The War on Terror
We are engaged in a hard struggle against a cruel and determined adversary. Our enemies have made clear the danger they pose to our security and to the very essence of our culture ...liberty. Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. Like all wars, this one will have its ups and downs. But we must fight. We must.
– Senator John McCain, 2004
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The fast pace of rapprochement between Burma and the United States continued this week with the visit of Burma's president Thein Sein to Washington, where he met with President Obama and congressional leaders and signed a trade agreement. At the same time, political reform in Burma has slowed to a crawl. In its haste to pursue a closer relationship with Burma, the administration risks forfeiting...
May 23, 2013 | Asia-Pacific | Democracy And Human Rights | Ellen Bork
As the conflict in Syria continues to escalate, Senate lawmakers are set tomorrow to debate new legislation that would allow U.S. military assistance to vetted Syrian rebels, authorize the imposition of new sanctions on sellers of arms and oil to the Assad regime, and create a $250 million transition fund for post-Assad Syria.On May 21, 2013, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) will...
May 20, 2013 | American Leadership | Analysis | Middle East | Robert Zarate
The People’s Republic of China has recently cast itself as an Arctic nation. In addition to acquiring two icebreakers and building an enormous embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland, Beijing has formally applied for “observer status” in the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum of Arctic states founded by the United States and seven other countries in 1996. Beijing hopes to maximize its...
May 14, 2013 | Asia-Pacific | Bulletin | Democracy And Human Rights | Europe | Ellen Bork
With senior Obama administration officials set to testify on the status of Iran’s nuclear program in hearings before the Senate and the House on May 15th, the crisis over Iran’s nuclear ambitions is becoming graver with each passing day. Over the last decade, diplomatic engagement and economic pressure have failed to persuade the Islamic Republic to abandon its drive to get nuclear weapons-...
May 14, 2013 | American Leadership | Bulletin | Middle East | Robert Zarate | Patrick Christy
May 14, 2013 |
When President Barack Obama hosts Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday, their talks about Syria will have a fresh urgency. On Saturday, car bombings in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli killed at least 50 people. The Erdogan government blamed the Bashar Assad regime in Damascus for the attack.Assad's ouster is desperately desired by both leaders, and they...
May 14, 2013 | American Leadership | Middle East | Eric Edelman
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