Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abramsis a former American diplomat, lawyer and political scientist who served in foreign policy positions for U.S. Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Abrams was convicted for withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair while serving for Reagan, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth24 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.
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Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.
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Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.
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Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.
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When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.
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As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.
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Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.
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There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S.
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When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles the congressional liaison and the guy who's handling domestic politics and the guy who's handling the American economy and so forth.
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It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail that he’s in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but I would be surprised if the level of repression started to go down … I think the kind of thing that we would view as significant reforms is unlikely.
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The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.
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Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.
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Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.
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Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.