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December 6, 2013

Human Rights
Standing Up to...Senegal

In today’s Washington Post, Fred Hiatt notes that Vice President Biden chose not to mention human rights matters when he faced the press alongside the Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. Hiatt’s col…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 25, 2014

United States
Why Secretary Chuck Hagel Resigned

Gopal Ratnam, “Picking Up the Pieces at the Pentagon,” ForeignPolicy.com, November 25, 2014. Although the White House portrayed Hagel’s departure as a usual cabinet change post a midterm election th…

Hagel Resignation
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

October 29, 2010

United States
Living Dangerously in Lebanon

Not a lot of time for blogging today. I have a post in the works for the weekend. In the meantime, things are heating up in Lebanon. Hizballah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, declared today…

Living Dangerously in Lebanon
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 6, 2013

Cuba
Electing the New UN Human Rights Council

Next week, on November 12, new members of the UN Human Rights Council will be elected. Among the candidates are nations that should never be allowed on the Council, and indeed whose presence will mak…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 27, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Obama’s "New" Middle East Policy: "Modesty" or Pullback?

Today’s New York Times carries a remarkable story about the "new" Obama Middle East policy, based on interviews with National Security Advisor Susan Rice. The Times describes the policy as "modest," …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points