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Saudi Arabia Has No Idea How to Deal With Iran -New York Times
I think the main point of the article is quite correct: the Saudis are playing a bad hand poorly. There are a few points that
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea -The New Yorker
This article from the New Yorker looks at the tensions between North Korea and the United States. It provides a rare glimpse into the internal
Iran after Rafsanjani Rafsanjani’s death has created power vacuum in Iran’s political centre. -al Jazeera
There have been a number of articles written about the recent death of former Iranian president, Hashemi Rafsanjani, most of them pretty shallow. This one
Iran’s Guards using Trump victory to claw back power -Reuters
This article makes a common argument. Hardliners on one side of a rivalry are good thing for the hardliners on the other side -at least
Khamenei’s Plan For Succession In Iran -Huffington Post
This article looks at who might succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader, or rahbar-e mo’azzam. Although Khamenei’s health is not particularly poor at