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    Saudi-Iranian Reconciliation: Limits and Opportunities

    Jul 16, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    The most important factor driving Iran’s pursuit of reconciliation with the kingdom was the Islamic Republic’s difficult economic situation, made worse by Amer…

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    What Provoked Israel’s Limited Response to Iran’s Attack?

    Apr 29, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    At dawn on 14 April, 2024, Iran launched its first ever direct attack from its own territory against Israel, involving some 120 ballistic missiles, 36 cruise m…

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    China Brokered Iran Saudi Agreement: Motives and Prospects

    Mar 16, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    Following secret five-day negotiations in Beijing between the two countries’ national security advisors, Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to res…

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    Where Dance Fights with the Devil

    Dec 5, 2022Mohammad Hossein Badamchi

    Iran is currently experiencing one of the largest anti-government protests since 2009. The protests were ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old wom…

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    “Women, Life, Freedom”: Protesting the Islamic Republic

    Oct 4, 2022Mehran Kamrava

    The killing in Iran of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, at the hands of the so-called Morality Police (Gasht-e Ershad), has engulfed the country in nationwide…

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    An Assassination Attempt Revives an Old Discussion

    Sep 13, 2022Azmi Bishara

    The assassination attempt on novelist Salman Rushdie as he lectured at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday, August 12, 2022 in Chautauqua, New York, has reson…

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    Iran’s Ties with China: Synergising Geoconomic Strategies

    Jul 7, 2022Deepika Saraswat

    Iran has approached China’s rise and the ongoing systemic shift in the global political economy from Euro-Atlantic towards Asia with optimism. While it celebra…

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    The Vienna Negotiations and the Elusive Return of the Iranian Nuclear Deal

    May 1, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    Despite the passage of more than a year since the launch of the Vienna negotiations to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly kno…

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    The Negev Meeting: Did Israel Fail to Meet its Objectives?

    Apr 4, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    The foreign ministers of Israel, the US, Egypt, Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain held a meeting at Sde Boker Kibbutz in the Negev on 27-28 March 2021. The Minister…

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    Targeting Iran on Multiple Fronts: Israeli Calculations

    Aug 29, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)

    The recent Israeli attacks in three Arab countries are not expected to lead to a major confrontation, at least at this time

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    Iran’s Syria Predicament

    Jul 4, 2018Marwan Kabalan

    As Syria's civil war draws to a close, Iran's activity in the country is coming under increasing scrutiny. The US, Israel, and the Gulf states are all working …

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    How the blockade on Qatar failed

    Jun 5, 2018Marwan Kabalan

    The GCC crisis has inflicted significant financial loss on Qatar, but it has failed to bring it down.