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How Not to Fix the Middle East

%A Martin Kramer %X

The Obama administration is undercutting its own ambitious agenda, by signaling that the United States has lost some of its weight in world affairs. The “post-American” rhetoric of liberal internationalists and realists is setting off a scramble for advantage among the “middle powers” of the Middle East. Originally a lecture delivered on November 16, 2009, to the Columbia University International Relations Forum (CUIRF).

%B Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) %I Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) %C Cambridge, MA %8 12/07 %G eng %U http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/files/2009/12/obama_kramer.pdf