Sadjadpour: Arab leaders don't want democratic Iran
Matt Duss at Think Progress picks up on Carnegie Endowment expert Karim Sadjadpour‘s Financial Times piece yesterday to point out that military containment won’t work against as a strategy against a...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Keep Your Nerve on Syria
via Lobe Log by Robert E. Hunter “Then we’ll have done all we can.” “Very heartless.” “It’s safer to be heartless than mindless. History is the triumph of the heartless over the mindless.”...
View ArticleLimited US Influence in Egypt Can Still Do Some Good
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick When is a coup not a coup? When calling it that carries repercussions that make a bad situation worse. US President Barack Obama is struggling with recent events in...
View ArticleAmbassadorial Recall Signals Deepening Rifts Among Gulf Sheikhs
via LobeLog by Emile Nakhleh Yesterday’s public announcement by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain that they’re withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar signals a serious rift...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Sulking in the Tent
via LobeLog by Thomas W. Lippman The rulers of Saudi Arabia are becoming masters of a diplomatic style best described as sulking in the tent. If a country or organization is not performing in a way...
View ArticleDo Neocons Want a Deal with Iran?
via LobeLog by Derek Davison As talks over a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program continue in Vienna (the next round will be April 7-9) it seems that even those neoconservatives who...
View ArticleThe UAE’s Preservation of the Status Quo
via LobeLob by Daniel Wagner, Giorgio Cafiero, and Sufyan bin Uzayr* Since the revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has arrested dozens of...
View ArticleExplainer: The Oil Price Plunge
via Lobelog by Sara Vakhshouri In the past several days—despite the conflicts affecting Iraq, Syria, Iran and Russia—oil prices have been on a downward trend, hitting their lowest number in the past...
View ArticleThe Roots of Recurring Iranian-Pakistani Tensions
via Lobelog by Shireen T. Hunter In the past two weeks, relations between Tehran and Islamabad appear to have deteriorated again over border clashes and terrorist attacks in Iran’s Sistan and...
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Tracking Libya’s Progressive Collapse
via Lobelog by Wayne White Libya’s chaos and violence may seem like a continuum of painful replays. However, as the situation festers, the risk of extremist elements gaining a more dangerous foothold...
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