Joe Biden is an old man with big ideas who’s in a hurry. It’s a potentially dangerous combination. But there’s reason for the world to give Biden the benefit of the doubt. He plans to use America’s material and moral…
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Can Biden launch a second Madrid conference?
The Madrid Middle East peace conference launched 30 years ago is a model that should inspire President Biden as he searches for a post-Trump policy for the region On 30 October 1991, President George H Bush delivered the first substantive…
UAE-Israel deal makes waves
In August 1990, though he didn’t know it, Iraq’s President Saddam Hussain created the conditions by invading Kuwait for the launch in Madrid 14 months later of what remains the most credible attempt to end the Arab-Israel conflict. His actions…
Moscow, oil and the Middle East game of nations 2018
Russia backs Iran and Syria but is doing deals with Israel and Saudi Arabia Oil is the key in critical Middle East developments this May. After meeting Syria’s President Asad in Sochi on 17 May, Russian President Putin said that…