3
Shared Docs
3
Same-Page
3 / 3
Mentions
6. Foreign Policy Research Institute Russia's Anxieties About The Arab Revolution Stephen Blank The Washington Post The rise and fall of Iran's Ahmadinejad Karim Sadjadpour EFTA_R1_02033688 EFTA02691515 Ankle 1. International Crisis Group The Syrian Regime's Slow-motion Suicide Executive Summary
rivate "slush funds." Beyond that, Libya has also reportedly offered Russia a naval base in Benghazi while Syria has offered Moscow a naval base at Tartus. These events suggest that in return for arms sales host states are being pressured to give Moscow access to foreign bases. We have also seen this
ffice is a conservative of one type or the other, since they have to be vetted by the regime. Is there really a difference between forces loyal to Ahmadinejad's group and those close to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's leadership? It is not really true that reformist candidates or candidates who identi
ia's last opportunity to exert leverage in a region where, since the Cold War's end, almost every other country has turned to Washington for arms. Tartus, the second-largest port in Syria, has been the cornerstone of Russian-Syrian naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians h
ous conservative forces which collectively identify themselves as "Principlists." The elections are also significant because as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaches the end of his constitutionally permitted two terms in 2013, these elections will likely provide some indication about the course of the pr
ia's last opportunity to exert leverage in a region where, since the Cold War's end, almost every other country has turned to Washington for arms. Tartus, the second-largest port in Syria, has been the cornerstone of Russian-Syrian naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians h
Entities connected to both Ahmadinejad and Tartus

Barack Obama
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Tunisia
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATION
Middle East
LOCATION
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Yemen
LOCATION
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Khamenei
PERSON
the Persian Gulf
LOCATION