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Published October 10, 2012
Nearly every Administration falls into the same trap: A policy misfires.
Published October 01, 2012
The Libyan assassinations aren’t just an embarrassing political problem about who said what and when on the timeline or events. There are serious questions that remain unanswered.
Published September 26, 2012
Why would Obama part with a long standing tradition and refuse to meet with world leaders this week at the UN?
Published September 20, 2012
The Arab Spring which President Obama was instrumental in shaping, now looks like the Winter of our Discontent.
Published September 11, 2012
President Obama has declared the War on Terror over. So why do most Americans have a nagging sense that it’s not over?
Published August 13, 2012
By choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Romney has made an inspired choice – on foreign policy grounds!
Published June 08, 2012
I’ve been in three Administrations, and frankly, leaks are par for the course. Some insiders leak to make themselves look good and some government officials leak to make the boss look good. But the Obama Administration has been transformational in the leaking department.
Published June 01, 2012
There is a compelling humanitarian case to stop the slaughter in Syria. But in so doing, there is also a rare geopolitical opportunity to rearrange the pieces on the Middle East chessboard and take Syria out of the pro-Iranian camp.
Published April 12, 2012
At first I was saddened by Ms. Rosen’s criticisms of Ann Romney for being a stay-at-home mom. It reminded me of the heated arguments and soul-searching debates my girlfriends and I had about jobs and family and career a generation ago.
Published March 08, 2012
We’re counting down for a conflict in the Middle East. It’s not clear how it will start, or what will happen once it does. But it’s likely to begin in that narrow window of time between three countdown clocks sitting on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s desk.