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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) as they walk in the city of Geneva, on January 14, 2015 (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron)


Iran is not China and Obama is not Nixon

Iran is not China and Obama is not Nixon

What do George Clooney, Jack Straw and Zbigniew Brzezinski have in common? The Hollywood star who sells coffee machines in TV ads, the former British foreign secretary, and the American ex-National Security adviser are among a growing number of Western elites who urge...
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US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)


The Arab Spring: Obama’s Vietnam?

The Arab Spring: Obama’s Vietnam?

In a telephone call between former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard Russell (May 1964), the president admitted that the Vietnam War could be a protracted one and that he did not see any signs for a resolution on the horizon. Despite this,...