I can’t see the merit in complaints that Obama’s Cairo speech “didn’t set out any concrete new policies.” The last thing the Israel-Palestine conflict, for example, needs, is more policy-for-the-sake-of-policy… “Look: concrete action: a new treaty!… a new accord!… a new roadmap for peace!” What Obama has done is established a background, or foundation on [...]
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… has to be laid on a robust background of sensible, generative dialogue. I don’t just mean “peace talks,” but rather a wider, deeper understanding of societies and how they interact.
