Middle East
Iran Negotiations, OPEC Meeting Loom For Oil Markets
As November draws to a close, there are two major events that could profoundly change the oil markets. With the clock ticking, the 5 permanent ……Read More
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Middle East
Iraq What Comes After the Islamic State?
Since 2003 when Operation Iraqi Freedom began, Iraq lurched from crisis to crisis. The nation-building experiment has left a political vacuum despite the so-called democratic ……Read More
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Israel, Iran and the Nuclear Dilemma
The recent news that President Obama has sent a "secret letter" to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini, a reformist, about assisting in the fight ……Read More
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Iranian Gas Can’t Save Europe
Iran has long-term plans to sell natural gas to Europe, according to its deputy oil minister Ali Majedi. Speaking in March 2014, the deputy minister ……Read More
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Lessons of North Korea for Iran Nuclear Talks
Among the arguments marshaled by those wary of a nuclear agreement with Iran is that past efforts to negotiate away North Korea’s nuclear weapons program failed. Iran’s ……Read More
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Iran-Pakistan: Will Border Tensions Boil Over?
There have been a number of rounds of border skirmishes between Iran and Pakistan since the first week of October. However, reports that Pakistani forces ……Read More