George W. Bush Returns to Washington to Celebrate Freedom
Elliott Abrams discusses George W. Bush's recent speech on U.S. human rights policy and the Obama administration's lack of enthusiasm for promoting freedom.
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
U.S. policy in the Middle East, Israel-Palestinian affairs, democracy promotion, human rights policy, U.S. foreign policy.
Elliott Abrams discusses George W. Bush's recent speech on U.S. human rights policy and the Obama administration's lack of enthusiasm for promoting freedom.
Elliott Abrams explains the grounds for an Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear weapons program, and for American support of such an attack.
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Elliott Abrams says that a clearer statement from President Obama about his determination to prevent Iranian acquisition of a nuclear weapon is still needed.
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Elliott Abrams argues that Richard Luger seems to have no life at all beyond the U.S. Senate.
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Elliott Abrams discusses the current talks with Iran, the way Iranians negotiate, and the two lead negotiators for the West, Lady Ashton of the EU and Wendy Sherman of the United States.
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Elliott Abrams says the Egyptian presidential race is a frightful mess.
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Elliott Abrams says PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas's letter to Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to advance the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Elliott Abrams criticizes the Obama administration for continuing to politicize intelligence leaks on Syria and Iran.
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Elliott Abrams says the Egyptian military wants to maintain correct relations with Israel, honor the peace treaty, and continue receiving American aid, but firing rockets into Israel threatens these goals.
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Elliott Abrams says the United States should be leading efforts to protect freedom of the press in Tunisia.
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Elliott Abrams says the politicizing of intelligence on Syria is part of the Obama administration's continuing defense of its failure to help the Syrian opposition and is a misuse of the intelligence community.
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Elliott Abrams assesses President Obama's speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference.
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Elliott Abrams says that mixed messages from Washington ultimately leave the Syrian opposition to fend for themselves.
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As the debate over intervention or arming the opposition grows amid continuing violence in Syria, four CFR experts offer their recommendations on how Washington should respond to the crisis.
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Elliott Abrams argues that President Obama's recent State of the Union address settled the matter on the existence of an Obama Doctrine.
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Elliott Abrams says the United States must take the steps to ensure the demise of the Assad regime in Syria.
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Elliott Abrams says Newt Gingrich has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan throughout the current Republican campaign, but the candidate repeatedly insulted the president in the 1980s.
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Elliott Abrams strikes back at critics who condemn both the Arab Spring and its supporters.
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Elliott Abrams argues that President Obama will trumpet his commitment to Israel while wondering if it will attack Iran.
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Elliott Abrams discusses the Castro regime's prisoner release, in which USAID contractor Alan Gross was not included.
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