In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt reached a historic deal with the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. The deal shaped the US role in the Middle East as much as it shaped the region in many ways. Relations between the Arabs and …
Read More »Azerbaijan’s American dream (Does Azerbaijan need USA?)
How hard it is for an individual to live alone without the support of one’s family, friends and relatives, it is similarly impossible for a state in the modern world to function and develop without allies and partners. Our country is no exception. Naturally, like any other state, …
Read More »What’s Next For U.S.-Cuban Relations?
After 54 years of closure, the U.S. embassy in Havana and the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. each began flying their flags once more this week, a symbol of the restored diplomatic ties between the two nations. Here is what we can expect from the relationship going forward: …
Read More »Iran nuclear deal: Product of uneasy cooperation; Srebrenica: Critical test for ‘justice without borders’; U.S.-Vietnam ties: New challenge for Moscow?
1. Iranian deal: The product of uneasy cooperation Both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (extreme right) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (second from right) gesture towards Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (extreme left) during a press conference following the conclusion of nuclear reduction talks …
Read More »Ukraine Ramps Up Nuclear Security Amid Imaginary Russian Threat
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council moved on Monday to ward off an imaginary Russian threat to the country’s nuclear facilities. Ukraine will ramp up the security of its “nuclear installations, nuclear materials, radioactive waste and other sources of ionizing radiation in the face of the changed security situation caused by the ‘Russian aggression,’” …
Read More »US Seeks to Help Arab Partners to Expedite Missile Defense
Obama’s administration reportedly has sought to ease its Arab partners’ objections to the latest nuclear deal with Iran by expediting ballistic missile defense in the region US President Barack Obama’s administration has sought to ease its Arab partners’ objections to the latest nuclear deal with Iran by expediting ballistic missile defense in the …
Read More »CHINA UNLEASHES $483 BILLION TO STEM THE MARKET ROUT
China has created what amounts to a state-run margin trader with $483 billion of firepower, its latest effort to end a stock-market rout that threatens to drag down economic growth and erode political confidence. China Securities Finance Corp. can access as much as 3 trillion yuan of borrowed …
Read More »SAVE THE NEW UKRAINE
By Bernard-Henri Levy and George Soros A NEW Ukraine was born a year ago in the pro-European protests that helped to drive President Viktor F. Yanukovych from power. And today, the spirit that inspired hundreds of thousands to gather in the Maidan, Kiev’s Independence Square, is stronger than ever, even as …
Read More »Tunisia: Britain to Blame?
By Bill Humphrey After the recent callous murder of 30 British tourists in the holiday resort of Sousse in Tunisia and the earlier attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, some in the Tunisian security establishment are propelling a new narrative in friendly media (with assistance from willing …
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