IRAN: COVID-19 might lower risk of brinkmanship
The COVID-9 is part of a “perfect storm” of challenges facing the government. Iran’s status as a CDC Level 3 country seriously compounds the country’s economic problems resulting from sanctions and falling oil prices. In the next six months, the government is more likely t… Become a member to read the rest of this […]
INDIA: Delhi’s Iran problem
New Delhi’s nuanced reaction to the US attack on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that took out Maj Gen Qassem Suleimani, not naming those who carried it out (unlike China which named the US), reflects economic compulsions as well as geopolitical realities. Although Indi… Become a member to read the rest of this article