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Top Iranian security official signals it may resume nuclear negotiations if the U.S. abandons military options.
Israel had long planned an attack on Iran but delayed it until several factors aligned: Donald Trump’s election in the US, ...
His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.
The National Interest on MSN8h

Will Central Asia Join the Abraham Accords?

While the nations of Central Asia have reasons to pursue closer ties with Israel, they will most likely stop short of full diplomatic recognition.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt ...
Opinion

Trump and the art of war

Trump views alliances and diplomacy through a business and trade lens, but now he is more overtly pursuing transactional goals, be it trade benefits, security deals, or foreign policy influence. This ...
For Trump, brokering peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia — both now estranged from Moscow — offers a safer stage on which to cast himself as a global peacemaker than his efforts to end the war in ...
A peace plan between Armenia and Azerbaijan brokered by Donald Trump calls for a US-backed transit corridor in the South Caucasus. Tehran's response has been surprisingly mixed.
France, the U.K., and Germany are threatening to reinstate full U.N. sanctions on Iran if it doesn't come back to the nuclear ...
The Express Tribune on MSN1d

Comprehending Iran

This proclivity still guides Iran under the gerontocracy of Khamenei and his inner circle. Fifth, the war with Iraq gave the ...
Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani criticized his government's Middle East strategy on Thursday in comments published by ...