On October 5, 2017, along with the historical visit of the King of Saudi Arabia to Moscow, several events were held to focus on the current state of relations and prospects for development of relations between Moscow and Riyadh.
On October 5, 2017, along with the historical visit of the King of Saudi Arabia to Moscow, several events were held to focus on the current state of relations and prospects for development of relations between Moscow and Riyadh.
The first half of the day was marked by the...
Although US and Iranian diplomatic strategy compartmentalized the Iran nuclear negotiations in order to reduce the risk of failure on this priority issue, these governments’ regional disputes were inevitably going to return to the fore and threaten the sustainability ...
The statement’s signatories, who include George Robertson, Wolfgang Ischinger, Javier Solana, Igor Ivanov argue that not certifying Iran’s compliance on spurious grounds would damage not only US interests but also US international standing.
Next month the US Administration concludes its review of relations with Iran and addresses its next requirement to report to the US Congress ...
Andrei Kortunov about the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, end of the war in Ukraine, the nuclear deal with Iran, and Turkey's heated relations with the West.
The Director General of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Andrei Kortunov, in an interview to Vestnik Kavkaza spoke about the key issues of the international agenda that will be discussed ...
... reputation of foreign companies in their competition for the American market. The last component is important because of the large volume of the American market. Any company can be faced with a choice: either the American market, or, for example, the Iranian one. Such a game was quite successful against Tehran. At least in the United States it is commonly believed that sanctions helped bring Iran to the negotiating table.
In the same form the sanctions were applied against Russia. The US hits as much ...
What Will the Washington—Tehran Psychological Warfare Bring?
Jahangir Karami:
Iran 2017: Election Race and Outcomes
In the first half of 2017 American-Iranian contradictions magnified. President Trump, in the course of his election campaign and after taking office, strongly condemned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for ...
... former partners turned rivals — the United States above all — to acknowledge Russia’s security interests and accept its importance as a power to be reckoned with globally.
Moscow’s engagement with the West on issues such as Ukraine, Syria, or Iranian and North Korean nuclear matters is geared to these priorities.
With the Minsk II agreement of February 2015, Moscow aims to create an insurmountable constitutional obstacle in Ukraine to Kiev’s accession to NATO and insert a pro-Russian element ...
... continue to exacerbate the already deep-seated, multifaceted struggle for authority between the KRG and the Iraqi central government.
The referendum faces strong opposition from the central government in Baghdad as well as the neighboring states of Iran and Turkey who have expressed concerns that independence could inspire separatist claims from their own Kurdish populations. Opposition to Kurdish independence could further exacerbate tensions between these countries, which have been historically ...
... local Sunni tribes from Revolution Commando, supported by American, British, Norwegian and Jordanian special operations forces. At the same time, Washington and Amman will not be promoted to full members of the Astana format and guarantor countries. Iran and Turkey, for their part, will retain their status as guarantor countries in this southern zone, in accordance with the Astana agreements.
The newly included territories are not mentioned in the Astana memorandum on de-escalation zones but let ...
... clergy in state affairs and lowering the national economy’s dependence on oil.
Prince Mohammad’s liberal views (at least by Saudi Arabian standards) do not stop him from implementing a tough foreign policy. He maintains a firm stance with regard to Iran, the country which Riyadh views as a source of existential threat to Saudi Arabia. In particular, it was Prince Mohammad who made the decision on Saudi Arabia’s direct intervention in the civil war in neighbouring Yemen, an extremely untypical ...
