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Tag: Gulf War

Posted inOpinion

Biden must reconsider US role as ‘sheriff’ of Middle East

by Jonathan Gornall March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

It was no surprise that the first Arab nation on Joe Biden’s must-call list was Iraq, a state whose destiny has been entwined with America’s for three decades. The timing of the call, however, was interesting. The US president called Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on February 23, the eve of the 30th anniversary of […]

Posted inIraq, Middle East, United States, World

Intelligence agencies: speaking truth to power

by Joseph S. Nye August 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Aladdin conjures a century of Hollywood stereotyping

by Evelyn Alsultany June 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inUnited States, World

Why America can’t win wars

by David Isenberg February 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, South Asia

Can India weather the Middle East Strategic Alliance?

by Hasan Alhasan January 30, 2019January 30, 2019
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

On getting in and out of a swamp

by Norman A. Bailey December 24, 2018
Posted inIran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

New government in Iraq courts Russian embrace

by Sami Moubayed December 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, World

Still Bush league: Nostalgia can’t erase Bush 41’s horrific legacy

by Muhammad Cohen December 5, 2018
Posted inEgypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

George HW Bush and the ‘American era’ in the Middle East

by Sami Moubayed December 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The world George H W Bush made

by Richard N. Haass December 3, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Fake news and beyond: an American saga

by Alexander Casella November 22, 2018November 23, 2018
Posted inAfghanistan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korea may be next victim of US lust for battle

by Ehsan Sehgal September 27, 2017
Posted inIraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Financial markets shrug off growing North Korean tensions

by Nigel Green September 23, 2017
Posted inIran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

A new American Grand Strategy for the Syrian Confict?

by Nicos Panayiotides March 7, 2017March 8, 2017

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