What’s behind Iran’s sudden realignment with Turkey?
Rather than herald the emergence of a new alliance in the region, the recent rapprochement between Iran and Turkey appears to be a marriage of convenience.
Rather than herald the emergence of a new alliance in the region, the recent rapprochement between Iran and Turkey appears to be a marriage of convenience.
Rouhani knows very well that if his government continues to unilaterally implement the nuclear deal, he will come under more attacks from his political opponents and hardliners.
Faced by the human and economic ravages of COVID-19 and enduring—if precarious—stalemates in myriad conflict zones, including the Gulf, Yemen, Syria, and Libya, the region’s leaders are likely to keep well back from the brink.
There are now valid reasons for Libyans and the international community at large to fear a dangerous scenario whereby Egypt and Turkey clash with each other.
A Turkish-US business council is projecting Turkey as a trading alternative to China with the help of influential US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close associate of President Donald J. Trump.
King Abdullah II has warned the United States that he fears that annexation could cause significant conflict within Jordan, as well as between Jordan and Israel.
This new round of sanctions is targeted at anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad, including Lebanon, a country that’s already dealing with economic crisis of its own.
A recent poll found that 80 percent of Americans think the U.S. should help countries around the world with weak healthcare systems fight COVID-19.
Israel appears to be moving full steam ahead on its plans to annex large portions of the West Bank seemingly without much consideration of the consequences.
Maybe it’s time for everyone to move on.
The United States is plunging further into its self-defeating foreign policy with new “maximum pressure” sanctions on Syria and anyone doing business with it.
On Twitter, where hundreds of Iranian accounts have been rooting for #Calexit lately, one user wrote, “Dear people of California: our country (Iran) wants your independence, and we are ready to help you in any way we can.”
The Trump administration recently blocked Iran form getting an IMF loan amid the COVID-19 crisis and it’s likely to do it again because of Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon’s government
Those who predicted Iran would turn toward hardliners if the U.S. withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal have so far been proven to be correct.
A recent peace proposal from the Palestinian prime minister raises questions about just who represents Palestinians and what they actually will accept.
Iran continues to pull back on some of its obligations in response to Trump unilaterally reimposing crushing sanctions, but the JCPOA is still alive.
“The fundamental problem with U.S. policy toward Iran has been a ridiculous inflation of Iran’s importance to the United States.”
Negotiations to end the fighting in Yemen must include nongovernmental and grassroots actors in order to achieve a sustainable peace.
You’re not wrong if you’re thinking that Trump’s handling of the protests across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s murder seems very familiar.
A couple of think tank hawks are bummed that regime change isn’t cool anymore.
The U.S. has made over $11 billion in major arms offers since the beginning of March, including to repressive regimes like the Philippines, Egypt, and the UAE.