... situations like in Egypt, for many years one of the top recipients of U.S. foreign aid, Obama and Americans, as was/is the case in Syria and Iraq, seems to prefer a “don’t do stupid shit” (to quote the president) approach.
Obama has—correctly—realized ... ... into being an apartheid-like political pariah within the Western world.
4.) There’s a good chance for a thaw/deal with Iran in the near future.
More than any president since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Obama has shown an energy and a willingness ...
... Arab Iraqis to fight extremists, especially in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Syria’s border, saw the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq/Mesopotamia and similar extremist... ... Finally, and certainly not least among the reasons, ISIS was murdering and abusing thousands in ways that even al-Qaeda thought went too far. Christians, Yazidis, Shiites... ... world. U.S. support would also strengthen an Iraqi government that was in line with Iran in many ways and had resisted accommodating the U.S. government when it came to...
... now that the US and the EU no longer harbour any illusions about Crimea having become part of Russia for good?
Sanctions and Syrian chemical weapons
The following episode in the West’s pressure campaign against Russia provides a useful insight into ... ... January 2017, we can assume that the cooling down policy would continue for at least the next three years.
Sanctions and the Iranian nuclear dossier
The matter of settling the Iranian nuclear problem within the framework of the P5+1 and Iran is no less ...
Only cooperation between Moscow and Washington can solve the Middle East's most vexing problems.
On November 21, 2013,
Foreign Policy published
article "On Syria and Iran, U.S. and Russia Can Work Together" by RIAC President and former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, it is striking that areas of disagreement ...
According to European and Russian experts on the Middle East, use of force against Syria is fraught with dire consequences.
On September 23, Russian International Affairs Council held a meeting of analysts from ... ... ECFR Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program, settlement of the Syria situation should impact both relations with Iran and its talks with the "group of six" on the nuclear program. Mr. Levy believes that the Syria and Iran issues ...
Two-and-a-half-years into the Syrian conflict, the balance of power in the embattled state continues to evolve between the government of Bashar al-Assad and ... ... civil war.
As the violence in Syria escalated, a regional conflict morphed into an issue of international concern. Russia, Iran, Lebanon’s militia group Hizbullah, and China backed the Assad regime. The so-called “Friends of Syria,” ...
Interview with Viktor Averkov, RIAC expert
Interview
Iran today is a country burdened by numerous international sanctions that hamper both its economic development and its ability ... ... recognized Iran's peaceful nuclear program but keeps pressurizing the country with sanctions in order to obtain concessions on Syria and the Gulf states.
In what way could the election of the new Iranian president influence the overall situation in the ...
