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the Security Council called for action. By refusing to act on Syria, the president is missing an opportunity to advance U.S. security interests in the Middle East, while benefiting Iran, the principal sponsor of the Assad regime. And by suggesting that America lacks international legal authority to act, he is

207159 EFTA02722370 Ankle 6. The Financial Times Welcome to the new world of American energy Edward Luce July 15, 2012 -- It is so dry in the Midwest that the trees are bribing the dogs. So goes the joke from the dust bowl era of the 1930s. In the past two weeks, the US has broken a record numbe

editor at The Atlantic and the author, most recently, of The Evolution of God, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Article S. Wall Street Journal Russia's Support for Assad Will Backfire Lazareva July 12, 2012 -- The common explanation for why Moscow continues to back

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

ave, all along, had the knowledge and the tools to restore full employment. But policy makers just keep finding reasons not to do the right thing. Article S. The Washington Post EFTA00718111 How U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson is b_u_ying up Israel's media Ruth Eglash May 1 -- Jerusalem — Las Vegas

a act on its commitment to support NATO's missile defense project by placing radars on its territory. Turkey, anchored in NATO and oriented toward the Middle East, is a greater threat to Iranian interests than the merely pro- EFTA_R1_00229098 EFTA01842297 Western Turkey of a decade ago. There is a chance tha

ractured, the stronger Assad will be, the more some Syrians will cling to him out of fear of chaos and the more he will get away with Hama Rules. Article S. The Council for Foreign Relations The UN's Mideast Struggles Interview: William H. Luers February 14, 2012 -- Russia's and China's veto of a draf

China, India, Pakistan, Israel and Nor=h Korea. More will likely emerge. The author presents detailed case studies on East Asia, South Asia and the =iddle East to bolster his argument that the multipolar nuclear world is al=eady changing the military strategies of regional powers in significant wa=s and to

hood would like Morsi to do, is a very bad investm=nt. Eric Trager is the Next Generation Fellow at the Washington Institute for N=ar East Policy. Article S. The Wall Street Journal The Return of a Nightmare Walter Russell Mead The Second Nuclear Age By Paul Bracken (Times Books, 306 pages, $29) Nov

was amassing arms from countries other than the United States, which led to the 1955 "Czech arms deal" -- the largest transfer of weaponry to any Middle Eastern country at that time and signaled Nasser's drift into the Soviet orbit. Following Nasser's death, Anwar Sadat's consolidation of power and geo-str

tem that involves real checks and balances or which consolidates yet another system in which the presidency wholly dominates the political system. Article S. The Washington Post E FTA_R1_00298259 EFTA01883840 Egypt's Morsi defies predictions Ernesto Londoho August 14 -- Cairo — A month ago, as Presi