Obama’s new men
Two men loom large in the emerging shuffle in the cabinet of the now second-term President Barack Obama. The first, John Brennan, who was previously the administration’s adviser for counterterrorism,…
Obama may turn Medicare reform into wider health debate
President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare costs that…
Obama’s new approach
After the events of 9/11, relations between the US and the Islamic world suffered a serious setback when the neo-cons prevailed on the Bush administration to pursue a policy that…
Obama and his generals
While in the US this summer, I heard enough whispers circulating in Washington of deep factionalism and differences plaguing the Obama administration vis-
For Middle East, Nobel prize a blessing or curse for Obama?
Jimmy Carter received the Nobel peace prize nearly a quarter of a century after he helped broker the 1978 Camp David accord between Israel and Egypt. Barack Obama received it…
Drafting Obama’s agenda
AMERICANS voted for change on Nov 4 in overwhelming numbers. The vote was a repudiation of the Bush administration’s domestic and foreign policies
Obama’s global strategy
It is the obligation of the US president to inform Congress of the strategy his administration is pursuing in international affairs. This is to be done every year but presidents…
Much hinges on Iran-US talks
IRAN’S Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff met at the negotiating table in Rome yesterday to take forward ‘positive’ talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme initiated last week in,…
Hard Iran-US nuclear talks
THE ongoing indirect nuclear talks between America and Iran are inching forward with the two sides agreeing to meet for the next round this week. Both countries described the meeting in Oman…
Trumpian delusion
PRELIMINARY judgement on any new US administration usually involves waiting for at least 100 days before holding it to account. That arbitrary measure seems particularly inappropriate in the context of…
