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Professor Entessar: Hamas–Israel war will delay Saudi Arabia–Israel normalization
The war between Hamas and Israel will delay the progress in the normalization trend between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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Shireen Hunter: No sign US ready to ease economic pressure on Iran
Not see any sign that the US is ready to ease economic pressure on Iran.
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Tariq Rauf: Biden's priority is to get Saudi normalization of relations with Israel
Biden needs Netanyahu's support to win election in 2024, and Biden needs to keep Saudis and Emiratis on side.
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Professor Entessar: Current temporary understanding between Tehran and Washington is not sustainable
The current temporary understanding between Tehran and Washington is not sustainable.
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Paul Pillar: Iran and US do not want to escalate tensions from their current level
Iran and US do not want to escalate tensions from their current level, and in that sense current understandings are indefinitely sustainable.
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Professor Beeman: Difficult to determine priorities in ‘quid-pro-quo’ strategy
If there is to be a ‘quid-pro-quo’ strategy for reviving Iran nuclear talks, there has to be a quid and a quo.
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Robert C Smith: The exchange of prisoners will create a better environment for negotiations
The exchange of prisoners will create a better environment for negotiations between the United States and Iran.
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Robert Shapiro: Qatar will accept mediation between Iran and US if negotiations continue
Biden administration is being cautious and Iran would have to be more conciliatory and cooperative.
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Shireen Hunter: There is not additional sanctions on Ir
There is not much more that the US can do in terms of additional sanctions on Iran.
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Professor Entessar: Prisoners exchange no effect on Iran-US nuclear talks
If a nuclear agreement between Iran and the US is reached in the future, it will be something that will be different from the failed JCPOA.
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Professor Beeman: Biden cannot afford politically to be seen to be soft on Iran
President Biden cannot afford politically to be seen to be "soft" on Iran.
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Geoffrey Carliner: Prisoner exchange positive step towards broader agreements
The issue of prisoner exchange can be seen as a positive step between the United States of America and Iran and a sign of a broader agreement between them.
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Tariq Rauf: Prisoners exchange has no effect on revival
The exchange was a compartmentalized matter unrelated to the JCPOA on both sides.
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Marc Finaud: Biden's policy toward Iran based on Plan C
Biden administration's policy toward Iran, as described in ‘Foreign Affairs’ in June, seems to be based on a ‘Plan C’.
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Prof. von Hippel: Prisoner exchange agreement paves the way for nuclear negotiation
Prisoner exchange agreement paves the way for nuclear negotiation.
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Professor Entessar: Negotiations between Iran and US in UN not direct
Negotiations between Iran and US in UN not direct.
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Shireen Hunter: Unlikely US return to JCPOA without some quid pro quo from Iran
It is unlikely that the US will return to its commitments under the JCPOA without some quid pro quo from Iran.
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Paul Pillar: Iran interested in achieving some kind of nuclear agreement
The French government has always been in favor of using diplomacy to restrict the Iranian nuclear program.
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Marc Finaud: Not surprising Iran and US discuss nuclear issue at UN
It would not be surprising that such contacts continue after the US-Iran agreement on prisoner exchange and Iranian asset release.
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Korybko: Iran's membership in BRICS, Coordinating in accelerating multilateral financial processes
BRICS & SCO will likely remain separate even if there’s growing overlap between them since their functions are still distinct enough to not make either of them redundant
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The Iranian Studies Unit Annual Conference, “Iran’s Look East Policy”
The Iranian Studies Unit of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies will hold its third annual conference from 6-7 September 2023.
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Paul Pillar: Improvement in Iran and Saudi Arabia relations is strategic decision
Good relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia will make it politically easier for the Biden administration to reach any new agreements with Iran.
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Professor Entessar: European-American approach to Iran's nuclear policy is “good cop, bad cop” game
Europeans and Americans have always worked in tandem when it comes to Iran's nuclear and security issues.
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Paul Pillar: Iran nuclear issue will not be major focus for Biden
Biden realizes that no matter the terms of any new agreement, the Republicans will attack it and try to make it a campaign issue.
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Shireen Hunter: Malley's departure has no costs for the Biden administration
All those opposed to the JCPOA and an eventual US-Iran reconciliation are happy with Malley's departure from handling the Iran dossier.
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Tariq Rauf: Iran is not on US priority list
Iran is not on the US priority list as long as Iran does not escalate nuclear programme.
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Professor Falk: China's influence in the Persian Gulf has worried America
China’s surprisingly skillful effort to achieve a dialogue between Riyadh and Tehran has created confusion in Washington.
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Prof. von Hippel: The regional dialogue forum first step for cooperation in Persian Gulf
Regional dialogue forum is the first step for cooperation in the Persian Gulf.
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Paul Pillar: Regional Dialogue Forum useful in multiple respects
Mechanism for regional dialogue can be useful in multiple respects.
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Professor Entessar: Economic interdependency necessary for Persian Gulf’s regional dialogue
It is surprising that the UN Secretary General has decided to invoke this provision of the long-dormant Resolution 598