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Alexander Langlois

Pezeshkian Putin
Middle East

Can Russia avert a US slide toward war with Iran?

As Trump commits to max pressure 2.0, Moscow is expressing interest in mediating a new deal

Blinken appears laser focused on a Saudi-Israel deal, at all costs
Middle East

Blinken appears laser focused on a Saudi-Israel deal, at all costs

Giving a security guarantee to Riyadh in exchange for normalization would actually put the US at risk

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Middle East

The fragile, renewed ties between Qatar and Bahrain

While the US welcomes the rapprochement, Doha and Manama's checkered past and diverging views on Iran and Israel pose roadblocks.