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Geneva’s Missing Piece

by Andrew Bowen | Jan 21, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

The absence of Iran at the talks in Geneva allows Assad to continue to try to define Syria’s political transition on his own terms. In countless interviews with people close to or previously associated with Assad and his inner circle, the only substantial external...

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President Barack Obama walks with Col. David L. Almand, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, after getting off the Marine One helicopter before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. as he travels to the Port of New Orleans to make a case that more exports equal more jobs. After […]

Opinion: The Pitfalls of US Disengagement

by Andrew Bowen | Nov 9, 2013 | Opinion

A quarter of the way through his final term in office, President Obama’s foreign policy towards the Middle East lies in strategic disarray. While the Arab uprisings shook America’s conception of the region and challenged Washington’s interests, a substantive strategy...

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Egyptian army tanks drive through Alexandria’s coastal promenade as security measures were tightened across Egypt on August 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/STR)

A Dark Winter Ahead

by Andrew Bowen | Aug 21, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

For those of us who viewed the Arab Awakenings more as the Arab world’s 1848 than its 1989—if we can indeed draw parallels between the Middle East and Europe’s various revolutionary upheavals—this recent (and probably final) act of the Arab Spring is not so...