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Astana Peace Talks: West Losing Its Influence in Middle East

On January 25, The Financial Times published an article on the role of Western countries at the Astana negotiations. Author Erika Solomon writes that Western diplomats could do absolutely nothing to influence the negotiations and “found themselves relegated with journalists to the plaid-carpeted Irish Pub of a hotel in Kazakhstan.” Astana …

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Trump-Putin Talks? Will Trump Lift Sanctions against Russia? Could Be “Costly” To Russia

Tweets on social media say Trump is about to lift the sanctions placed on Russia by the Obama regime.  Being a showman, Trump would want to make this announcement himself, not have it made for him by someone outside his administration.  Nevertheless, the social media tweets are a …

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The Cold War, Continued: Post-Election Russophobia

Mainstream TV news anchors including MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are reporting as fact—with fuming indignation—that Russia (and specifically Vladimir Putin) not only sought to influence the U.S. election (and—gosh!—promote “doubt” about the whole legitimacy of the U.S. electoral system) but to throw the vote to Donald Trump. The main …

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How will the GCC-US ties be in 2017? Will Oman remain a permanent member of the GCC after 2016?

The call for joining Jordan and Morocco to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) amidst rejection from Qatar is deemed by some analysts as a sign to replace Oman. If this happens, the GCC will consist of 7 members. However, the coming GCC summit in Bahrain with the attendance of …

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