| ID | 097095 |
| Title Proper | Shifting sands of state power in the middle east |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Crooke, Alastair |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In his commendably candid interview with Time in January 2010, President Barack Obama noted that managing politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is just really hard."1 The president, however, might well have been speaking about the Middle East as a whole. It is not just the Israeli-Palestinian track that has been difficult, so too have the Iranian and Syrian tracks, where engagement has not taken traction. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria-nothing has been exactly easy for U.S. policymakers this past year. To be fair to the president, he has taken office at a time when the whole region is journeying into a new era. In a sense, the president is facing the consequences of three key events that took place in the region more than 20 years ago. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 33, No. 3; Jul 2010: p.7 - 20 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol. 33, No. 3; Jul 2010: p.7 - 20 |
| Key Words | Barack Obama ; Israeli - Palestinian Conflict ; Managing Politics ; Middle East ; United States ; Afghanistan ; Iraq |