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October 17, 2023
China
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Enters Its Second Decade: Which Leaders Went to Beijing to Celebrate with Xi Jinping?
High-level attendance at this year’s Belt and Road forum is down, but BRI still has support in the Global South and will be used by Beijing to strengthen the Global South as a counterweight to the U…
June 18, 2009
Iran
Parsing Iran’s ’Momentous’ Internal Drama
Following massive protests over Iran’s presidential election results, Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert, says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have to sacrifice President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …
May 5, 2011
Bahrain: No Mood for Compromise
Medical personnel are the latest targets of a continuing crackdown in Bahrain. According to a recent posting by the Project on Middle East Democracy, "The Bahrain News Agency reports that the Milita…
September 21, 2010
Iran
Iran’s ’Shaky’ Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who addresses the UN in New York this week, is facing domestic challenges from an angry public, an assertive legislature, and conflicts with Supreme Leader Ali …
March 14, 2022
Middle East and North Africa
The Ukraine Crisis Could Sideline the Iran Nuclear Deal
Iran has officially supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but new complications in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal signal differences between Moscow and Tehran.
October 14, 2023
Lebanon
What Is Hezbollah?
Military experience gained from fighting in Syria’s civil war and decades of clashes with Israel has strengthened the Iran-backed group, but politically, its clout among Lebanon’s populace may be wan…
