Tamara Cofman Wittes

For many years, many of us in this [national security] field have raised the question of, "Why aren’t there more women speaking at this conference?" Or, "Why aren’t there more women around the conference table in the [Situation] Room?" The answer often is, "I couldn’t think of any." At this point, given the growth of women’s presence in the field, that is an inadequate answer.

[By arming the United Arab Emirates] ... we have created a little Frankenstein.

The risk of releasing an economic vision without the accompanying political vision is that it will smell to many Palestinians, and perhaps others in the region, like another attempt to buy off core Palestinian demands.