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well. Fully fifty senators signed on before President Obama sent word that he would veto the measure, given the country's growing aversion to more Middle Eastern wars; AIPAC quickly backed down. It seems reasonable that the lobby's executives considered a timely retreat far preferable to a full blown defeat

icant counterweight to China? Why should we care who runs the government of Ukraine? Why would we want to be involved in the hornet's nest that is the Middle East these days? What would be the most deft, sophisticated and effective way for us to respond to China's growing assertiveness in East Asia? What kin

ton Post Obama's failure to act on Syria Richard Cohen Article 5. NYT U.S. Steps Up Criticism of Russian Role in Syrian War Michael R. Gordon , David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt Article 6. The National Interest Erdogan at a Crossroads Omer Zarpli Article 7. Hiirriyet Daily News As Erdogan's chances for

to exercise a version of his "light footprint" strategy (the fight-at-a-distance strategy behind drones and cyberweapons) without getting mired in another Middle East nightmare. The problem, of course, is that many conflicts don't lend themselves to light footprints. Mr. Assad has already survived in office for t

Subject: September I update Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:42:45 +0000 1 September, 2013 Article 1. The New York Times Tripping on His Own Red Line? David E. Sanger Article 2. Foreign Policy The Gamble David Rothkopf Article 3. Al-Monitor How Will Hezbollah Respond To a Strike on Syria? By: An Al-Monitor

arily and politically, and there are many sensitive and complex issues we have yet to deal with. One of these issues is our relationship with other Middle Eastern states. The president hasn't mentioned the word "Israel" in any of his speeches, EFTA00701617 yet official contacts with Israel — regarding both

ate Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:53:29 +0000 14 October, 2012 Article 1. NYT U.S. Suspects Iran Was Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger Article 2. AI-Monitor Egypt's Morsi Gets Marks for Speed, Not Style in Foreign Policy Nabil Fahmy Article 3. Asharq Alawsat American election

, a few more players to be named later. The administration's starting point is a request earlier this year that Congress establish the $770 million Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund. The initiative is a vaguely defined plan to "support citizens who have demanded change and governments that are wo

ond that time, lacks the kind of policy clarity the country needs. In his book on Obama's foreign policy, Confront and Conceal, the New York Times' David E. Sanger writes that a decade from now visitors to that country will see few traces of the American experiment there—"apart from military hardware and bases