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3- Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait to the US (L) and Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah (2nd L), with UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban, at the Annual Gala of the Kuwait-America Foundation on 11 March 2012. (Photo credit: flickr)

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The Biden administration has weathered its first series of tests abroad and offered glimpses of an emerging foreign policy. Dismissing the temptations of immediate disengagement from the region, the…

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