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President Obama’s Second Term: Big Bets, Black Swans
Ambassador Martin S. Indyk is vice president and director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., and a former U.S. ambassador to Israel. He was the founding director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. During the Clinton administration Indyk served as assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, special assistant to the president, and senior director for Near East and South Asia in the U.S. National Security Council. Before entering government, he was the founding executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Ambassador Indyk holds a Ph.D. from the Australian National University (ANU) and is the author of Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Middle East, and most recently, Bending History: Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy (with Michael O’Hanlon and Kenneth Lieberthal). | View Full Bio
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U know MEPP in trouble when leading ministers in Bibi's government declare that 2SS has reached 'dead end'." http://t.co/AhLx5nDE3U
Jun 17
My recommended response to the #Rohani upheaval in Monday's FT: West should temper its enthusiasm http://t.co/2c8fxYnfHh via @FT
Jun 16
A ray of hope shines from Iran. Read Suzanne Maloney's expert take: http://t.co/YWDmsG45BL
Jun 15
@husainhaqqani at #Usislam13 Pakistan an ideological state whose insecurity has grown despite nukes. (Iran take note!)
Jun 09
@husainhaqqani speaking at #Usislam13. Taliban think they have defeated US. Pakistan feels saddled w the baggage. http://t.co/nAuzHKOTg9
Opening session of the Brookings-Qatar US-Islamic World Forum on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Karzai speaks tonight. http://t.co/cE0ozoOiAm
Senator John McCain speaks on Middle East @BrookingsInst. Warns of decline into sectarianism. http://t.co/djM2DVelIu
Jun 06
@Lagarde @BrookingsInst Japanese growth just below US. Monetary policy on right track. Needs more balanced fiscal policy/structural reforms.
Jun 04
#Lagarde @BrookingsInst Global growth at 3%. SAfrica, Brazil slowing - need to look inward. http://t.co/GS4jqxb218
Appointment of Hamdallah as new Pal PM good news after sad departure of Fayyad. Reputed to be serious academic, well-respected, and clean!
Jun 02
“@sinanbirdal1: @Martin_Indyk "Discontent with Erdoğan has been brewing for a while.” 4 sure but Turkish Alawite oppos'n a factor.
Syria's spillover 2: Protests in Turkey. One of the grievances-Erdogan's support for Syrian Sunni opposition @nytimes http://t.co/wAROz1gVrn
Syria's sectarian spillover: Qaradawi declares that Shias are "more infidel than Jews and Christians." via @nytimes http://t.co/5Tm6VHd3ed
@BrookingsIDP Looking forward to today's event. I'll be introducing @R_Ghannouchi & @tcwittes, discussing #FPTunisia http://t.co/0IJiNmv3vO
May 31
This afternoon @BrookingsFP hosts @RichardHaass of @CFR_org on US FP & The Case for Putting America's House in Order http://t.co/gnzYlVhMX9
May 30
And so it spreads - Tripoli, Beirut, Golan, Baghdad. Bahrain next? NYT:Rockets Hit Hezbollah in Lebanon @nytimes http://t.co/biN0eiOK4F
May 26
@ChemiShalev @BarakRavid They didn't sound cynical when they cheered Obama's speech about peace being possible.
May 23
@BarakRavid @ChemiShalev Geeze Barak you've really got a bad dose of pessimism. Been hanging around Haaretz too long!
@nsroundtable @BarakRavid @ChemiShalev Tried that back w Bill Clinton. Came v close. Closer than Camp David. Would've changed everything.
@BarakRavid @ChemiShalev There you go again! Chemi, I need some help here.
Barack Obama's Foreign Policy
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Martin S. Indyk and Michael E. O'Hanlon, March 12, 2012
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