Fresh Air in U.S. Foreign Policy

On a sun-drenched day ? there was not a single cloud in the sky ? the UN General Assembly began the work of its new annual session. Once again this year the President of the United States, the country which hosts ? not coincidentally ? this international organization, presented the first address. And, as usual, the speech focused on the Middle East. (Are there no other international issues, such as Cyprus or Greek-Turkish?) Only this year the concerns of President Barack Obama expanded from the Iranian issue to the problem of Syria, but with an important difference: both now suddenly have diplomatic tracks.'To succeed, conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable,? Obama said.

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