(Council on Foreign Relations) Elliott Abrams - This week Kenya inaugurated President Uhuru Kenyatta for his second term. Only one Western head of government was present, joining ten African presidents. Only one foreign leader was asked to speak at the celebratory lunch, while being seated next to Kenyatta: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel is succeeding in an extraordinary campaign of outreach to India and China, to Africa, and to Latin America. The writer, a senior fellow at the CFR, handled Middle East affairs at the U.S. National Security Council from 2001 to 2009.
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