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March 19, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Mr. Kerry’s Old Rhetoric

In remarks he made just before leaving for Israel yesterday, our new Secretary of State indulged in some "old-think" and some outdated language about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking at th…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

May 13, 2013

United States
Kerry To Stockholm, Despite Vacancies Galore

In a blog post here on April 15, I noted that Secretary of State Kerry was doing a great deal of traveling but was spending too little time tending to his own Department. His job now is not that of a…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 23, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Will Kerry Continue the Jerusalem-Ramallah Shuttle If Hamas and Fatah Unite?

Secretary of State Kerry has put enormous effort into the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Most recently, there has been talk of a three-way deal wherein Israel releases 426 prisoners (some of them …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 2, 2015

Kerry, Zarif, and Cotton

The negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program have highlighted the role of Iranian foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, a charming diplomat. But the charm of diplomats representing tyrannies is s…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 19, 2014

United States
Kerry and the Diplomatic Dead End With North Korea

Secretary of State John Kerry’s first visit to Northeast Asia last April was consumed with near-term crisis management since it coincided with the peak of regional tensions driven by North Korea’s pr…

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Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound