Vali Nasr

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Five things you may not know about Ramadan

Lifestyle & Belief

In his latest article in Foreign Policy Magazine, Vali Nasr, professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, lists five things you may not have known about Ramadan.

Richard Holbrooke’s legacy all over Afghanistan, Pakistan

If true, Iran’s terror plot would be new chapter for Quds Force

How Israeli Airstrikes in Syria Could affect United States’ Policy in the Mideast

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Iran’s Regional Interest in the Syria Conflict

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Looking Back on Holbrooke’s Legacy

Global Politics

Richard Holbrooke was the Obama administration’s pointman for the civilian side of the Afghanistan war. He died suddenly in December 2010, leaving some successes that are sometimes overlooked, and they have to do with Pakistan.

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True giant of American foreign policy’

Global Politics

Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has died. Ambassador Holbrooke was best-known for helping to broker the Dayton Peace agreement. Jeb Sharp reports on what Holbrooke was able to achieve in the first two years of the Obama Administration.

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Iraq group under attack

A group of former Sunni insurgents in Iraq joined forces to form, “The Awakening Council,� and the American-backed group has grown to about 70,000 members and has helped quell the violence