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PATRICK LAWRENCE: At UN, European Allies & Trump Clip Pompeo’s Hawk Wings

PATRICK LAWRENCE: At UN, European Allies & Trump Clip Pompeo’s Hawk Wings

September 27, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

After the recent strikes on Saudi oil facilities, E-3 leaders offered a sop to the secretary of state but resisted key elements of his “maximum hostility” campaign towards Iran while  Trump also distanced himself.  This week’s General Assembly at the United Nations…

Five Reasons to Listen to Hassan Rouhani

Five Reasons to Listen to Hassan Rouhani

September 30, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Why should the watching world, and especially we wary Americans, trust Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s charismatic new reformist, now that he has completed what the more suspicious among us call his “charm attack” at the United Nations? There are answers, even…

An Obama Failure with Iran Seems Inevitable

An Obama Failure with Iran Seems Inevitable

September 29, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

A year ago, under skies as sunny as we’ve had lately, Iran’s just-elected president, Hassan Rouhani, had his premiere at the United Nations and popped open the door to a settlement on his nation’s nuclear program and a cooperative relationship…

Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times’ foreign coverage be trusted at all?

Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times’ foreign coverage be trusted at all?

January 16, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The Times walks back a story about Syria and chemical weapons, a reminder of the media’s complicity with power The big doings do not stop in the Middle East. We now have a deal on Iran’s nuclear program that anyone…

Here Comes Obama’s Big Moment with Iran

Here Comes Obama’s Big Moment with Iran

October 14, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It is still a thrill an hour in Washington. Do we have a government? Do we pay our bills?  Two days of talks in Geneva this week will prove just as big. They begin Tuesday, the topic is Iran, and…

How Iran and Israel Put Obama in the Hot Seat

How Iran and Israel Put Obama in the Hot Seat

September 22, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

We begin a big, consequential week in world politics. This year’s UN General Assembly will put President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, in the same room, addressing the same heads of state, walking the…

Why Syria Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Proving Ground

Why Syria Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Proving Ground

September 16, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It is getting hard to count all the surprises arising from the Syrian crisis. And there are more coming. Outcomes unthinkable even a week ago can now be responsibly imagined—and pursued. Atop this columnist’s wish list: (1)          Relations between Washington…

Why It’s Time to Talk to Our New ‘Iranian Friends’

Why It’s Time to Talk to Our New ‘Iranian Friends’

July 15, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It is exactly a month since Iranians went to the polls in very high numbers and elected Hassan Rouhani their new president, and already most of the pundits and scribblers are wrong.Those elections were not supposed to make any difference. One…

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