By Alejo Vidal-Quadras On Tuesday, January 17, I joined former US Assistant Secretary of State Lincoln Bloomfield and a number of French Members of Parliament in addressing a conference at the French National Assembly’s Victor Hugo Hall. The purpose of the event was to discuss the direction in the near future for French and broader European policies toward the Middle East, and particularly toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. That conference has stood as one symbol of the widespread support among Western policymakers for a different approach to Middle Eastern issues and political or economic...

By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras for UPI After the unexpected election of Donald Trump as president of the United States of America, a new reality emerges not only for Americans but also for Europeans, who have been the most reliable and trustworthy allies of the United States in modern history, particularly during and after the Second World War. And with new realities, come new opportunities. A case in point is Iran, a very aggressive enemy of the United States for the past four decades. As a candidate, Trump rallied against the nuclear deal with Iran as "one of the worst deals ever negotiate...