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: middle east, arab countries, iran nuclear deal, thanassis cambanis, beirut, hezbollah, syria, foreign policy, iran, bashar al-assad, syrian war
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: middle east, arab countries, iran nuclear deal, thanassis cambanis, beirut, hezbollah, syria, foreign policy, iran, bashar al-assad, syrian war