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Aaron David Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served as a State Department Middle East analyst, adviser and negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations and is the author of The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President. Follow him on Twitter: @aarondmiller2.
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Betrayal of the Kurds? U.S. Allies Will Get Over It.
UNITED STATE OF AMNESIAAre we in for a major realignment because Trump has forgotten who America’s friends are? Almost certainly not. And here’s why.
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Here's Why Trump Just Loves to Hate G-Summits
MANY ME'SThe mix of personalities and issues is highly combustible and the choices of who to see and what to say fraught with risk, complexity and even embarrassment. Not for Donald Trump.
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Iran’s Win-Win…Win Win Win Nuke Deal
GiveawayWhy would the mullahs cheat on a deal as good for them as this one?
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Another Nice Mess the Saudis Got Us Into
Comedy of TerrorWashington is getting sucked deeper and deeper into the Yemen war, and there is no upside to its involvement.
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Could Iran Deal Bring Israel-Arab Peace?
Wishing and HopingIn the best of all possible worlds, Obama’s apparent success with Iran would open new paths to Arab-Israeli peace. But the Mideast is not the best of all possible worlds.
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Stop Saying ISIS Is a 'Game Changer'
ScorecardAmid the onslaught of hype and headlines, if we want to find real solutions we’d better get our language under control.
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Bibi, Boehner Team Up Against Obama
RSVPIsrael’s prime minister has been asked by John Boehner to address a joint meeting of Congress next month. It’s a campaign stop for him, in fact, and also for the Republicans.
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War Without End, Alas
It’s Not OverNobody in America wanted to spend generations fighting terrorists, but that’s what it’s going to take.
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Why We Should Delay The Peace Process
All in the TimingThe EU and the Palestinians would be better to wait until after the Israeli elections to push for change on the ground.
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Inside U.S. Meddling in Israel Elections
Anybody But BibiIsraeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is headed for new elections. Obama will be tempted to try to bring him down. Not a good idea.
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