Wikipedia's first sentence called it “vice president for foreign policy at the brookings institution in washington”. Today it says “australian-american diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the middle east”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Martin Sean Indyk (born July 1, 1951) is a diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East . In addition to serving in academia and as adviser to political administrations, he was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C from 2001-2018 .1He took leave from the Brookings Institution to serve as the U.S. He is currently a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations .2 Indyk served twice as United States ambassador to Israel and also as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration . He is known as the framer of the U.S. policy of dual containment in that period, which sought to 'contain' Iraq and Iran . These were viewed as the United States' two most important strategic adversaries at the time. He is the author of Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Middle East (2009).3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Indyk served as United States ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration. He is arguably best known as one of the lead U.S. negotiators at the Camp David talks. He is also known as the framer of the U.S. policy of dual containment which sought to 'contain' Iraq and Iran , which were both viewed as Israel's two most important strategic adversaries at the time.
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He took leave from the Brookings Institution to serve as the U.S. Indyk served as United States ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration . He is known as the framer of the U.S. policy of dual containment which sought to 'contain' Iraq and Iran , which were both viewed as the United States' two most important strategic adversaries at the time. He is the author of Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Middle East .
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Diplomat in the Middle East Martin Sean Indyk (born July 1, 1951) is an American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East . He was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C from 2001-2018. He took leave from the Brookings Institution to serve as the U.S. He is currently a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations . Indyk served twice as United States ambassador to Israel and also as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration .
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American diplomat (1951–2024) Martin Sean Indyk (July 1, 1951 – July 25, 2024) was an Australian-American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East . Indyk was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2018. Indyk served twice as United States Ambassador to Israel (1995–1997; 2000–2001) and also as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration .
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vice president for foreign policy at the brookings institution in washington
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australian-american diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the middle east
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