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IRAN: Tensions with Washington could ease to a degree
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES281850
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In the past 12 months, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become dialogue partners of the SCO, while Iran has become a full member.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281934
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SCO membership will be Tehran’s first experience of a regional defence-security organisation since it withdrew from the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) in 1979. Iran’s defence…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281081
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IRAN/EU: Ties will likely worsen, despite dialogue
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES238167
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Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran threaten to derail Qatar's delicate geostrategic position as a small, albeit wealthy, fish in a big pond. Qatar has much to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245777
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Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247101
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In January 2022, a high-profile delegation comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) secretary general and the foreign ministers of four GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267280
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Over the past several weeks, Tehran has gradually shifted from a position of ‘strategic patience’ to escalatory action in an attempt to pressure Washington to back off and elicit…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244967
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Prospects for Iran in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239778
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With an ageing head of state, Oman must prepare for a post-Sultan Qaboos era, with some of its key policies at odds with those of other Gulf governments.