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Rejecting the previous arguments of one Robert Kagan, Robert Kagan has decided that Obama’s handling of Russia and Georgia has not produced a “wave of insecurity” throughout the region. Apparently, the administration has not abandoned Georgia to ravenous Russian hordes (or whatever it is that Kagan thought had happened) after all, but obviously has continued [...]
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Apologies for the light blogging this week. I have been getting ready for a trip that will require even less blogging next week, so I have been falling behind in following the latest news. McChrystal’s departure is obviously the most significant story of the month, and there is a lot here worth discussing. I’ll start [...]
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Reihan follows up on his column and explains what he was trying to do: My column was uncharacteristically intemperate, and I fear my argument has been misunderstood. Rather than single out the Obama administration for blame, I was speaking to a human tendency to vilify outsiders. I get the impression that BP has been doing [...]
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Reihan: Shakedowns of this kind have a long and undistinguished history. And let’s acknowledge that they aren’t partisan, or even American, in nature. Republican presidents have engaged in similar tactics, like the so-called “voluntary restraint agreement” the Reagan administration reached with Japanese automobile exporters. During the westward expansion of the United States, the federal government [...]
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Ataturk’s western orientation was partly about cementing Turkey’s place in the richer and more technologically advanced west; it was also about sealing Turkey off from the divisive conflicts in the east. Frustration with the west is understandably leading some Turks to look east; the results are more likely to vindicate Ataturk’s view of Turkish national [...]
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Mort Zuckerman makes a lot of questionable claims in this article, but the most exaggerated claims might be the ones that most readers probably won’t give a second thought: We also benefit from the fact that most countries distrust the United States far less than they distrust one another [bold mine-DL], so we uniquely have [...]
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Such concerns are even more prominent outside the Arab world. India is far away from the Middle East, but radical Islamic terrorism has taken many Indian lives, and the prospect of a nuclear armed Islamic republic and its possible galvanization of Islamic movements in and around India – especially in its longtime rival Pakistan – [...]
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While Santorum says he “disagree[s] with Palin’s judgment” on some issues — like her endorsement of Rand Paul in Kentucky — he says he “by and large love[s] what she has to say. She’s a great rallying point for the party.” But he cautions that she still needs to be focused on “prudential judgment.” ~Robert [...]
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My column for The Week on the flotilla raid, Israel, Turkey and U.S.-Turkish relations is now online.
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Yet despite the administration’s penchant for bungling its messaging, most officials in these countries have become significantly less worried about the reset with Russia in the last six months. They are adapting to the reality that the administration’s top priorities require a working relationship with Moscow and that Washington no longer showers them with highly [...]
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