Terrorist attacks in Iran are evidence that, in the Middle East, there are far too many moving parts for US President Donald Trump’s recent trip to have changed much on the ground.
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The ongoing diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia has isolated Qatar from the rest of the Middle East while also undermining the anti-Iran alliance among the Gulf countries.
Qatar has used its wealth to adopt policies sometimes rivaling Saudi Arabia’s. Think, for example, of the popular Al-Jazeera. Now the Saudis seem determined to limit Qatari influence as much as possible.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have butted heads before, but this time seems different.
The visit has wider implications for the entire Middle East.
Tehran is fostering a start-up industry as a possible motor to solve Iran’s unemployment crisis.
We asked an expert on diplomacy and foreign policy.
Without protection, Iran’s spectacular American- and Italian-designed mid-century structures will be reduced to dust, beams and concrete blocks.
Between an electorate hungry for change and a powerful hardline elite, Hassan Rouhani has his work cut out for him.
President is not the most important leadership role in Iran. The election is not completely democratic. That said, there’s a pretty competitive contest happening.
Handing over censorship to authors and writers themselves may actually make it harsher.
The election TV debates have shown the candidates to be out of touch.
Trump’s tough rhetoric is bad news for Iran’s moderates.
Rouhani’s conservative rivals are exploiting growing pessimism about the economy, increasing the odds that someone more hostile to the West might become Iran’s next president.
To understand the complexities of the conflict in Syria and what might happen next, it helps to untangle the three layers of strife in the war-torn country.
New research from a multidisciplinary teams of scholars suggests military alliances tie nations together in ways that are not always immediately obvious.
The latest in a series of meetings will see the two countries sign a number of agreements on political and economic matters.
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
Since the 1970s, several Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have strongly increased their influence in the Olympic movement.
The revised ban allows entry to citizens of Iraq, but continues to block citizens of six other Muslim majority nations.
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