Assad’s Syria Shaking
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In a long, fascinating interview that Syria President Bashar al-Assad did with the Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon in January, Assad spoke extensively about reform.
By Steve Clemons
iTracking You & Me
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I was off at the movies last night seeing the quite good Water for Elephants when my iPhone text messages began buzzing, buzzing more, and then buzzing again. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.
An Oped Co-written by Obama & UAE Crown Prince Mohammed?
President Obama’s recently co-written oped, done with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron, asserted Transatlantic concerns about affairs in Libya — and intentionally or not, proclaimed ownership of the conflict.
Fred Friendly on Libya? Nuclear Diplomacy vs. Regime Change
When I was getting hooked on the public policy world, one of my on-ramps was the “Fred Friendly Seminar” series initiated decades ago by former CBS President Fred Friendly.
Hold it Against Me in Afghanistan
Atarin18 loaded this YouTube video of fellow Marines stationed in Afghanistan lip-synching to Britney Spears’ “Hold it Against Me.” The note that went with the video was touching I thought: Thank you everyone for the support! Sorry i had to take down the? other videos.
Armed Drones Next: The Libyan Minnow is Becoming New Moby Dick
At the beginning of the Libya intervention debate, President Obama said he thought America’s involvement would “be limited to days and not weeks.” Now, it seems that we will have to update that ‘hope’ to be “months if not years.
Israel-Palestine Plate Heating Up
Helene Cooper of the New York Times has published a great what’s up story on the new behind the scenes scramble by the Obama administration, Prime Minister Netanyahu and various Palestinian officials to act as if they have some plan to move the peace process forward — when in fact, most of it is insincere…
TRUMP: Taking Redirection Understanding Massive Power
Gary Busey is in to Donald Trump. Enjoy.
Moose Hunting
Not that kind of moose hunting. The kind where you drive by and see a big moose standing in the mud, perhaps a cow moose and calves. Or maybe a big bull moose with a big rack of horns.
Tunisia and America’s Civil War
On Thursday evening, I attended a State Department reception hosted by Under Secretary of State for Economic affairs Robert Hormats commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the OECD.