Ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East allows Moscow to both increase its influence in Tehran and continue to enjoy the financial windfall of higher oil prices.
Nikita Smagin
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Source: March 21
"Time for a US/Iran Patch Up" is a guest paper by James E. Doyle and Sara Kutchesfahani of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. They write in their personal capacities. For the full text of their article, please click on the link above.
For a shorter summary of the paper, please click here.
James E. Doyle
Sara Kutchesfahani
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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