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Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin with President Bill Clinton & Yasser Arafat during the signing of the Oslo I Accord in 1993. The failing of this peace process was an important missed opportunity during Clinton's tenure.

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Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy

I Changed My Mind...

| March 13, 2015

"...[O]ver time I’ve changed my mind about a fair number of academic, historical, and contemporary issues. I used to believe a number of things that turned out not to be correct, and there are others where at a minimum I know have considerable doubts. And guess what? Changing my mind isn't all that painful a process; in fact, it can be both liberating and enjoyable to realize that earlier beliefs were mistaken."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Defense Secretary-Designate Ashton Carter before the two Massachusetts residents hold a one-on-one meeting on January 7, 2015, in the Secretary's Outer Office at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

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Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy

What Would Ash Carter Do?

| January 30, 2015

"As a public service, therefore, I offer the following Top 10 Questions to ask Ash Carter at his confirmation hearing....Under what conditions would you recommend the use of force against Iran's nuclear facilities? Given that a military attack could delay an Iranian bomb for only a year or two, and would probably increase Iran's desire to obtain an actual deterrent, does keeping 'all options on the table' make sense?..."