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Joined at the Hip
A Saudi banker counts one hundred riyal notes The Saudi stock market plunged by more than 5 percent when Standard and Poor’s announced in early August that the US had lost its AAA credit rating....
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Palestine Moves In
Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Riyad Al-Malki delivers a speech on October 31, 2011 at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris Earlier this week, Palestine played a shrewd diplomatic hand...
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Baghdad Burning
The aftermath of the attack on the Integrity Commission in Baghdad 22 December 2011 photo: Saadallah Alkhalid/National Iraqi News Agency Sixteen explosions across Baghdad today have killed upwards of...
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A Shifting Axis
Dr. William Quandt William B. Quandt has been a prominent voice in American foreign policy in the Middle East for over 30 years. Serving in the National Security Council under the Richard Nixon and...
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Holding Hormuz Hostage
The Al Bakra oil terminal in the north Arabian Gulf - just one of the terminals that would be affected by the closure of Hormuz Iran’s threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz—the narrow waterway...
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Saudi Arabia, the GCC, and Defining Moments
Barack Obama was forced to reconsider US foreign policy in the Middle East in 2011 William B. Quandt has been a prominent voice in American foreign policy in the Middle East for over 30 years. Serving...
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The Good American?
Supporters of Ron Paul carry a banner during the New Hampshire Republican Debate While Arabs throughout the MENA region are taking to the streets to demand control over their own destinies, Texas...
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Fanning the Flame
A young protester holds a placard saying ‘We love Prophet’ during a protest against the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” in front of US embassy on September 21, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur,...
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Questioning Complicity
Abdel Karim Qassem with delegates to an Afro–Asian solidarity meeting in Baghdad. On 8 February 1963, the Ba’ath Party of Iraq successfully overthrew the government of Abdel Karim Qassem after months...
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US Source: State Department or CIA to Serve as Conduit for Arming Syrian Rebels
A Free Syrian Army fighter moves with an SPG rocket from one front line to another during ongoing clashes with regime forces on February 28, 2013 in Deir Ezzor. ZAC BAILLIE/AFP/Getty Images LONDON,...
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Put Everything on the Table
Iran’s and world powers’ delegations sit prior the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks on October 15, 2013 at the United Nations offices in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)The...
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Syrian opposition to consider call for Brahimi’s removal
United Nations-Arab League special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, speaks to journalists as he leaves a press conference at the UNESCO, on August 29, 2013, in Paris. (Francois Guillot/ AFP/ Getty...
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Canny Iranians
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (not seen) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2013 in New York City....
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Former Syrian deputy PM speaks out over dismissal
Former Syrian deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil speaks during a press conference in Moscow, on October 17, 2013. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—In exclusive remarks to...
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Meeting In the Middle
US president Barack Obama speaks alongside King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during meetings in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2010. (SAUL...
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Cairo prepares for ‘huge step’ in relations with Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy in September 2013. (Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images) Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Officials in Cairo have confirmed...
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We Have Been Here Before
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is escorted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 3rd right, as Kerry arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, November 3,...
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From the Archives: Ronald Reagan speaks with Al-Majalla
Ronald Reagan gives a speech to supporters as seen in this 1976 Los Angeles, California, photo leading up to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. (George Rose/Getty Images) President...
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Iran’s Silver Lining
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on November 7, 2013, before the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva. (FABRICE...
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Syria: Geneva II conference to be held in mid-December
Members of the Syrian National coalition (SNC) attend a meeting of the National Coalition on November 9, 2013, in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) Beirut and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN...
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