... Bandar was quite literally put on political hold after a remark he made to French President Francois Hollande in the summer of 2013 prompted US President Barack Obama’s ire. At the time, Prince Bandar commented that by diplomatically engaging Iran, the US had proven it would no longer defend Saudi Arabia’s regional interests in the Middle East, a stance the Prince noted would have to be addressed.
Needless to say that the Prince of Terror’s comments - as many have dubbed him ...
...
National Transitional Council
.
The same scenario was meant for Damascus, whose membership was suspended after the domestic
conflict erupted
. Saudi Arabia and Qatar became key sponsors of the armed Syrian opposition in order to detach Syria from Iran’s orbit.
Hence, during phase one of the Arab Spring, the LAS served as the trumpeter of Riyadh and Doha’s interests in engaging the international community into toppling the Libyan and Syrian governments.
The general replacement of past ...
Settlement Road Map
After a decade-long deadlock in negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue (INI), there have been some noticeable positive developments in the positions of the two key opposing sides: Iran and the U.S. The negotiators agreed on a road map of reciprocal practical steps that would lead to the realistic possibility ...
On March 7, RIAC hosted representatives of Institute of Iran Eurasian Studies (IRAS) and Iranian Embassy to Moscow to discuss future partnership of two think tanks and possible formats for joint research on bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership of Russia and Iran, as well as their dialogue on Afghanistan,...
... it does not meet its immediate security interests, an avenue has been opened up in between Kabul and the Taliban.
For the past months, President Karzai has extensively worked to further bilateral cooperation with India, Pakistan and most importantly, Iran, determined as he is to create a network of economic, military and political alliances which will counteract any insurgency movement in Afghanistan; a move many experts have said could be prove far more effective than Washington’s military ...
Russia has no illusions or high hopes ahead of talks between Iran and the P 5 + 1, five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said upon arrival to Vienna on Tuesday.
"Let’s see what we’ll on hand after these negotiations but, honestly,...
On January 28-29, RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
met
Ali Larijani
, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, and
Mohammad Zarif
, Iran’s Foreign Minister, in Tehran. The parties expressed deep satisfaction over dynamic development of the bilateral multifaceted cooperation that is now facing new opportunities due to the constructive ...
On January 20, 2014 the Russian International Affairs Council held a round table “
A New Agenda for Russia-Iran Relations
.”
When opening the debate, RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
underlined that the situation around Iran is approaching a new stage, which inevitably affects the bilateral relations. In this context, Russia is to clearly determine its long-term ...
Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. RIAC member and Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations Alexander Dynkin; RIAC member and Rector of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations Eugeny Kozhokin; RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov; RIAC member and ...
The most expected international agreement of 2014
Many observers quickly put the Geneva accords with Iran on a par with the Camp David agreements, which definitely seems like an overstatement, in the very least because the Geneva accords are temporary, aimed at lasting only six moths and at normalizing the atmosphere for a genuinely global package deal ...
