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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s Prime Minister, volunteered today to mediate the extremely hostile relationship between the United States and Iran. Erdogan offered his services to President-Elect Barack Obama, stating that Turkey’s relationship with Iran could prove to be beneficial to the United States, as well as all parties involved. The Turkish Prime Minister asserts that the [...]
In what is speculated to be an effort to silence his critics before the upcoming presidential elections, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shut down an Iranian reformist publication, Shahrvand-e Emrouz (Today’s Citizen), for an article published about President-elect Barack Obama. The Iranian paper featured a picture of the President-elect and asked the question, “Why doesn’t Iran [...]
Throwing their two-cents into the post-election discussion, insurgency leaders have called for an immediate withdrawal of US Forces and return to American neutrality in the region. In an audiotape message addressed to President-elect Obama, Iraqi fighters expressed a desire for the new leader to participate in what they see as a mutually beneficial policy of [...]
The election of the new American president could mean a much more hasty and specific withdrawal from Iraq. President-elect Obama ran on a platform of pulling the troops out quickly and by a definite date. In some ways, this process has already begun. Violence is down across Baghdad and US troop presence on the streets [...]
The great deal of hyperbole surrounding the recent American elections has spread around the world. Now Syria is expressing hope that the new administration will improve relations. The endless complexity of international relations is expressed by a Syrian official who is reported to have complained also about relations between Cuba and the United States. Obama’s [...]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed U.S. Preisdent-elect Barack Obama in a statement today, suggesting a possible improvement of U.S.-Iranian relations. No Iranian leader has offered such positive comments to a U.S. president-elect since the 1979 establishment of Iran as an Islamic Republic. Despite recent tensions with Iran regarding their nuclear program and refusal to stop [...]
Current United States presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke with Lebanese news sources today about how both Obama and McCain would implement harmful policies on Lebanon. No matter who wins, Nader claims both will be bad for the nation. Both senators voted for the bill supporting Israel in their war in the south of Lebanon in [...]
In a bit more of an opinion piece, a writer for The Economist examines the withdrawal of American troops and what it might mean. It is interesting to note that Obama’s plan for a recall isn’t until May of 2010, a lengthy period of time for a man who originally ran on the platform of [...]
During Friday night’s first U.S. presidential debate, Republican U.S. presidential candidate McCain shifted on his policy regarding negotiating with Iran. This represents an attempt to narrow the gap between his foreign policy and that of his rival presidential hopeful, Democratic candidate Barack Obama, and to widen that between himself and U.S. president George Bush, who [...]
