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February 21, 2013

Trade
John Kerry's Maiden Speech: Economics Trumps Everything

If there was any question about whether Secretary of State John Kerry would continue Hillary Clinton’s signature “economic statecraft” initiative, it was put to rest in his very first speech. Speakin…

John Kerry delivers his first speech as U.S. Secretary of State at the University of Virginia on February 20, 2013 (U.S. Department of State/Flickr).
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

February 25, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Kerry and the "Peace Process"

There must be something in the water over at the State Department that leads successive secretaries of state to decide, seemingly on their first day there, that now is the time for a big new push at …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

July 18, 2014

Israel
The Kerry-Qatar Axis

Sympathy and support for Hamas are much lower in the Arab world than in past Israeli-Hamas conflicts--except in Qatar, whose government has a special relationship with Hamas. Indeed Hamas’s political…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 9, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
Kerry’s Fantasy Egypt

The Under Secretary of State for "Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights,"  Sarah Sewall, is today in Egypt. She might as well have stayed home. Because today, Secretary of State Kerry did a…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 22, 2015

Wars and Conflict
John Kerry and Pakistani Counterparts Must Look Beyond a Narrow Terror Framework

As Pakistan continues to reel from December’s horrific school attack, its government has initiated a crackdown on terror across the nation and instituted new security measures at schools. Last week, …

Girls carry their school bags as they walk along a road while heading to their school after it reopened in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 12, 2015 (Courtesy Reuters/Khuram Parvez).
Blog Post by Catherine Powell Development Channel