The world’s biggest powers have too much invested in bringing Iran in from the cold to let Saudi Arabia create chaos.
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The war of words between the Gulf’s two biggest powers is hotting up, but they’ve been at loggerheads for decades.
The executions on the weekend are notable for the sheer number of people killed. However, they maintain a policy of political crackdown that was reinvigorated in Saudi Arabia during the Arab Spring.
Syria and IS may have dominated the news this year, but the Middle East has plenty of other problems on its hands.
When is a coalition not a coalition? When you don’t tell the founding members they’re in it.
The Paris atrocities came just as Assad’s military position was improving. Can the dictator harness international fury at Islamic State to strengthen his position in Syria?
John Kerry and 20 diplomats came together Saturday to seek a way toward peace in Syria. A former Indian ambassador to Syria believes good progress was made.
Moscow’s mixed messages on the future of the Syrian president is fuelling speculation that it might be preparing to desert its long-term ally.
Laden with animals, conspiracy theories and apocalyptic visions, Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya’s poetry reflects how many Arabs – urban and rural, rich and poor – view the world.
With Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the US all at the table, Russia’s benighted Syria plan may at last have a chance of success.
Penalties for drug traffickers in Iran are harsh but it also has progressive policies for addicts. Is it time to go further?
The merest hint of a successful deal over Iran’s nuclear programme is enough to get people excited. And as the country emerges from economic isolation, nowhere is the enthusiasm more keenly felt than in…
Russia’s stepped-up role in Syria is likely to bolster Iran and the anti-Western opposition in Iraq.
After years out in the cold, the Iranians have a chance to be heard in the West – and they’ve got Saudi Arabia on their minds.
Increasing trade and commerce will make it easier to verify the Iranians are keeping their promises under the nuclear agreement.
As President Obama writes his thank you notes to Democrats in Congress who helped him pass the accord, he better not forget about his European partners.
In both domestic and international politics, Iran’s ruling clergy is enjoying a much more secure position than previously.
The nuclear deal may be signed, but the history of the Islamic regime shows they will continue to rely on external conflicts to consolidate power.
Estimates of how much of Iran’s frozen assets it will get once sanctions are lifted vary widely, but the sum is most likely just a fraction of the total.
Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have good reasons to be skeptical, but blocking the deal would make the United States and its allies less secure.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Tony Walker est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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President, University of La Verne
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PhD in Politics, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Portsmouth
