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Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces
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Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Fragments
The U.S. military, “witch burning,” negotiations with Iran, among other affairs.
The Sunday Times of London’s Odd Timing on Controversial Netanyahu Cartoon
The Sunday Times of London’s controversial Netanyahu cartoon highlighted the difficulty many experience differentiating between a political comment and a religious insult.
Putting Bibi in a Corner
With the January 22 general elections only days away in Israel, the majority of polls and media sources concede that Benjamin Netanyahu is on track to be elected for his third term as prime minister. However, few would truly consider this a triumph for the Likud prime minister, who has been overshadowed by the charismatic Naftali Bennett, a rising star on Israel’s far right.
Susan Rice Would Have Been a Bad Secretary of State Anyway
Susan Rice’s announcement that she would withdraw her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it marks yet another example of the Obama administration’s failure to defend its appointees from concerted and misleading Republican attacks. On the other, Rice’s willingness to state demonstrable falsehoods to defend actions by the United States and its allies that violate international norms would have made her a poor choice for secretary of state.
Pressing the Case for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
In March 2012, the United States led a resolution calling on the government of Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), which examined the breakdown of the truce between the country’s warring factions, and “to take all necessary additional steps” to “ensure justice, equity, accountability and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans.” But is the U.S. more interested in military cooperation than human rights?
The Pentagon Is Ripe for Reduction
Here we are on brink of a major historical moment. We’re beginning to wind down the longest period of war in our history. And we’re about to turn around a 13-year-long surge in Pentagon spending. It’s not just longtime advocates for such changes like me who think so.
How Much of Romney’s Bellicosity Toward Iran Is Just Campaign Theatrics?
The war of words over Iran’s nuclear program keeps expanding.
Netanyahu Squandering Israel’s “Rationality” Advantage Over Iran
Israel has gotten away with its illegal nuclear-weapons program because Washington has long considered it an ally and “rational.”
The Futility of Seeking “Strategic Clarity” on Iran
Uncertainty and ambiguity about its nuclear-weapons program has its apparent strategic advantages to Israel.