Iran Democracy Monitor No. 200
A slackening of ideological bonds;
Tehran eyes the South Caucasus...;
...as Beijing buckles a bit
A slackening of ideological bonds;
Tehran eyes the South Caucasus...;
...as Beijing buckles a bit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is betting big on China.
The PA drifts towards radicalism...;
...as Hamas cleans house (sort of)...;
...and bends the knee to Tehran;
al-Qaeda seeks to reclaim the high ground
[W]hatever happens on the political front, the country's foreign policy outlook, and its security priorities, will stay largely the same.
After forty years of draconian religious rule, meaningful change may be possible in Iran.