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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to board Air Force One for travel to New Orleans from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 27, 2015. Obama on Thursday will highlight the “structural inequality” that hurt poor black people in New Orleans before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, during a visit to celebrate the city’s progress 10 years after the storm. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Opinion: Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, and Obama’s Illusions

by Amir Taheri | Aug 28, 2015 | Opinion

Promoting the “deal” he claims he has made with Iran, President Barack Obama is trying to cast himself as heir to a tradition of “peace through negotiations” followed by US presidents for decades. In that context he has named Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon...

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President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts […]

Opinion: A Might-Have-Been Interview with Obama

by Amir Taheri | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion

US President Barack Obama is deploying his immense persuasive powers to lobby in favor of the deal he says he has made with Iran regarding its nuclear project. As part of that lobbying, he has granted numerous interviews, always to reporters he has already charmed,...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir attend a news conference after a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on August 11, 2015. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Opinion: To Those Predicting Changes in the Middle East

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 16, 2015 | Opinion

Confusing between end results and facts produces myths. This has been especially evident in much of the news that has circulated lately regarding impending changes in the region. According to these reports the situation in Syria is starting to improve and Russia is...

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epa04873212 US President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the nuclear deal with Iran, at American University’s School of International Service, in Washington DC, USA, 05 August 2015. Obama urged Americans to accept a controversial nuclear deal with Iran in spite of criticism from Republican lawmakers. The speech evoked late US President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 USSR speech at American University during the height of the Cold War. EPA/PETE MAROVICH / POOL

Opinion: When Obama Adopts the Mullahs’ Style

by Amir Taheri | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion

Those who are sucked into big adversarial situations in history always run a number of risks. However, the biggest risk, I believe, is to have an evil adversary and end up looking, behaving and even thinking like them. If that happens to anyone, they could be sure...

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Saudi counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir (L) speak during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, on August 10, 2015. (EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM)

Saudi FM says Riyadh willing to develop relations with Tehran if Iran stops interfering in the region

by Sami Amara | Aug 11, 2015 | Middle East

Berlin and Moscow, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Monday his country will be willing to develop relations with Iran if the Islamic Republic changes its “hostile” policy of interfering in the internal affairs of the countries of the region....