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… systems -- will pose even more formidable challenges to conventional military surges in the region. In the future, the United States will not be able to take for granted unchallenged surges of naval, air, and ground forces into regional theaters via logistics hubs. These hubs --...

…ed and there is no indication of this, yet. But in advance of the first round of [ran-P5+1 talks in Vienna in 2009, the United States and Iran did indeed engage in quiet, behind- the-scenes diplomacy. In fact, of course, any sanctions relief for Iran will occur slowly and step-b...

…ck is even less. The single threat that Israel faces from the northeast can readily be managed if the Israelis create a united front there. When Israel was overrun by a Damascus-based power, it was deeply divided internally. It is important to add one consideration to our discus...

…hatever his actual agenda in 2012, we know that he tested possible reactions to a leak exposing NSA surveillance in the United States. He asked fellow workers at the NSA base in 2012, according to his own account: “What do you think the public would do if this [secret data] was o...

…n challenges of radical Islamist terror, border security, missile defense... and of course, Iran. And being led by the United States, it could provide a variety of synergies for all its regional participants. Secondly, we need a daring peace initiative vis- a-vis the Palestinia...

…was Motta Gur, who was by now Israel’s military attaché in Washington and was my nominal commander for my period in the United States. “I need to talk to Motta,” I said. She passed him the phone. “I want you to know I’m going back,” I told him. Motta’s reply took my mind back 15...

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…hy is Syria stable,” he asked, “although we have more difficult conditions? Egypt has been supported financially by the United States, while we are under embargo by most countries of the world. We have growth although we do not have many of the basic needs for the people. Despite...

…nd the media are vulnerable to intimidation or partisan capture. lliberalism seems less likely to gain traction in the United States because the courts, for example, are proudly independent, and freedom of the press is firm- ly protected by statute and constitutional jurispru- d...

…ave made the choice he did if Snowden had destroyed, or refused to share, the stolen data? © “No country, not even the United States, would grant sanctuary © to an intelligence defector who refused to be cooperative,” answered a former CIA officer who had spent a decade dealing...

…..(July 31, 2012) • Op-Ed Contributor: Israel's Settlers Are Here to Stay (July 26, 2012) • Times Topics: Middle East I United States Elections Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow@nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow@andyrNYT. R...

…h administration hadn’t really thought through the implications of invading Iraq. I still think there are ways that the United States can help promote democracy, but it’s a slow and long-term process. For example, I’m on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy, which ha...

… of tremendous relief that his challenger, the hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who criticized the nuclear deal with the United States and other Western powers, had lost. “Bye-bye, Raisi,” the crowds chanted during the street gatherings. “He faces a difficult task,” Fazel Meybod...

…andscape, allowing for the full expression of its boisterous democracy. Say what you will about the deficiencies of the United States and particularly those of Rome, but they both indicate a very difficult truth central to the outcome of the Arab Spring: it is not about the expre...

…significant number of private companies raising capital. Investors may also choose among stock markets (both within the United States and internationally), type of security (equity versus debt) and type of company (companies across all segments of the industry are raising capital...