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OPINION Turkey and Iran’s Approach to the YPG: A New Overlap of Interests?
Turkey should not expect other parties to understand and support responses to its own security threats. If Turkey enters into the field in Syria by using its hard power, this may change the game in its favor.
OPINION Is Trump’s Maximum Pressure Policy against Iran Working?
Trump’s maximum pressure policy is working but apparently not to the advantage of regional and global peace and stability.
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Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Decision and Its Implications
Since the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the Trump administration has indicated that they are not seeking regime change in Iran, rather a more appropriate nuclear deal.
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The Trump Administration Steps Back From its Own Brinkmanship
Iran’s air defence missile systems shooting down a high-tech US military drone south of the Gulf on Thursday, June 20 is the latest example of increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran over the past year.
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Why Turkey is Complying with the Iran Sanctions?
With U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 countries in May 2018, Iran’s nuclear activities have moved to the top of the international agenda again.
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The US-Iran Tension is Mounting
The active presence of those who prefer the option of armed conflict both in the US and Iran seems to present a new and grievous challenge for the entire region.
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The Politics of Uncertainty in Iran
Zarif’s resignation showed that there is a complex balance between Iran’s conservatives and the reformist-moderate camp and a government crisis is what Iran needs the least.
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The Future of the Turkish – Saudi Relations
Turkey’s cool-headed and uncompromising attitude prevented covering up the incident and prevented the escalation of the crisis into a bilateral problem between Riyadh and Ankara.
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Where does Iran and Russia stand in Afrin?
Iran’s red lines concerning intervention in Syria are the presence of the regime and the securing of the resistance line. As Turkey does not directly threaten these concerns, it is possible for Tehran to be more empathetic to Ankara's priorities in Syria.
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The Politics Behind the Protests in Iran
The demonstrations have been triggered by economic factors but a look at the protest slogans, and the potential figures backing the protests, shows that there might be more to the unrest.
