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“Bibi” spits on the very notion that one can deal with Iran, but now one’s been done, he’s milking it for all it’s worth.
The sanctions are being lifted, the economy is opening up – and Tehran’s conservatives are furious.
The world’s biggest powers have too much invested in bringing Iran in from the cold to let Saudi Arabia create chaos.
Syria and IS may have dominated the news this year, but the Middle East has plenty of other problems on its hands.
Well Santa has come and gone, at least for the largest proportion of the world’s population. And, as we reach the end of the year, it is inevitably time to review recent trends and the prospects for 2016…
Why there’s a slender – a very slender – chance for working out a settlement at upcoming talks in New York.
As President Obama writes his thank you notes to Democrats in Congress who helped him pass the accord, he better not forget about his European partners.
In both domestic and international politics, Iran’s ruling clergy is enjoying a much more secure position than previously.
The nuclear deal may be signed, but the history of the Islamic regime shows they will continue to rely on external conflicts to consolidate power.
Estimates of how much of Iran’s frozen assets it will get once sanctions are lifted vary widely, but the sum is most likely just a fraction of the total.
Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have good reasons to be skeptical, but blocking the deal would make the United States and its allies less secure.
In an all-out promotional blitz, John Kerry spoke at a hastily arranged Q&A July 24 to a Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Five days later, he faced two less restrained audiences, testifying…
The way we judge nuclear risk isn’t just a rational calculation – it’s a reflection of much deeper biases.
Lord Palmerston, Britain’s 19th-century prime minister, was reputedly the first person to have coined the phrase that Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests. Many…
Due to their histories, US companies won’t be at the front of the queue when it comes to doing business in Iran, but many can’t ignore the oil or other markets.
Most countries welcomed the deal as they jockey to boost trade with the Islamic Republic and gain from the eventual end of sanctions.
Opponents of the Iran nuclear deal say it raises the nuclear weapons threat in the region. But Middle East tensions are actually likely to ease as Iran grows richer without being shackled by sanctions.
Iran’s path back to nuclear acceptability is now set out. Let the real work begin.
A scholars’ panel looks at the diplomacy, the science and the pragmatism behind the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed between Iran and six world powers.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Director, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), Deakin University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Director at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, University of Maryland
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill