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Article: Mideast dream team? Not quite Globalist
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Roger Cohen The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
01-12-2009
Mideast dream team? Not quite Globalist
Byline: Roger Cohen The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 3
Section: OPINION
NEW YORK --
The Obama team is tight with information, but I've got the scoop on the senior advisers he's gathered to push a new Middle East policy as the Gaza war rages: Shibley Telhami, Vali Nasr, Fawaz Gerges, Fouad Moughrabi and James Zogby.
This group of distinguished Arab-American and Iranian-American scholars, with wide regional experience, is intended to signal a U.S. willingness to think anew about the Middle East, with greater cultural sensitivity to both sides, and a keen eye on ...