EFTA Document EFTA01749881

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 3:00 Subject: March 7 update 7 March, 2014 Article 1. The Washington Post As the U.S. retreats, what will fill the vacuum? Michael Gerson<http://www.washingtonpost.com/michael-gerson/2011/02/24/ABocMYN_page.html> Article 2. The Washington Post The wages of weakness Charles Krauthammer<http://www.washingtonpost.comicharles-krauthammer/2011/02/24/ADJkW7B_page.html> Article 3. The Economist Kidnapped by the Kremlin Article 4. The Council on Foreign Relations Ukraine's Crisis and the Middle East Interview with Dennis Ross Article 5. NYT Defining the Jewish State Ali Jarbawi Article 6. Al Monitor Saudi-Qatar tensions divide GCC Madawi Al-Rasheed Article 1. The Washington Post As the U.S. retreats, what will fill the vacuum? Michael Gerson<http://www.washingtonpost.com/michael-gerson/2011/02/24/ABocMYN_page.html> EFTA_R1_00046858 EFTA01749881 March 7 -- With the facts on the ground now established in Crimea — several thousand facts in the form of Russian troops<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/putin-reserves-the-right-to-use-force-in- ukraine/2014/03/04/92d4ca70-a389-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html> — the question now becomes: Will sustained economic, political and military isolation of Russia work? Will it reverse Vladimir Putin's adventurism and deter future aggression? Here there is a recent historical precedent. President Obama's "reset<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey- cage/wp/2014/03/02/the-russia-reset-was-already-dead-now-its-time-for-isolationh" with Russia was designed to end the economic, political and military isolation of Putin's Russia after t 2 EFTA_R1_00046859 EFTA01749882