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FILE – In this July 14, 2015 file pool photo, Secretary of State John Kerry, talks with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif background second left, sits next to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria. The U.N. Security Council is set to endorse the landmark nuclear deal on Monday, July 20, between Iran and six world powers and adopt a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (Carlos Barria via AP, Pool, File)

Opinion: The Iran “Deal”—A Fragile Arrangement

by Amir Taheri | Aug 7, 2015 | Opinion

As the tussle over the so-called nuclear deal with Iran continues in Tehran and Washington, it is becoming clearer by the day that President Barack Obama’s “a chance in a life-time achievement” may not survive beyond his presidency. A similar picture is taking shape...

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President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran, on August 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Iran deal builds on diplomacy that won Cold War

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 5, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, AP—President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched a blistering denunciation of opposition to his Iran deal, arguing that none of the criticism stands up to scrutiny and warning that if Congress blocks the accord it will put the US on the path to another...

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Globe showing the Middle East. (Getty Images/Robert Houser)

Opinion: Time for Self-Criticism Amid All the Arab Confusion

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 4, 2015 | Opinion

Let us stop, even just once, our stubborn denial and talk openly about why we seem addicted to reactions and self-assurances, while others are achieving political advances which even their foes acknowledge. I contend that if we were to pose a direct question along...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) listens during a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in Doha, Qatar, on August 3, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry pushes Iran deal in Qatar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2015 | Middle East

Doha, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry brought the Obama administration’s case for the Iran nuclear deal to wary Arab officials in Qatar on Monday. Kerry was meeting with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the six-member bloc of Gulf...

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President Barack Obama (L) greets Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (C), and Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R), as they arrive at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Opinion: Is the Gulf’s Relationship with Washington a Mistake?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 1, 2015 | Opinion

The US administration’s deal with Iran on its nuclear program, which ends sanctions and paves the way for rapprochement with Tehran, was viewed by some as a rather low move by Washington against its longtime allies in the Gulf, who were loyal for over five decades. As...