Russia, Return to the Iran Option and Capacities for Future Relations (Behzad Khoshandam, Iran Review)

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Russia-Return-to-the-Iran-Option-and-Capacities-for-Future-Relations.htm

Iran, West’s Perception to Deter Russia and 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit (Behzad Khoshandam, Iran Review)

As the process of US presidential election in 2016 becomes finalized and on the run-up to NATO’s forthcoming summit in the Polish capital, Warsaw (July 8-9, 2016), NATO’s approach is shifting from assuring its partners with regard to Russia to deterrence-like moves in the face of this actor

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Iran-West-s-Perception-to-Deter-Russia-and-2016-NATO-Warsaw-Summit.htm

Ahmed Aboul Gheit Heading the League of Arab Nations and the Outlook of Arab-Arab Struggle (Behzad Khoshandam, Iran Review)

The concurrence between appointment of Ahmed Aboul Gheit as the new secretary general of the Arab League in July 2016 and labeling of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement as a terrorist group in the organizations’ latest meeting in Cairo, Egypt, again in 2016, which followed a similar decision by the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council [(P)GCC], are among important issues to be taken into account for assessing future performance and effectiveness of this body on the world stage. Also, the simultaneity between choosing the Arab League’s new secretary general in early 2016 and labeling of Hezbollah as terrorist raises one question: can we expect changes in the Arab League’s announced and proclaimed actions and dynamism with regard to evolving developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) under the chairmanship of Ahmed Aboul Gheit?

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Ahmed-Aboul-Gheit-Heading-the-League-of-Arab-Nations-and-the-Outlook-of-Arab-Arab-Struggle.htm

2016 US Presidential Election Debates: Returning to or Rejecting the Iran Option (Behzad Khoshandam, Iran Review)

During the past few decades, Iran has been a major topic of discussion in the United States’ foreign policy and will continue to be among major items on the US foreign policy agenda through election debates in 2016. Of course, after the beginning of 2016 election debates among US presidential candidates from both Democrat and Republican parties, serious debates about the need for the US to return to the option of non-hostile cooperation with the post-JCPOA Iran, or rejecting that option as well as debates about credit of the Iran deal in US foreign policy beyond 2016 have been emerging.

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/2016-US-Presidential-Election-Debates-Returning-to-or-Rejecting-the-Iran-Option.htm