Will Syria Start Killing Lebanese Politicians Again?
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has a history of using force to control Lebanon's leaders.… More »
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly deputy national security adviser on Middle East affairs in the George W. Bush administration, Abrams was also an assistant secretary of state for UN affairs, human rights, and Latin America in the Reagan administration. Abrams blogs at Pressure Points.
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has a history of using force to control Lebanon's leaders.… More »
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The military, which has been consolidating power and extending dictatorial rule, gets over $1 billion per year… More »
The practice of keeping Tibetan leaders at bay to avoid angering China is an old one here, but that doesn't make it good policy… More »
The Syrian government's violence against protesters is rapidly worsening, risking civil war… More »
The tiny Gulf nation and U.S. ally has been brutalizing peaceful protesters, so why are we doing so little?… More »
Separating out the legitimate protest movement from the Iranian fronts who damage their cause… More »
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The U.S. faces a rapidly changing region from Tripoli to Jerusalem… More »
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