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Fifty years ago, Nixon brilliantly played China and Russia against each other. Today, a weak, directionless US […]
Marco Carnelos
Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He has served in the foreign policy staff of three Italian prime ministers between 1995 and 2011. More recently he has been Middle East Peace Process Coordinator Special Envoy for Syria for the Italian government and, until November 2017, ambassador of Italy to Iraq.
Britain’s ‘appeasement’ of Hitler and the US strongarming of the USSR in the Cuban missile crisis are […]
If the killing was meant to push Iran back, it has failed abysmally. Soleimani’s ability to maintain […]
If the US aims to reach a managed competition, as Biden claims, it has to learn to […]
The summit has been another good example of a praiseworthy US initiative built upon a largely mistaken […]
As negotiations resume in Vienna, US is rumoured to be contemplating a ‘less for less’ deal despite […]
Le pays a touché le fond, à cause du comportement irresponsable des partis libanais au pouvoir, et […]
The irresponsible behaviour of the Lebanese ruling parties has seen the country reach rock bottom – and […]
L’objectif premier de Sadr est la renaissance de l’Irak. Pourrait-il utiliser son immense pouvoir pour tenter de […]
Sadr’s primary objective is the renaissance of Iraq. Might he use the huge power he wields to […]
The strategic balance has shifted dramatically in two years, as the US-led policy of punishing sanctions has […]
The president’s recent UN speech promised a new US foreign policy based on collective action, negotiation and […]