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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2013 23 Comments
Now Bashar Assad is showing the price for him to declare his chemical weapons and talk about — just words — maybe, possibly, removing them to somewhere, somehow, some time in the future. Of course, now #Assad telling Obama how high to jump http://t.co/7HkAbXbkeH #Syria...

Posted by David Gerstman on September 12, 2013 23 Comments
When aliens said "We come in peace," they almost invariably had their sights set on world domination. So beware Vladimir Putin when he comes bearing peace.

Posted by David Gerstman on September 11, 2013 18 Comments
Yesterday the New York Times reported With the World Watching, Syria Amassed Nerve Gas. The article documents how, despite international efforts to prevent it, Syria built up its supply of chemical weapons. Proliferation experts said President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and his father before him,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2013 27 Comments
Is there an undisclosed understanding between the U.S. and Russia to keep Assad in power?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2013 42 Comments
As of this writing, it’s unclear where things stand. There is a vague offer by Vladimir Putin agreed to by Syria to turn over chemical weapons, but Russia opposes a binding U.N. resolution to that effect and the details are to be worked out. Putin...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2013 42 Comments
The threat of possible military action, as attenuated as Congressional authorization now seems, has led to what may be the endgame. John Kerry floated the idea of Syria turning over its chemical weapons or else, the Russians seized on the idea, and Syria in principle...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2013 80 Comments
There are very good arguments against intervention in Syria, even if I disagree with the conclusions reached from those arguments.  I haven’t denigrated those who disagree, although I can’t say the same is true in reverse. Unfortunately, regardless of how you come out on the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 06, 2013 30 Comments
Speaking from the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia this morning, President Obama addressed the topic of Syria, where he acknowledged that he knew it would be a tough fight to convince Congress and the American public to move forward with a military strike. The...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 05, 2013 5 Comments
Those who follow my exploits know I dance Bollywood, so it is not surprising that this news clip would catch my interest: Indian newspapers have been gushing about the incoming governor of the central bank, Raghuram Rajan, in terms usually reserved for Bollywood film stars:...
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