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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.
In an all-out promotional blitz, John Kerry spoke at a hastily arranged Q&A July 24 to a Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Five days later, he faced two less restrained audiences, testifying…
The way we judge nuclear risk isn’t just a rational calculation – it’s a reflection of much deeper biases.
Lord Palmerston, Britain’s 19th-century prime minister, was reputedly the first person to have coined the phrase that Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests. Many…
Due to their histories, US companies won’t be at the front of the queue when it comes to doing business in Iran, but many can’t ignore the oil or other markets.
Most countries welcomed the deal as they jockey to boost trade with the Islamic Republic and gain from the eventual end of sanctions.
Opponents of the Iran nuclear deal say it raises the nuclear weapons threat in the region. But Middle East tensions are actually likely to ease as Iran grows richer without being shackled by sanctions.
Iran’s path back to nuclear acceptability is now set out. Let the real work begin.
A scholars’ panel looks at the diplomacy, the science and the pragmatism behind the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed between Iran and six world powers.
It’s been assumed that most Arab countries are adamantly opposed to Iran’s regional rise and therefore not in favor of a nuclear deal. But is that really the case?
Fears that nuclear weapons would pop up all over the world post-1945 have proven to be overblown.
So there’s now a real plan to sort out Iran’s nuclear programme. What about all its other problems?
Centrifuges, plutonium, uranium enrichment – what’s the nuclear science behind the deal to curb Iran’s atomic weapons program.
The preliminary deal won’t lift any sanctions, but businesses eager to return to Iran won’t wait for the ink to dry to gear up.
Iran has never backed out of the nuclear nonproliferation regime in principle. But what about those who never signed up in the first place?
Churchill’s famous aphorism that it’s better to jaw-jaw than to war-war has never been more apposite or timely. Although the usual suspects are queueing up to criticise the agreement between Iran and various…
Polls in Iran and US underscore the mutual popular mistrust that could scuttle a final deal.
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