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Then US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event on the nuclear agreement with Iran, in New York August 11, 2015. (Reuters)

Will September be Decisive for the Nuclear Agreement?

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 17, 2017 | Opinion

Two frustrating years out of ten have passed since the nuclear agreement was signed. The world is stepping into the third year of an agreement described by US President Donald Trump as the worst in ages. It is obvious that September will be decisive for the nuclear...

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North Korea’s Secret Weapon? Economic Growth.

by David Volodzko | Sep 16, 2017 | Opinion

With the United Nations imposing yet another round of sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear provocations, it’s worth asking why such penalties have been failing for more than a decade. One reason is that the North Korean economy is improving more than is...

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UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salameh attends a news conference with prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord Fayez Al Sarraj in Tripoli, Libya on August 5, 2017. Reuters / Hani Amara

Salameh’s Difficult Task in New York

by Mattia Toaldo | Sep 16, 2017 | Opinion

This summer has seen a flurry of summits and meetings on Libya. On 25 July, Paris hosted a meeting between Sarraj and Haftar. Last week, Brazzaville hosted a meeting of the African Union with Prime Minister Faiez Sarraj, Speaker of the House of Representatives Aghila...

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The very model of a modern ethnic group seeking self-determination. Photographer: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images

Iraq’s Kurds, their Right to Independence

by Eli Lake | Sep 15, 2017 | Opinion

Consider the plight of an ethnic group seeking self-determination in the Middle East. Its leaders have renounced terrorism. Their militias fight alongside US soldiers. While their neighbors built weapons of mass destruction, they built a parliament, universities and...

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Does she know what “dogma” means here? Photographer: Mark Wilson

Questions that could be an Outrage

by Noah Feldman | Sep 15, 2017 | Opinion

Senator Dianne Feinstein owes a public apology to judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett, as during Barrett’s confirmation hearings last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein, the California Democrat, insinuated an anti-Catholic stereotype that goes back...

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Syria’s head of regime Bashar al-Assad. December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Why Iran’s Plan in Syria Will Fail

by Amir Taheri | Sep 15, 2017 | Opinion

For the past week or so, Iranian official media and social networks have been abuzz with anecdotes woven around a football match in Tehran between Iran and Syria and the light it might shed on a complicated relationship. According to most accounts, a group of Syrians...