On his website, TCF fellow Thanassis Cambanis recently wrote an article entitled, “Regional realignment with Hezbollah, Assad & Iran?” prompted by the assassination of a Hezbollah official in Beirut yesterday. Cambanis outlines ways in which we can spot real change after Iran's nuclear deal.
What should we look for as signals of a coming, substantive change?
- Rhetoric from Hassan Nasrallah that opens the door to a frigid détente with the US on some issues.
- Continuing restraint by Hezbollah in its response to attacks and assassinations.
- Agreements or accords that result from the vigorous outreach by Iran’s foreign minister to the leaders of the Arab countries in the Gulf.
- Offers, even totally rhetorical ones, from Assad to cooperate with the US against the jihadi groups in Syria.
Read more at Thanassis Cambanis' blog.
Tags: beirut, hezbollah, syria, foreign policy, iran, bashar al-assad, syrian war, middle east, arab countries, iran nuclear deal, thanassis cambanis
Regional Consequences of Iran’s Nuclear Deal
On his website, TCF fellow Thanassis Cambanis recently wrote an article entitled, “Regional realignment with Hezbollah, Assad & Iran?” prompted by the assassination of a Hezbollah official in Beirut yesterday. Cambanis outlines ways in which we can spot real change after Iran's nuclear deal.
Read more at Thanassis Cambanis' blog.
Tags: beirut, hezbollah, syria, foreign policy, iran, bashar al-assad, syrian war, middle east, arab countries, iran nuclear deal, thanassis cambanis