“The pieces on the Middle East chessboard continue to move.” http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/saudis-iran-houthi-attack-Sanaa.html
Tag: Iran
US, Iran woo rival Kurdish factions in battle against IS -al Monitor
Interesting and fairly detailed discussion of how Iran has been supporting one part of the Kurdish ruling coalition (the PUK) while the US has supported
“Iranian Attitudes on Nuclear Negotiations” -Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
CISSM has conducted a detailed survey of the Iranian public’s attitudes toward the country’s nuclear program and the negotiations with the US. Below are some
Iran has mixed feelings about cooperating with US against IS -Al Monitor
Interesting piece on Iran’s strategic calculations. From Tehran’s perspective, they cooperated with the US during regional crises in the past (Kuwait & Afghanistan), only to
Iran nuclear negotiations go into extra time -BBC
The brinksmanship continues… http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29220200
Iran leader’s surgery: What the media coverage reveals -BBC
The analysis of Iranian factional politics has often been compared to old-school ‘Kremlinology” which focused on the ‘Who’s Who’ of the Soviet Union. Western analysts
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