Tag Archives: Barack Obama

A Zero-Sum Game

Despite Obama, the Middle East is a zero-sum game. Martin Kramer explains why. Continue reading

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Obama’s Mideast priorities

Is Obama too clever or just confused? Martin Kramer joins panel with Thomas Friedman, Bill Kristol, and David Makovsky. Continue reading

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Obama, Israel and American Jews

Can Obama’s Jewish supporters change the administration’s course? Martin Kramer joins a Commentary symposium. Continue reading

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How not to fix the Middle East

My Columbia lecture has been published in the Middle East Papers series of Middle East Strategy at Harvard. My core argument is that the Obama administration is thwarting itself, by seeming reluctant to uphold American primacy in the region. More … Continue reading

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Kissed to death by America

People in and around the Obama administration are taking the position that his low key on Iran is carefully calculated. It’s not that he doesn’t sympathize with the protesters, he just doesn’t want their cause to be identified with the … Continue reading

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