Written by lookingbeyondbordersNovember 10, 2018November 10, 2018

Facing Sanctions, Iran Pioneers Framework For Cooperation With Russia, China And India

With Iran’s convening of its first “Regional Security Dialogue” summit in late September 2018 with deputy national security advisors from Russia, China, and India, Tehran has taken a significant step toward creating a multilateral framework for Eurasian security cooperation in the face of renewed U.S. sanctions. Ostensibly devoted to combatting terrorism in Afghanistan, the summit’s concluding declaration indicates a […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersNovember 6, 2018

US Renews Iran Sanctions; India, China Get Oil Waivers

The United States snapped sanctions back in place to choke Iran’s oil and shipping industries, while temporarily allowing top customers such as India and China to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic. Having abandoned a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump is trying to cripple Iran’s oil-dependent economy and force Tehran to […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersNovember 1, 2018

Regional Risks Of Rising U.S.-Iran Rivalry

The U.S. is pursuing a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran that includes the re-imposition of key energy and banking sanctions. With Tehran refusing to capitulate over its nuclear program or regional policies, the U.S.-Iran rivalry could escalate across the region. Read Here – International Crisis Group

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 23, 2018

The Real Problem With The Saudi’s ‘Davos In The Desert’

It was always hard to see why a semi-medieval Middle Eastern autocracy reliant on a single fossil fuel was the best place to discuss any of those issues. And it is just as hard to believe the world will be worse off for not hearing what the IMF’s Christine Lagarde or J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 23, 2018

Bowing to the Saudis Is A U.S. Presidential Tradition That Goes Back To FDR

Donald Trump’s handling of Jamal Khashoggi’s apparently brutal murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul is not the first time that an American president has had to maneuver between our economic interests and purported U.S. values. Read Here – Daily Beast

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 22, 2018

Saudi Arabia Has ‘No Intention’ Of Repeating 1973 Oil Embargo

Saudi Arabia has rejected suggestions that it may restrict global oil supply in response to international pressure over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its consulate in Istanbul. Asked whether there could be a repetition of the 1973 oil embargo when Saudi Arabia and its allies cut off oil supplies to the United States, the […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 16, 2018October 16, 2018

Khashoggi Case Could Be Death Of US-Saudi Friendship

Until two weeks ago, Western officials could, and did, excuse MbS’s domestic authoritarianism by citing his apparent reordering of a Saudi Islam as being moderate rather than the extremist version which produced, via irresponsible religious education and charitable giving, 9/11 and the Islamic State. Not any longer. Read Here – The Hill Also Read: The Irony […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 14, 2018

The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions On Iran

At first shrill and chaotic, Europe’s outrage at Trump’s take-no-prisoners Iran policy has now found a bold and practical course of action. A core group of creative European civil servants has devised several economic mechanisms meant to demonstrate the EU’s continued support for the nuclear deal, deliver Iran its economic benefits, and assert Europe’s ability […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 27, 2018

U.S.-Iran Skirmish Is The Prelude To A Larger Battle

U.S. and Iranian leaders traded insults in public at the U.N. General Assembly this week, but that’s a minor skirmish compared to the coming battle between the two adversaries. The U.S. government is about to launch its toughest sanctions yet to tighten the noose around the neck of the Tehran regime — a bold but […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 18, 2018

The Slow, Dangerous Implosion Of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman

Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) now stands alone at the top of the hierarchy, but he has lost many constituencies that allow him to rule without resorting to direct force. This situation is unsustainable and even dangerous. There’s been a serious erosion of regime legitimacy, and this is leading to a slow implosion from within. […]

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Facing Sanctions, Iran Pioneers Framework For Cooperation With Russia, China And India

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US Renews Iran Sanctions; India, China Get Oil Waivers

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Regional Risks Of Rising U.S.-Iran Rivalry

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The Real Problem With The Saudi’s ‘Davos In The Desert’

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Bowing to the Saudis Is A U.S. Presidential Tradition That Goes Back To FDR

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Saudi Arabia Has ‘No Intention’ Of Repeating 1973 Oil Embargo

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Khashoggi Case Could Be Death Of US-Saudi Friendship

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The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions On Iran

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U.S.-Iran Skirmish Is The Prelude To A Larger Battle

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The Slow, Dangerous Implosion Of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman

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