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Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Robert Ford is a former US ambassador to Syria and Algeria and a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute for Near East Policy in Washington
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Biden Arrives and Republicans Play With Fire
This morning on the American national radio network, an American general who was in the Iraq war saiIs America on the Verge of Winning in Syria?
Last week a senior official from the US Department of State told a congressional committee that theBiden’s Team and the Party of the Big Tent
Joseph Biden has many challenges and he is not yet in the Oval Office.After the Election – What Now?
Please remember that legally Biden did not officially win the election yet.After the Election: Division Not Unity
Americans on Wednesday woke up to some good news: the voting process from Florida to Hawaii went welWhy is America So Divided?
As next Tuesday’s final day of voting in the American election approaches, there are many fears abouAmerican Geostrategy Won’t Change Much
The two American presidential candidates have very different personalities, but we should remember tOn Syria, Biden and Trump are Not Very Different
My friend directs a national organization of Muslim-Americans that has officially endorsed Joseph BiAn Election Not Like the Others in America
Many people are worried about the November 2 election result and its repercussions.Will Washington Close its Embassy in Baghdad?
I was present at the ceremony for the opening of the new American Embassy in Baghdad on the morningTrump’s Two Contradictory Messages to Iraq and Syria
Within days the US military will finish withdrawing 2,200 US soldiers from Iraq, as the US commanderA Crisis after the US Elections?
The American presidential elections on Tuesday, November 3 are 55 days away and it is possible stillTrump Will Give Kadhimi Some Time
By one measure, the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi to Washington was a success because he madRussia in the Syrian Swamp
So many leaders and officials, including me, made serious mistakes working on the Syrian war and wePolitics Will Cut America’s Military Budget
The year 2020 is difficult for the United States.Pages
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