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Final Debate Reveals Differences on Foreign Policy

An election puzzle: why are moderate Republicans switching back to support the failed Bush policies?

Two ideas for rationality from the Obama re-election

Former US diplomat rants on Obama’s Mideast “kibitzing”

With a two-state solution dying, isolation looms for Israel

As the Arab world careens, what’s Obama to do?

Republican move to the far right has created Congressional polarization

Better days ahead? Only with the demise of the Republican Party

Chuck Hagel brings a moderate Republican internationalist’s view to Defense Department

Is this a great country? Or what?

Obama agenda squares with views of most Americans

Foreign policy reality: changed circumstances require new answers

Hagel hearings reinforce congressional support for whatever Israel does

Obama’s demand for gun controls was compelling and on target

Can the Catholic Church outgrow the pope’s antediluvian philosophy?

In North Korea and Middle East, US should rework failed policies

What was Biden signaling in his pro-war comments on Iran to Israeli lobby?

Questions for Obama: Is Israel bluffing? Is Iran bluffing?

There is little the US can do to prevent Israel’s policies from being its undoing

Musing about policies toward China, North Korea, Israel and Cuba

Boston Marathon bombing reveals the worst and best among us

How can we fix a country where money and partisanship are in control?

Doing nothing is Obama’s best option in Syria

Kerry-Russia deal to end Syria war a major US achievement

Sharif’s election gives US an opening to help stabilize Pakistan

A fighting president is the best antidote to GOP hyperventilating on ‘scandals’

What’s up with Kerry in his bid for Mideast peace talks?

As Western choices narrow in Syria, one critical option remains: diplomacy

Big Brother is watching — so why don’t we care?

Middle East is an expanding swamp of quicksand of mostly lose-lose choices for Obama

Istanbul is quiet, Erdogan weakened, but so is the opposition

US role in Egypt: keep channels open with those in power

The world according to Gatsby: smash things and then retreat

As the Middle East implodes, should the US focus on Israel-Palestine?

Closing embassies is wise, even as it reveals US weakness

A most important tool of modern American democracy: Money

Aid to Egypt can retain limited US influence with the ruling generals

Russia could be the unlikely partner who helps solve the mess in Syria

Even if Obama wins congressional OK, he should reconsider Syria action

Fumbles abound as Russians intercept Kerry’s desperation pass

By rescuing Obama, Putin invites US-Russia collaboration

At UN, Obama’s foreign policy speech signals giving peace a chance (VIDEO)

US shutdown: Is it worth impeaching the president to avoid default?

Tongue in cheek, here is how Ted Cruz became a Democratic mole

US diplomacy: How come everyone’s mad at us?

It’s time for Obama to show some backbone on Iran nuclear deal

Bibi must know something Obama doesn’t

With two nuclear options, Obama can push back against friends, foes alike

Biden time in Asia

Why Assad has to stay

It’s gonna be another hard year for US efforts in the Middle East

2014 will be yet another hard year for US efforts to solve issues in Middle East

An open letter to Maine’s Senator Susan Collins, on her support of new Iran sanctions

Nuclear deal with Iran is key to improving Syria peace negotiations

Reflections in a college reunion book evoke a sense of national mediocrity

Reducing the size of the army reflects lessons learned in Iraq, Afghanistan

Putin has a genuine interest in protecting Russia’s warm-water port and naval base in Crimea

Historical ironies abound in trying to reconcile Putin’s actions in Crimea

Settlements have ruined the Zionist dream of a two-state solution in the Middle East