What a difference a decade makes.
In 2003, the French were derided in some quarters as “cheese eating surrender
monkeys” after Jacques Chirac opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq. Now, 10
years later, they are out on a limb in completely the opposite direction on Syria. Continue reading…
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New Iranian foreign minister could build bridges
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a photograph of the new Iranian foreign minister with a former senior American diplomat may signal a new direction for Iran’s fraught relations with the West over its nuclear programme. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 