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Jack Watling
This Occasional Paper explores Iran's foreign policy objectives through a strategic lens, considering strengths, weaknesses, and proxy relationships.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Military Sciences, Civil–Military Relations, Iran, Occasional Papers, Global Strategy and Commitments, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Military Personnel, Terrorism, Middle East and North AfricaAndrei Kortunov and Malcolm Chalmers
No single power can ‘fix’ the current turmoil in the Middle East. Still, there may be scope for Russia–Europe cooperation in managing the region’s ills.
Tags: RUSI International, UK-Russia Security Dialogue, Civil–Military Relations, Russia, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, National Security, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaNicola Lester
A proposal for a ‘trauma-informed’ framework to provide training and support to the Syrian White Helmets.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Syria, Resilience, Middle East and North AfricaAlbert B Wolf
For all the Sturm und Drang over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, neither side has answered the crucial question the Trump administration faces if it abrogates the deal: ‘And then what?’
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Americas, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North AfricaTom Keatinge
Mixed messages from the Financial Action Task Force’s latest plenary are unlikely to enhance Iran’s access to banking.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Sanctions, Iran, AML/CTF, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North AfricaAniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
Today's presidential election in the Islamic Republic pits moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani against Ebrahim Raisi, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's favourite and his possible successor.
Tags: International Security Studies, Iran, Middle East and North AfricaAndrew Glazzard
Andrew Glazzard reviews Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917–1947, by Bruce Hoffman
Tags: RUSI Journal, History, Middle East and North AfricaMichael Stephens
The Gulf Cooperation Council is looking beyond its immediate region in its bid to outmanoeuvre Iran
Tags: Risk and Resilience, RUSI International, RUSI Newsbrief, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Middle East and North AfricaCharlie Robertson
Iran’s return to the international community could bolster the country’s struggling economy
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North AfricaAdmiral Michael Mullen USN (Ret’d), former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, highlighted some of the initial difficult lessons from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Tags: Aerospace, Afghanistan, Iraq, Land Forces, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Iran in the South Caucasus: Adjustment and Evolution
Rose Roth, language and youth
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club