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The Magical, Mystery Tour of the Middle East

One of the many unique advantages America still has — if it chooses to exercise it — is its remarkable convening power. Reflecting on his predecessors’ Middle East efforts dating back to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, US Secretary of...

America’s Values Should Guide its Foreign Policy

One of the many unique advantages America still has — if it chooses to exercise it — is its remarkable convening power. Reflecting on his predecessors’ Middle East efforts dating back to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent tour of Middle East capitals — in Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey — appeared sadly strained and overwhelmingly, well, underwhelming. It wasn’t for lack of...

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Trump’s New Foreign Policy is the Worst of Both Worlds

One of the many unique advantages America still has — if it chooses to exercise it — is its remarkable convening power. Reflecting on his predecessors’ Middle East efforts dating back to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent tour of Middle East capitals — in Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey — appeared sadly strained and overwhelmingly, well, underwhelming. It wasn’t for lack of...

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Donald Trump and Washington’s Arab Gulf Allies

One of the many unique advantages America still has — if it chooses to exercise it — is its remarkable convening power. Reflecting on his predecessors’ Middle East efforts dating back to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent tour of Middle East capitals — in Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey — appeared sadly strained and overwhelmingly, well, underwhelming. It wasn’t for lack of...

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