"Robert Malley" (born 1963) is an American lawyer, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution. He is currently a senior director at the National Security Council. Prior to holding that title, he was Program Director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group and Assistant to National Security Advisor (United States)/National Security Advisor Sandy Berger (1996–1998) and the Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the United States National Security Council/National Security Council (1994–1996). Malley is considered an expert on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and has written extensively on this subject. As Special Assistant to President Clinton, he was a member of the U.S. peace team and helped organize the 2000 Camp David Summit. In 2015, the Obama administration appointed Rob Malley as its "point man" on the Middle East, leading the Middle East desk of the National Security Council.

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There's a lot that the administration's critics won't disagree with, but it's late. I don't think the president has the luxury of time to implement a sound policy, both because of the stress on the military but also because of the problem of the trust of the American public and political elite.

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[Success in Iraq] is not about democracy or non-democracy; it's about reaching consensus on a political pact that all parties agree to, ... If they don't agree, the political process won't help.

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A case study of pinning too much hope on an electoral process without doing so much of the other work.

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The constitution is likely to fuel rather than dampen insurgency.

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A compact based on compromise and broad consent could have been a first step in a healing process. Instead it is proving yet another step in a process of depressing decline.

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