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Ben Rhodes’s new book about global politics reveals the limits of the Obama administration’s worldview.

Egypt is again proving useful to the United States—for now.

A comprehensive list of each episode of The President's Inbox organized by topic. 

The dispute is complicated in ways that extend far beyond political and legal solutions.

For Israelis and Palestinians, ethnic violence isn't a temporary problem. It’s a lasting identity.

A new report about the Israel-Palestine conflict is morally damning—and politically irrelevant.