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arian ally in the Middle East. Russians retort that U.S. policy toward Syria is all about changing the regime in Damascus, because it's allied with Tehran, and that the U.S. never tried to make Annan's peace initiative work. Each accuses the other of allowing violence in pursuit of larger geopolitical

are -- then this is the path to follow. Dmitri Trenin is director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? Meir Javedanfar June 8, 2012 -- Vladimir Putin has returned to the Russian presidential office. And, if his previous record as president is anything to go by, he's

me in Israel are getting it wrong with regard to Iran and what the Iranian leadership perceives as serious threats. Israel has to realise that the Tehran regime is more petrified by what is happening to its economy and among its own population than by the possibility of a military attack from Israel.

r installations. Coelho once said: "Be careful. You can hurt with your words, but you can also hurt with your silence." The words of a wise man. Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst and co- author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran. EFTA_R1_020298

y talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal with Tehran. An emerging school of thought suggests that the best means of "testing" Iran is to offer it a final nuclear agreement that presumably promises meas

quite certain the Quds operatives would be staying in five-star hotels. ““There’s a number of reasons that Iranian intelligence has suffered,” says Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born analyst who lectures at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. “No. 1,” he says, “is the 2009 uprisings in Iran.” The str

y talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal with Tehran. An emerging school of thought suggests that the best means of "testing" Iran is to offer it a final nuclear agreement that presumably promises measu

ut quite certain the Quds operatives would be staying in five-star hotels. "There's a number of reasons that Iranian intelligence has suffered," says Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born analyst who lectures at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. "No. 1," he says, "is the 2009 uprisings in Iran." The str

t, and Mark Heller Article 3. The Daily Star What the Arab revolts leave unanswered Rami G. Khouri Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedanfar Article 5. The Financial Time Global oil supplies are healthier than they seem lan Bremmer Article 6 Newsweek Robert Gates: America is losing its gri

some in Israel are getting it wrong with regard to Iran and what the Iranian leadership perceives as serious threats. Israel has to realise that the Tehran regime is more petrified by what is happening to its economy and among its own population than by the possibility of a military attack from Israel. W