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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 13, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Ariel Sharon, R.I.P.
Former prime minister of Israel Ariel Sharon was buried today. In Commentary Magazine, I offered my thoughts about the passing of a man I worked with closely during his years as prime minister, and …
August 16, 2011
Israel
Will Ariel Block Peace?
If there is a single issue that explains the failure of Obama policy toward Israel, it is settlements. And this week the administration once again indulged itself in a knee-jerk reaction that display…
January 11, 2014
United States
Israel’s Ariel Sharon: Always Seizing the Offensive
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon began every meeting I ever attended with U.S. officials with a greeting that always made me chuckle: “You are mostly welcome.” That welcome revealed his flawed Engl…
April 24, 2014
Malaysia
Obama Won’t Meet Anwar, But Susan Rice Will
After sustained pressure from human rights groups, democracy advocates in Congress, and some within the Obama administration who were worried (rightly) that Obama touting Malaysia as a model democrac…
August 17, 2011
International Organizations
Nation. Meet Susan Rice.
Nation. Meet Susan Rice. On Monday night, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations was on the Colbert Report. She used typical UN sovereignty-stealing trickery—like logic and nuance—to “explain”…