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A girl stands near the rubble of damaged buildings in al-Rai town in the northern Aleppo countryside. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Thanks to no-drama Obama, American Leadership is Gone

by Richard Cohen | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion

If Dec. 7, 1941, is the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy,” then Dec. 20, 2016, has got to be a close second. No Americans died that day as they did at Pearl Harbor, but the American Century, as Time magazine founder Henry Luce called it, came...

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Boeing’s “next generation X-plane,” as shown in this concept graphic photo, is designed to succeed the F-35 fighter jet. (Handout/Reuters)

The ‘Third Offset Strategy’

by David Ignatius | Dec 6, 2016 | Opinion

The Pentagon has begun briefing key allies on plans for advanced weapons technologies aimed at offsetting Russian and Chinese military gains. But the next round of these discussions is on hold, awaiting approval of the programs by the Trump administration. Deputy...

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Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rohani (L) waves to supporters in the central Iranian city of Shiraz June 11, 2013 (REUTERS/Fars News/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)

In conversation with Hassan Rouhani

by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 15, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After almost three decades at the top of Iran’s national security apparatus, including a stint as Iran’s representative in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program with representatives of the UN Security Council and Western powers, the Iranian...

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Image grab taken from NILE TV shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi giving an address on January 27, 2013 (AFP PHOTO)

Crisis in Egypt Continues

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat–Protesters and police in Egypt continue to clash for a fifth day, despite a presidential state of emergency declaration in three provinces hit hardest by the violence. Yesterday, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of...