Joe Biden has said he wants to return the United States to the Joint Collective Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal.
But the window of opportunity may be closing.
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The US president is sending a message to Saudi Arabia. But it might also find that negotiations with Tehran are tougher.
From a global perspective, there was nothing unique about the recent raid on the U.S. Capitol. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have backed military coups around the world for decades.
America's hardline policy towards Iran has failed. The incoming US president has an opportunity to change course.
Much will depend on Iran’s response to what it sees as Israeli and US provocation, including the November assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Climate change means more water is evaporating than is flowing in.
The president-elect is also likely to be less tolerant of Israel's settlement expansion and the inroads Russia and Turkey have made into the Middle East.
States are increasingly using assassination to guard against the twin threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave a carefully worded statement in response to questions of a prisoner swap. This kind of deal could bring criticism from Australia's allies.
A new US administration needs to rejoin the nuclear deal and engage in statecraft to improve relations with Tehran.
A Trump election loss would suit NZ's trade, climate and arms control foreign policies. But there will still be the problem of China.
In 2016, America's adversaries seemed to cheer electoral chaos and a withering faith in democracy. Now they seem to be hoping democracy can topple a leader they've grown loathe to deal with.
As fighting continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, neighbouring Iran has offered to mediate.
An 11th-century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet had a profound influence on both European thought and the Islamic world.
'Beta testing' of bold ideas is rare in foreign affairs, but the UAE and Bahrain have provided just such a test case for the Saudis in their own push to normalise relations with Israel.
A huge new online survey of Iranians reveals only 40% identify as Muslim.
The US bid to impose so-called 'snapback' sanctions on Iran was roundly rejected by the UN security council.
The US and Iran had been friends for over a century before the British and American coup in 1953 eventually turned them into enemies.
Salt storms are an emerging threat, as Lake Urmia dries up and exposes huge salt marshes.
Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been detained in Iran since 2018. Her transfer to a notoriously brutal prison this week has pushed a fellow researcher to speak out.
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Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Senior lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of Middle East & Central Asian Politics, Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-chancellor's fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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PhD in Politics, Lancaster University
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political and Historical Ethnography, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
