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Carrots or sticks? The future of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
By Lorena Fortuno The role of the United States: Changes in Middle East Foreign Policy Since the early stages of the Cold War, one of the main policy goals of the United States has been to promote and...
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Could protracted conflict in Syria be in the national interest of the United...
By Eugenio Lilli: In a recent talk I chaired at King’s College London, a prominent American expert on US foreign policy described the crisis in Syria as a ‘no good option crisis’ for the United States....
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Why won’t the USA leave the Persian Gulf? The story of the ultimate ‘frenemies’
By Mazhid Kat: The US Secretary of Defence meets with the Minister of the National Guard of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC (21/11/14). Photo: Adrian Cadiz In 1945 Franklin Roosevelt was the first...
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The Question of Limited Intervention in Syria: ‘And Then What?’
By: Alexander Decina NATO-backed Patriot missile defence systems set up in Gaziantep, Turkey, February 4, 2013. Picture used under Creative Commons License. Given the atrocities witnessed during the...
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A war on humanitarianism?
By: Mélanie Thienard Source: Wikimedia Is the United States waging a war on humanitarianism? On 26 October 2015, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Northern Yemen was struck by airstrikes,...
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The Libya Complex: From International Interference to Impotence
By: Laura Hawkes Source: The New York Times (February 19, 2016) When attempting to formulate an effective international response to conflicts the crucial question looms: what comes first, diplomacy or...
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Book review: 'America’s Modern Wars: Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and...
Reviewed by: Cheng Lai Ki Christopher Lawrence. America’s Modern Wars: Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. Oxford, UK. Casemate Publishers, 2015. ISBN: 978-1612002781. Hardcover. £19.99...
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Book Review: Bremmer, Ian (2015), Superpower: Three Choices for America’s...
Reviewed by: Alexandria Reid Bremmer, I. Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World, ( London: Portfolio Penguin), 2015. ISBN:978 0 24121 677 4 In his latest book, written with America’s...
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Whither America First: A New US Foreign Policy under Biden?
by Owen Saunders Joseph R. Biden (D) and Donald J. Trump (R), the candidates in the 2020 US Presidential Race (Image credit: BBC) After a long election cycle, the US Presidential Election is almost...
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Why Biden Will Not Get Soft with China
by Martina Bernardini President-Elect Joe Biden, then in his capacity of Vice President, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, shortly after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base during a 2015 visit...
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