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2011-04-1333p9,374w
Arab Spring' that is flowering in fits and starts
in most countries of the Middle East has significantly altered the
geopolitical situation in the region, and is likely to have ... Muammer Gaddafi and his
opponents. This is all for good reason.
As a new Middle East has begun to be shaped by citizens in
individual countries, one issue appears conspicuously ... other countries, suggests a double standard that
damages America's image in the Middle East and the broader
Muslim world. This is particularly true because the Palestinian issue
stands
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EFTA00987735Set 9
2014-04-2625p8,126w
that is, the notion that the United States should decrease its
emphasis on the Middle East and instead focus more on Asia. The change
is warranted by the fact that ... they diplomatic, economic, or
military) to advance and defend its interests there.
The Middle East, for its part, is much less likely to define the world's
future, given ... first glance the Obama
Administration seems to be moving away from the Middle East. There
are no longer any U.S. combat forces in Iraq, and the number of U.S.
military
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EFTA01929014Set 10
2014-04-2926p5,875w
Republicans and Israelis, but also from
Democrats. "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and
any linkage between Israel and apartheid is nonsensical and
ridiculous," tweeted Democratic Senator ... Bank. One, deployment of the word doesn't start
conversations, it ends them. (Former Middle East negotiator
George Mitchell taught me this lesson.) Real enemies of Israel --
Muslim supremacists ... interests at heart.
Jeffrey Goldberg is a columnist for Bloomberg View writing
about the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy and national affairs.
He is the author of "Prisoners: A Story
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EFTA00684173Set 9
2014-03-1421p7,517w
initiating negotiations with Iran
that could, if they succeed, transform the politics of the Middle East. But
Obama has also stumbled—initially, out of inexperience (his awkward mix
of escalation ... when the Assad government crossed the "red line" undermined
America's credibility in the Middle East. The Syrian red line fiasco showed
that the Obama administration was reluctant to make ... power behind his policies. And he may
have forfeited any Russian cooperation in the Middle East.
Why at critical times has Obama conducted diplomacy in this way? Final
answers will
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EFTA01193115Set 9
2015-02-1557p10,998w
split away from the North. Yemen, in other words, has officially become the Middle East's fourth
failed state.
The meteoric rise of the Houthis in Yemen ... free political prisoners.
There are two theories about the slow train crash which the Middle East has become. One is that dictatorship,
autocracy, and occupation are the bulwarks against ... teachings and embraced Sunni Islam. After a
period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, including completing the Hajj, he returned to the United States
to found Muslim Mosque
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EFTA01148375Set 9
2012-01-1932p9,347w
last decade because of our
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intense focus on Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. So if you
look at what we've done, we've strengthened our alliances ... Struggling to stay abreast of an ever-changing political landscape in
the turbulent Middle East, Western governments have yet to
acknowledge this shift in strategy. Perhaps this is because
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EFTA01870721Set 10
2012-03-3036p8,272w
constituencies that he must constantly juggle?
Nasrallah argued that a great unravelling in the Middle
East accompanied by extreme violence is fast coming
into focus."We are apprehensive," he said ... coming into focus. And
Nasrallah, still one of the most popular leaders in the
Middle East, is apparently trying to grab back some
leverage over the pace of events
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former US
Strauss Company Senator
• Curt Ferguson, President, • Keith Elliott, SVP, Noble
Coca-Cola Middle East Energy
• Itamar Rabinovich, former • Evan Bayh, former US
Israeli Ambassador to US Senator
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