Showing posts with label Andrew Bowen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrew Bowen. Show all posts

Monday, 25 July 2016

President Obama’s unfinished war (Andrew Bowen, Al Arabiya)

As President Obama’s counter-ISIS envoy Brett McGurk arrives in Jeddah for meetings to follow-up on last week’s summit in Washington, the state of the efforts in the fight against ISIS remains a mixed bag for Washington and the broader 30-plus-member coalition.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/07/25/President-Obama-s-unfinished-war.html

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Moving Saudi-US relations beyond mutual ambivalence (Andrew Bowen, Al Arabiya)

Nearing the end of his presidency, President Obama’s visit to the Gulf this week is a symbolic final gesture before he leaves office in January of his commitment to his Gulf partners over a year since he hosted a number of the GCC leaders at Camp David. However, Obama’s frank words in his interview with The Atlantic underline a leader who is equally deeply skeptical of his Gulf counterparts and of the post-1979 Washington consensus on America’s strategic position in the region.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/19/Obama-visit-and-moving-Saudi-US-relations-beyond-mutual-ambivalence.html