Foreign Policy The next U.S.-Russia missile race Da

ecurity forces in the West Bank. It would be far more effective than deploying an international force. After all, United Nations forces in southern Lebanon have failed to prevent a colossal military build-up by Hezbollah since Israel withdrew from the area in 2000. Second, the Palestinian state must be

the value and effect of cyber attack will grow. James Andrew Lewis is a senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. EFTA_R1_02031784 EFTA02690798 Is Arbele 5. Foreign Policy The next U.S.-Russia missile race Da