brookings.edu - 12/3/2008
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE FORTY-FOURTH PRESIDENT will face a series of critical, complex, and interrelated challenges in the Middle East that will demand his immediate attention: an Iran apparently intent on approaching or crossing the nuclear threshold as quickly as possible; a fragile situation in ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/1/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Sunday, November 30, 2008; B01 I should have
felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August...
2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators had successfully hunted down one of the most notorious mass murderers of our ...
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I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
commentarymagazine.com - 12/1/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
BAGHDAD – For the past two weeks I’ve
been embedded with the United States Army in Baghdad,...
and I find myself unable to figure out what to make of this place. Baghdad, despite the remarkable success of the surge, is as mind-bogglingly run-down ...
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What’s Next in Iraq
brookings.edu - 12/4/2008
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brookings.edu —
The next U.S. president will need to pursue
a new strategic framework for advancing American interests in...
the Middle East. The mounting challenges include sectarian conflict in Iraq, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, failing Palestinian and ...
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Restoring the Balance - Brookings Institution
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On my desk, December 2.
Abu Aardvark —
... their institution, while so few would admit to having committed felonies), and a somewhat frightening pile of unfiled papers? Why, an ever-growing pile of interesting things to read. For lack of time to actually do so, or to comment on them, I'll just dump a pile of links for those who might be interested:
Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President. Results of major joint Brookings-Council on Foreign Relations project. You can get the Richard Haas/Martin Indyk overview and Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney on Iran for free. ...
U.S. Nuclear Guarantee To Israel Makes No Sense
Wonk Room —
... for the new administration, editors Richard Haass and Martin Indyk propose extending a nuclear guarantee to Israel in order to buy that country’s acquiescence for a lengthy period of engagement with Iran to bring Tehran’s nuclear program under international control. Along with Haass and Indyk, ...
Nuclear Guarantee for Israel?
Matthew Yglesias —
... for the new administration, editors Richard Haass and Martin Indyk propose extending a nuclear guarantee to Israel in order to buy that country’s acquiescence for a lengthy period of engagement with Iran to bring Tehran’s nuclear program under international control. Along with Haass and Indyk, ...
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