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1 – 10 of 30Russia maintains a delicate balance in the Middle East, preserving a close relationship with Shia-majority Iran and a security presence in neighbouring Syria while seeking…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286793
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285684
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War, sanctions and a mutual desire to overturn US-led regional security orders have pushed Moscow and Tehran closer together. Moscow desires to turn what has historically been a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284914
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Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran have tended to oscillate between distrust and outright animosity. However, recent events and official statements signal that the two sides…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280683
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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Any cut in gas supplies or spike in fuel prices would seriously affect Erdogan and his party at the polls, while failure to complete his flagship nuclear plant would be a serious…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273636
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IRAN: Tehran will likely extend nuclear deadlines
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES261619
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The arrest and conviction of Jalali, a medical doctor and researcher, raised accusations from Western states that Tehran detains foreign nationals as 'hostages' to apply political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270833
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Simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections are due by mid-2023 at the latest. Opinion polls suggest that support for Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party are…
IRAN/SYRIA: Focus will be hegemony, not diplomacy