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Week in Review

Iran nuclear

US, West turn up heat on Iran over Ukraine

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi in Tehran on March 4, 2023.

Analysis

Iran’s new nuclear normal gets boost from oil exports

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Wagner group

Putin’s Syria policy hangs on amid Russian crackdown on Wagner

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he arrives at presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on June 16, 2023.

Analysis

Macron, MBS see future in French-Saudi partnership

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna on July 14, 2015.

Analysis

US détente with Iran combines diplomacy, deterrence

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) attends a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan at the Intercontinental Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 8, 2023.

Analysis

Blinken, Saudi FM back away from ‘zero sum’ approach to China

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (L) meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in Tehran on May 29.

Analysis

Israel alarmed by IAEA report, possible US backchannel diplomacy with Iran

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Turkey election

Analysis

Turkey’s Kilicdaroglu scapegoats Syrian refugees in bid to defeat Erdogan

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Biden Saudi Arabia

Analysis

Biden gives priority to Israel-Saudi normalization

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart at the foreign ministry headquarters in Baghdad on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP) (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraqi FM expects continuity in ties with Turkey, no matter who wins election

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

A woman sits outside a tent at a camp for those displaced by conflict in the countryside near Syria's northern city of Raqa on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Assad will demand high price for return of refugees

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Turkey election

Earthquake, refugees, Assad may be keys to Turkey's election

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti