ANALYSIS- Iran’s Economy to Suffer but Likely Ride out US Sanctions Storm
By Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Saul
DUBAI/LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iran is likely to ride out the storm from U.S. oil sanctions, suffering recession but no economic meltdown, thanks to rising crude prices and...
ANALYSIS: What Is Iran’s Role in the Future of Lebanon?
By Ahmad Rafat
The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, has warned against the perils facing the country and has called for early parliamentary elections.
“Lebanon is facing its biggest danger,” Patriarch al-Rahi...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Is Defied In Muharram Religious Processions
By Hamed Mohammadi
Religious processions held across Iran during the Holy month of Muharram to mourn the martyrdom of Shia’s third Imam Hussain (626 AD-680 AD) -- the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad – were...
ANALYSIS: IRGC Is Main Obstacle in Talks to Revive Iran Nuclear Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
In the past few weeks, there have been intense discussions on whether the U.S. should remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) in the...
ANALYSIS: War in Ukraine Contributing to Erosion of Global Consensus Over Spread of Dangerous...
By Nolan Fahrenkopf
Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
When Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden, on Sept....
ANALYSIS: A Marriage of Convenience Bolsters Iran’s Mideast Presence
By Ahmad Rafat
The Lebanese press and broadcast media have reported extensively on the recent marriage between Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of General Ghasem Soleimani -- the slain commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’...
ANALYSIS: As Iran Faces “Water Bankruptcy”, Drought Exposes Past Problems, Future Threats
By Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, July 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Severe water shortages in Iran in recent weeks have prompted electricity outages and even sparked deadly protests, but analysts say the underlying causes go back decades -...
ANALYSIS: “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region”
SPECIAL REPORT
“Qatar’s Foreign Policy:
Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region”
Chatham House
London, October 22nd 2018
★★★★★
Overview
In a meeting chaired by Neil Quilliam, a Senior Research Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Achilles’ Heel? Security Gaps and Possible Enemy Infiltration
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to...
A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Women Continue Their Long Fight for ‘Women, Life,...
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