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...Arab moderates are looking to Rice to restart a peace process aimed at securing a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, it's a safe bet that they will, once again, be left twisting in the wind. Still, with her Administration's policy in Iraq patently failing and even Afghanistan starting to unravel just as tensions with Iran mount, Secretary Rice has plenty of incentive for shuttling around Middle Eastern capitals. Sometimes, the best you can do is look busy...
...Rice's North Korea Sanctions Mission Is No Slam-Dunk Analysis: Sure, China has agreed to block any trade with its neighbor's weapons programs. But its priorities are to engage Pyongyang and restart nuclear diplomacy - not necessarily the same as those...
...voice in a complex Hamas leadership structure that combines a diversity of political instincts across its military and political wings, and across its geographic dispersion between Gaza, the West Bank, Israeli prisons and Syria. His priority in accepting a political deal that includes the Beirut principles is not to restart the peace process with Israel; it's to remove the obstacles to Western donor aid flowing to the Palestinian Authority so that the salaries can be paid and Hamas can get on with governing. Haniyeh will be quite happy to see negotiations between Abbas and Olmert go nowhere, as long...
...where they will become increasingly vulnerable to guerrilla attack. Rather than going after the Hizballah arms caches, rocket arsenals and bunkers in the areas they control, Israel has ordered its troops simply to defend themselves from direct attack. To systematically pursue Hizballah fighters south of the Litani would effectively restart the war, and add to the Israeli casualty toll in pursuit of limited gains...
...purpose of North Korea's test, most observers agree, is a diplomatic pressure play. By reminding the international community that if left untended, North Korea can threaten global security, Pyongyang hopes to force the U.S. to restart talks over its nuclear program on North Korea's own terms. The nations involved in the six-party forum - North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the U.S. - have not met since last November, when discussions broke down over an agreement that would dismantle North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for a range of economic and political incentives. Since then, North...