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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger listens while he is introduced at a ceremony honoring his diplomatic career on May 9, 2016 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski

Kissinger’s Analysis of Mideast is Full of Loopholes

by Amir Taheri | Aug 18, 2017 | Opinion

Whatever one might think of Henry Kissinger’s view of the world, not to mention his contribution to international debate during the past six decades, one thing is certain: He has his own matrix for measuring right and wrong in policy terms. That matrix is balance of...

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US President Franklin Roosevelt with King Abdul Aziz aboard the USS Quincy in 1945. (Getty Images)

88 Years of Saudi-US Partnership

by Mohammad Ali Salih | May 19, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington – According to the US State Department, Washington recognized Saudi Arabia in 1931. Two years later, the countries signed a diplomatic and consular representation agreement. In 1940, the first diplomatic ties between them were established after permanent...

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President-elect Donald Trump. (Brendan McDermid / Reuters)

How Do We Deal with Trump?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 13, 2016 | Opinion

Everyone is entitled to criticizing Donald Trump, and there are many reasons for that. But he is the President-elect of the United States now. It is not a matter of critiquing him or knowing who he is or what to expect from him. The question that should be asked, and...

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Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani (C), US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah (L) attend the ministerial meeting on Syria, in Doha, Qatar, 22 June 2013. (EPA/Maurizio Gambarini)

Opinion: A new chance for Syria

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion

The White House has at long last announced a significant change in its stance towards the Syrian crisis by announcing that it will provide “military aid” and will “arm the opposition.” The White House also announced its conviction that...

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, looks at the monkey which allegedly rode an Iranian rocket into space, held by an unidentified technician, while director of Iran’s space agency Hamid Fazeli looks on. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Arman Teimour)

What Happened to the Space Monkey?

by Adel Al Toraifi | Jan 30, 2013 | Opinion

For the past three years in Tehran’s Nasir Khusraw Street-where several licensed pharmacies compete to sell medicine-there has been a thriving black market trade in pharmaceuticals. Despite repeated campaigns launched by Iranian health bodies to eliminate this...