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Publication: National Interest

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Balky Syrian Rebels

Reasonable people can disagree on what to do about Syria, a problem with no good solutions, and particularly about what to do regarding aid to Syrian rebels. There ought not to be disagreement, however, on not letting the United States, a would-be benefactor, ... [Published National Interest - May 23 2013]

Entities: Syria, Peace Talks, Friends of Syria, modality

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Afghanistan's Economic Hope

The key to Afghanistan’s long-term stability is economic prosperity and development anchored in a secure and sound society. Sitting at the heart of the Eurasian continent, its prospects are important to the UK, China and India. Harnessing a common interest ... [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, India, China, Lithium

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

François Hollande

France Steps Up

Europe is slowly disarming. For decades the continent could rely on America to fill the gap. No longer. That realization has given France pause. Maybe other European states also will start taking their security responsibilities more seriously.A new report ... [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]

Entities: France, Military/Armed Forces, François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Vincent Desportes

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Franklin D Roosevelt

Conrad Black's Essential Americans

In 2001, Queen Elizabeth II conferred a life peerage—Baron Black of Crossharbour—on Conrad Moffat Black, publisher at one time of the London Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times, among other papers. Nine years later, he was sentenced to serve what ... [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Conrad Black, Franklin D Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Encounter Books, Philippines Campaign (1944–45)

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

League of Arab States

Arab Peace Must Come First

The dueling worldviews that mark the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were on display earlier this month in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Gaza. While Israelis celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of their country’s birth, Palestinians commemorated ... [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, League of Arab States, Riyadh

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Obama's Preposterous War Against Fox News' James Rosen

Here is the depth to which the Obama administration has sunk: "If you’re asking me whether the president believes that journalists should be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the answer is no.” So said White House spokesman Jay Carney. Good to know. Presumably, ... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

Entities: JAMES ROSEN, Dana Milbank, Jay Carney, Obama Administration, Criminal

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Yasser Arafat

The Myth of the Arab State

Two years on, the Arab spring, or what's left of its verdant virtues, has brought about far more than the end of the authoritarians and the extractive regimes they led.The myth of the strong and cohesive Arab state has been laid to rest too. From North ... [Published National Interest - May 21 2013]

Entities: Yasser Arafat, Egypt, Sectarianism, Dictatorship, Morocco

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Silent Treatment Won't Stop Japan

Here we go again. Problems over history and territory are once again front and center in Northeast Asia, drawing attention to Japan’s troubled relations with China and South Korea. Despite new leadership in all three countries—and the small chance that ... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

Entities: Japan, South Korea, Seoul, China, Beijing

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Thinking About the Littoral Combat Ship

The U.S. Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is hotly debated. Proponents say it’s a vital building block of the future Navy. Opponents say it’s overpriced and overestimated. Tens of billions of dollars and the future of American sea-power are at s ... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

Entities: Littoral Combat Ship, Marine Vessel, US Navy, Littoral

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Syrian Peace and the Bosnia Precedent

In a situation as complex as Syria’s, the search for parallels is understandable. Indeed, the current effort led by Secretary of State John Kerry to reach a diplomatic settlement draws its inspiration from the Dayton Agreement, which ended another seemingly ... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

Entities: Syria, NATO, Dayton (Washington, United States)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Help China Help Europe

The International Monetary Fund has anchored the global financial system for nearly seventy years. But today the Fund faces two serious challenges: the unabating European debt crisis and the discontent of rising powers over IMF governance. Fortunately, ... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

Entities: United States, China, International Monetary Fund

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Foggy Bottom Dualist

The personnel process in the second Obama administration has lately taken a strange character. Hordes of political-appointee slots—key in taking the president’s will into the lower levels of the bureaucracy—remain unfilled. Even critical positions, like ... [Published National Interest - May 21 2013]

Entities: Victoria Nuland, Syria, Benghazi

Quotes

...It was Jefferson, he writes, who made the case "that this (the Revolution) was not a grubby contest about taxes, colonial ingratitude, and the rights of the martial victor and mother country (all of which it largely was) and to repackage it as an epochal struggle for the rights of man . . . " Moreover, George III wasn't a tyrant, just a "limited, ill-tempered, and intermittently mad young monarch."

Conrad Black's Essential Americans [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]

...Enter the Obama plumbers. Rosen's offense was apparently suggesting to a State Department source, "Let's break some news and expose muddle-headed policy when we see it, or force the administration's hand to go in the right direction, if possible." As bizarre as the case may be it is, however, not a trivial one...

Obama's Preposterous War Against Fox News' James Rosen [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]

...But there is something quite novel about the head of the Council calling for America to retrench. Haass says that America "“must recognize the limits to its influence.” In his view, “For the past two decades, American foreign policy, consumed with remaking large parts of the greater Middle East, has quite simply overreached.” His verdict on Afghanistan is withering: "“What the United States will have to show for more than a decade of sacrifice and investment in Afghanistan will be minimal.”"

Why Rand Paul Should Join the Council on Foreign Relations [Published National Interest - May 19 2013]

Ronald Reagan's advice, "trust, but verify" (as opposed to Neville Chamberlain's "trust and hug”), has become the guiding principle of American leaders when dealing with autocrats pursuing policies that harm U S interests. They also recognize that before going to war, they need to convince the American people that using military force is required in order to protect the nation's security."

Let the Iraq Syndrome Kick In [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]

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France Steps Up [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]
Arab Peace Must Come First [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]
Conrad Black's Essential Americans [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]
Afghanistan's Economic Hope [Published National Interest - 14 hours ago]
Balky Syrian Rebels [Published National Interest - May 23 2013]
Obama's Preposterous War Against Fox News' Jame... [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]
Thinking About the Littoral Combat Ship [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]
Syrian Peace and the Bosnia Precedent [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]
The Silent Treatment Won't Stop Japan [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]
Help China Help Europe [Published National Interest - May 22 2013]
The Myth of the Arab State [Published National Interest - May 21 2013]
Foggy Bottom Dualist [Published National Interest - May 21 2013]
Challenges of the Eurasian Muslim Diaspora [Published National Interest - May 21 2013]
What to Expect from Nawaz Sharif [Published National Interest - May 20 2013]
Ghosts of Iraq [Published National Interest - May 20 2013]
A TNI Classic: Kenneth Waltz on Nuclear Zero [Published National Interest - May 20 2013]
Why Rand Paul Should Join the Council on Foreig... [Published National Interest - May 19 2013]
An Ugly Smear of Jeremy Scahill [Published National Interest - May 18 2013]
Syria? Turkey? Many Americans Still Unsure [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]
Let the Iraq Syndrome Kick In [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]
Talk to the Gulf About Leadership [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]
Keep Cyberwar Narrow [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]
A Worthwhile Redirection in Pakistan [Published National Interest - May 17 2013]
What Closing Guantánamo Means [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
Back to the Future in Iran's Election [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
Kenneth Waltz's Crucial Logic [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
Bret Stephens Misreads Henry Kissinger [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
The Tensions Beneath the Moscow Spy Scandal [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
Erdogan's Obama Agenda [Published National Interest - May 16 2013]
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