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April, 2014 Article'. The Boston Globe Obama focuses updated Cold War approach on Putin Peter Baker Article 2. National Post Vladimir Putin's Middle Eastern harvest Conrad Black Article 3. Ny r America's Last Task in Kabul Vali R. Nasr Article 4. Asharq Al-Awsat Palestinian "Pessoptimism" Bakir Ow

tional Council from the Syrian National Coalition. Many of the more moderate forces (great caution should be used in applying that word anywhere in the Middle East), are now awaiting events, fatigued by ineffective internecine combat. It is hard to figure out who is in the Free Syrian Army, Supreme Military Co

ng for the Muslim world even to achieve our unsatisfactory levels of responsible public policy could be a very protracted and frustrating process. Anicic 3. NYT America's Last Task in Kabul Vali R. Nasr April 18, 2014 -- Until now, fighting the Afghan war has been an American project, and Americans

f anything resembling a grand strategy, the Obama administration seemed, and still seems, primarily animated by a desire to reduce its footprint in the Middle East. It is in Syria that the puzzling absence of American leadership has served to confirm just how important the United States still is. Without U.S.

choices on offer on Tuesday. But like Bloomberg, probably choose the candidate they believe would be less likely to ignore or evade their plight. Anicic 3. Foreign Policy Middle East Lost Shadi Hamid EFTA00700262 November 5, 2012 -- One of the great mysteries of the past four years is how Barack

presence of a Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt frightened the Israeli government. To Israel, which has never supported democracy anywhere in the Middle East except Israel, the presence of a brutal military dictatorship bent on the EFTA00718108 extermination of Islamism is not only tolerable but desirab

and the United States really want? Ali Jarbawi is a political scientist at Birzeit University and a former minister of the Palestinian Authority. Anicic 3. The Washington Post On Syria, reality-check time David Ignatius 2 May, 2014 -- Rabah Al-Sarhan, Jordan -- The Syrian border is just a few miles

hn Kerry's effort to jump-start the Arab-Israel peace process was a laudable initiative. But, if the Arab Spring has taught us anything, it is that the Middle East's real fault lines have little to do with Israel and much to do with the Arab world's deepening secularist-Islamist divide and growing sectarian stru

ional Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a senior fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Anicic 3. Foreign Policy Can Obama deliver on Israel and Iran -- or is he overreaching? Aaron David Miller October 24, 2013 -- When it comes to the Middl

r backs covered in coming regional crises. The Israelis see the Obama administration's "pivot to Asia" as a mere cover story for abandoning them to the Middle East's tough security environment. Defense Minister Ya'alon even went as far as to publicly assess that President EFTA00662706 Obama's "image in the wor

the author of Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right (Cambridge University Press). Anicic 3. Project Syndicate The Post-National Mirage Shlomo Ben Ami May 5, 2014 -- The German philosopher Jurgen Habermas once defined our times as "the

ot preoccupied with fighting for their interests in the maelstrom of regional disputes. Gerald Butt, a former BBC Middle East correspondent, covers the Middle East for the Church Times. Asharq Al Awsat Diverting the Blue Nile's course could take Africa to war Huda Al Husseini 24 Mar, 2014 -- Water wars, ma

las Saidel, JD, MA, is the Associate Director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis & Response (ISTAR) at the University of Pennsylvania. Anicic 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp a

history. The continued retreat of the United States from world affairs, its refusal to continue its role as the world's super power, especially in the Middle East, is having all sorts of side effects. The Russian invasion of Crimea is one of them, the Egyptian government's antagonism is another, and more are

lligence Council (NIC) 2001-2012); James Clad is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. Both served in the George W. Bush administration. Anicic 3. The Weekly Standard EFTA00678195 Strike Syria - It would send a message to Russia Lee Smith March 10, 2014 -- Who's surprised that the Obama

mpressive command of leading high-tech industries. The second, its up-to-date infrastructure, including high-speed Internet, far ahead of any other Middle Eastern country and even in some respects the United States. The third, its gift for entrepreneurial flair. The fourth is now oil and gas. When asked whet

rtently encourage them to be more provocative with Russia. Ms. Hill said the Russian leader might simply wait. "Time," she said, "is on his side." Anicic 3. The Washington Post EFTA00705923 Ukraine crisis tests Obama's foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson For much of

terlich, and his intelligence coordinator, Bernd Schmidbauer. Wheat Beer for Israel On that evening, Kohl and Rabin discussed the path to peace in the Middle East. Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the year before, together with Peres. For the first time

on Foreign Relations and the author of the forthcoming "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient limes to the Present." Anicic 3. Foreign Policy The Real Reason to Arvoi e in Syria James P. Rubin JUNE 4, 2012 - We're not done with the possibility of an Israeli strike on Ir

ad to let Saudi Arabia handle the problem by simply increasing its production. For decades, in fact, U.S. presidents have been able to count on the Middle Eastern petro giant to pre-release oil in anticipation of times of war. For example, Riyadh flooded the market ahead of the first Gulf War and, though many

est and a frequent foreign policy commentator in both the print and broadcast media. He is currently on the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College. Anicic 3. Hiirriyet Daily News Turkey's longest war Mustafa Akyol August/25/2012 -- The longer the conflict between the Turkish government and the outlaw