by Alex Edwards | Jul 17, 2013 | Book Reviews, Lifestyle & Culture
[inset_left]The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat By Vali Nasr Doubleday, 2013[/inset_left]The Dispensable Nation is a frustrating book. It offers some valuable insights into some of the recent history and current trends of American foreign...
by Alex Edwards | May 15, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The award of the 2012 World Press Photo of the Year to Swedish photojournalist Paul Hansen was reconfirmed this week, after allegations that the picture was a fake were dismissed by forensic analysts. The controversy over the photo, entitled...
by Alex Edwards | May 10, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Somalia has long been viewed as the quintessential “failed state,” an anarchic territory plagued by the legacies of colonialism, Cold War geopolitics, dictatorship, devastating famines, secessionist movements and insurgents. Recently, efforts...
by Alex Edwards | May 8, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United States and Russia announced yesterday that they would to try organize an international conference aimed at ending the civil war in Syria. Visiting Moscow after renewed calls to President Barack Obama to arm Syria’s rebels, US...
by Alex Edwards | May 7, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—American secretary of state John Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Russia today for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the ongoing crisis in Syria, amidst growing pressure to intervene from the US Congress. A State Department official said...
