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India: Assange: A Lesson for the World

Lalatendu Das - June 27, 2024. Published in Deccan Chronicle

Julian Assange ... is a free man who is back down under, though convicted under U.S. law.

U.A.E.: Why America’s Invasion of Iraq Should Be a Warning to Israel

Lalatendu Das - November 4, 2023. Published in The National

Biden is correct that what happened in Iraq in 2003 should be instructive for Israel.

Bulgaria: ‘The US Is Allowed, Russia Is Not?’ Why We Should Avoid the Comparison

Georgi T. Dimitrov - July 14, 2023. Published in Deutsche Welle Bulgaria

We should judge ideas by values we share, not convenient analogies.

China: US Wreaks Havoc on the World Creating a Refugee Crisis

Robin Koerner - June 29, 2023. Published in Guangming Daily

'We can’t help set someone’s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing.'

Saudi Arabia: Will America Continue To Act as the World’s Policeman?

Lalatendu Das - April 7, 2023. Published in Arab News

The reality is that the U.S. will act like all other states — in its own interests and those interests alone.

Poland: 20 Years after Iraq War: Is America Paying Its Debts?

Danuta Kowalska - March 30, 2023. Published in Polityka

[I]t is Bush, not Trump, who is the father of America's greatest debacle of the 21st century.

Japan: 20 Years Since the Iraq War: US Must Not Weaken Involvement in the Middle East

Dorothy Phoenix - March 29, 2023. Published in Sankei Shimbun

Joe Biden’s administration must promptly reconstruct its Middle East strategy.

Spain: Iraq, 20 Years Later

Marta Quirós Alarcón - March 23, 2023. Published in El Periódico

The United States failed miserably as a nation builder[.]

U.K.: We Iraqis Had Survived Saddam Hussein. It Was the US Invasion That Destroyed Our Lives

Lalatendu Das - March 17, 2023. Published in The Guardian

The Americans and their allies seemed to have a plan to eradicate the Ba’athists rapidly and efficiently.

Russia: 20 Years Later*

Robin Koerner - February 12, 2023. Published in Izvestia

It is relatively easy to get into a conflict, but it is often very difficult to get out of it with dignity.

Malaysia: Dallas Does Bush In

Lalatendu Das - May 27, 2022. Published in New Straits Times

Israel: Every US Administration Suffers from the Same Strategic Rigidity

Lalatendu Das - April 27, 2022. Published in The Jerusalem Post

[E]ach successive U.S. administration has made strategic mistakes in their relations with Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

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