It was wonderful to speak with Gönül Tol and Thomas Carothers for this podcast on rule of law in the Middle East

Hosted Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) Author Spotlight with Dr. Vali Nasr on his latest book, 'How Sanctions Work: Iran and Economic Warfare'. We discussed if sanctions change behavior and concluded that the US must consider broader strategies beyond economic sanctions.
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It was wonderful to speak with Gönül Tol and Thomas Carothers for this podcast on rule of law in the Middle East

Saudis reiterating Arab peace initiative principles here--clear path to Palestinian state for normalization with Israel.

NEW EPISODE: I spoke to Javad Shamsi about how companies adapt to sanctions.

Javad became an economist to understand the forces that were changing his life as a young Iranian.

His firm-level research challenges key assumptions about how sanctions work.
thesanctionsage.com/p/episode-4-ja…

BREAKING: Netanyahu says Israel will invade Rafah with or without a hostage deal

🎥 تماشا کنید: زمزمه‌های مذاکره ایران و آمریکا

🔹گفته می‌شود به‌زودی مذاکرات تهران-واشنگتن آغاز می‌شود

.BBC NEWS فارسی interview with hardliner-turned-critic Mehdi Nasiri in which he says monarchists and some Reformists should join forces is making the rounds on Iranian social media.

Nasiri's transformation is cautionary tale for the Islamic Republic: amwaj.media/article/inside…

Now that’s interesting: Israel is now open to discussing 'sustainable calm' in Gaza after an initial hostage release. In other words, Israel is open to ending the war if it can get the hostages back. axios.com/2024/04/27/isr…

So pleased that my book, “Iran and the Security Order in the Persian Gulf: The Presidency of Hassan Rouhani,” will be published in July by Routledge Books

Many thanks to Prof. Jagannath Panda, 潘杰根 | Ph.D..

Pre-order the book here: routledge.com/Iran-and-the-S…

.Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل Dalia Dassa Kaye: The Arab world does not want to take clear sides between Iran and Israel 👇🏼

.Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل Dalia Dassa Kaye: The Arab world does not want to take clear sides between Iran and Israel 👇🏼

Israeli hawks argue that degrading Hezbollah’s military could provide a much-needed boost for Israel’s battered national morale and degrading, deterring, and humiliating Hezbollah is more important for Israel’s national security than anything in Gaza. theatlantic.com/international/…

#Irannews 🧵
1- Iran’s president allocates €3 billion for fencing and building walls in eastern borders with Afghanistan & Pakistan.
The funds will be provided to the General Staff of the Armed Forces that will be in charge alongside the army, the IRGC Khatam construction HQs.

Having just been in Beijing, I was a bit baffled by the China visit of Germany's Chancellor.

Having mulled it over, in Foreign Policy I try to explain what was going on, and what lessons other western leaders might draw.

But a few caveats first....

foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/ola…

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

Damn I keep getting great books in the mail. This amazing 800 page biography of Zhou Enlai by inimitable Chen Jian I have read already: it’s superb, as you’d expect.

This is an impressive round-up of views on Iran's economy from Melissa Lawford.

I offered my take on the approaching limits of Iranian industrial resilience, the disempowerment of Iran's middle class, and why Biden's Iran policy reached a dead end.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

SAIS recently hosted Iraqi Prime Minister @MohamedShia at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, who called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. “The political relationship between nations can be victim to changing tides,” he said. sais.jhu.edu/news-press/eve…

💥Hamas political official Khalil al-Hayya tells the Associated Press the Islamist milita would agree to a 5-year (or longer) truce and would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.