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Why Iran Is Now Obama’s Best Middle East Bet

Why Iran Is Now Obama’s Best Middle East Bet

January 13, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

“What are we supposed to do now?” pundits and policymakers ask these days. The full question being, “What now that the Middle East spins like a dervish and the Obama administration has lost its grip on every major issue in…

Why Kerry’s Iran Deal Will Hold Up

Why Kerry’s Iran Deal Will Hold Up

November 25, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Secretary of State Kerry pulled off a hat trick in Sunday’s pre-dawn hours, when six world powers and Iran announced an interim deal in Geneva on the latter’s nuclear program. Kerry was all over the Sunday morning talk shows, soft-pedaling…

Why a Deal with Iran on Nukes Remains Elusive

Why a Deal with Iran on Nukes Remains Elusive

November 11, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It was a wild ride last week in Geneva, where the foreign ministers of six world powers assembled with Iranian negotiators for a second round of talks on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. A deal could come, a deal is…

3 Reasons to Bet the Euro Deal Will Work

3 Reasons to Bet the Euro Deal Will Work

October 31, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Global stock markets today are reflecting the many uncertainties that still surround the eurozone rescue package European Union leaders announced in Brussels late last week. It is not yet clear how some of the EU’s plans will be financed, and…

India’s Multibillion-Dollar Message to America

India’s Multibillion-Dollar Message to America

June 1, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

India’s recent rejection of bids from two American jet manufacturers for the biggest defense contract in Indian history made minor news in the U.S. The rest of the world paid closer attention because that decision shot down a dozen years…

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