Iran Democracy Monitor No. 221
The rise of the "indoctrinated technocrat";
The IRGC's expanding fortunes;
China's Iranian footprint gets bigger
The rise of the "indoctrinated technocrat";
The IRGC's expanding fortunes;
China's Iranian footprint gets bigger
Why won’t Iran cut a deal? Its regime has taken an uncompromising line in renewed talks over its nuclear program. Although that has left the United States and its allies bewildered and frustrated, the regime has solid reasons for doing so.
The Biden administration’s announcement that it will limit economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy could prove significant, since it follows two decades in which policymakers of both parties dramatically increased the use of sanctions against governments, individuals, and entities that they considered bad actors.
Whatever happened to America's Syria policy?
Sudan seizes Hamas assets;
Saudi textbooks trend more tolerant;
Next up, a nuclear Taliban?;
Iraq and the "Abraham Accords"