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...faced with more challenges abroad than he and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can realistically hope to resolve in one or even two terms, and several are significant enough that, alone, they could come to define American foreign policy during the Obama years. What will our troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan be in 2012? How much will Obama seek to engage Russia in dealing with Iran? Will increased cooperation with Russia undermine ties with Georgia and the Ukraine? How heavily will Obama’s administration prioritize aid to Africa? Will he get anywhere on the road...
...more than two years, calls for peace by Syria's President Bashar Assad had been ignored by the Bush Administration because of Syria's support for militants in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and - the U.S. alleged - Iraq. Hoping that isolation would change Syrian behavior, Washington encouraged Israel to ignore the Syrian charm offensive. But since the Obama Administration took office with the intention of repairing America's frayed relations in the region, the much discussed - but rarely traveled - road to Damascus has suddenly been busy with American emissaries, including Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, who visited Syria last...
...least some semblance of cooperation with the investigators appointed by the International Criminal Court. In any case, the Obama administration should remember that human rights and global counterterrorism are interconnected issues. After all, as New York Times writer Patrick Tyler stated at the onset of the invasion of Iraq, there are, in fact, still two world superpowers: the United States and world public opinion...
...military problems on the ground. Last year, the Pentagon spent more than $8 billion on unproven and untested missile defense systems but neglected to address the simple fact that the M16 and M4 rifles we issue our soldiers do not function well in the sandy or dusty conditions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As such, we call upon Carter and his colleagues to re-assess the strategic situation at hand and adjust our weapons procurement policy to the reality of the present day. Finally, we are also appreciative of the fact that Carter’s appointment to the top spot...
President Barack Obama has been busy working on foreign policy in recent weeks, chairing meetings with his national-security principals; plotting his approach to Iraq, Iran and North Korea; and consulting at weekly private sessions with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For the most part, in these meetings, he has been composed and restrained. But on one issue Obama has openly expressed frustration, aides familiar with the meetings say: the inability to get humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the war in Gaza...