Richard Haass in The Washington Post on why the U.S. needs a more comprehensive foreign policy. Haass suggests that our policy in Russia and the Middle East is not broad, nor far reaching enough. With respect to Russia he writes, ... sanctions are an instrument of policy, not an objective. They are at best a means to an end. But what end? If Russian capitulation is unlikely and escalation a real danger, the challenge is to find an outcome that would leave the United States, its European allies and Ukraine better off. Haass advocates for a similarly all encompassing approach to the Middle East. In the turbulent Middle East, the United States has been promoting a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. But now it should use the crisis to attempt something larger... The United States, Israel, the E.U. and select Arab countries should offer a generous economic package to the people of Gaza, including a sharp reduction in economic controls — but only if it can be shown that there will be no tunnels or rockets in Gaza. The goal would be to demonstrate that the path to higher living standards and a Palestinian state lies in political dialogue, not armed resistance.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:19:19 +0000
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