POST
Four different Senate Republicans have four
different ideas on how to alter U.S. aid to Egypt, in a struggle that is also becoming
about the future of Republican leadership on foreign policy.
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The List
Uri Friedman
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Sure, non-binding party platforms may have a limited impact on the positions presidential candidates take and the ways
Americans vote, but they nevertheless highlight the issues at the center of a
party's effort to define its international posture; in this case, the GOP's
struggle to reconcile presumptive nominee Mitt Romney's embrace
of American exceptionalism with Texas Rep. Ron Paul's considerably more
modest vision of American power.
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Argument
Michael Scheuer
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Ron
Paul's treatment by mainstream media, other Republican hopefuls, and the
punditry makes me think the W.B. Yeats lines "Things fall apart; the centre
cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" also describe the year 2012
in the United States. Indeed, Paul's experience in the nomination campaign
suggests U.S. politics lacks reasoned substance, common sense, and an
understanding of what America's Founding Fathers intended.
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POST
Joshua Keating
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Friday, March 30, 2012
This week, the campaign was unexpectedly dominated by a
debate over Russia policy. The back-and-forth was sparked by an embarrassing "hot
mic" incident on Monday at a summit on Seoul, when President Barack Obama told
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
that he would have more "space" to tackle controversial issues such as missile
defense after the election. "This is my last election. After my election I have
more flexibility," he told the outgoing Russian leader, who promised to
"transmit this information to Vladimir."
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The List
Uri Friedman
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
While the congressman from Texas has changed his
views on certain issues over time -- Paul, for example, has become increasingly
skeptical
of climate change and increasingly
tough on
immigration, and now
touts his ties with Ronald Reagan even though he denounced
the Gipper's policies in 1987 -- he is, in many ways, a rare breed in politics
these days: a sturdy sandal in a sea of flimsy flip-floppers.
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