American Reset?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when it comes to the Middle East, pragmatism trumps idealism for U.S. presidents. The 2016 U.S. contenders make no bones about operating from the same playbook. “I really don’t have much of a view on the current candidates, except that they make Saturday Night Live look like a drama,” Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed K.A. Al Faisal told Newsweek Middle East. It’s a view shared by many in the region.  To read this article in full on Newsweek Middle East‘s website, please <click here>. You may find a pdf file of my section of this article <here>.

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Roshanak Taghavi

ROSHANAK TAGHAVI ( روشنک تقوی ) is a journalist who has reported from New York, Cairo, Tehran, Lima, Mumbai, Dubai, New Delhi, Nagpur and Washington, D.C. She has written on economics, politics and culture.

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