Iran

Slavin quoted in Newsweek on Mike Pence’s support of the formerly designated terrorist group MEK in Iran

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Zais in Real Clear Energy: Iran’s threat to Kurdistan is a greater challenge to the oil market than OPEC

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Panikoff quoted in CNN on Israel’s strategy for ending Iranian nuclear weapons development

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Ashford in Foreign Policy: The problem with being a petrostate

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On June 19, Foreign Policy published an excerpt of Emma Ashford’s new book, Oil, the State and War, entitled “The Problem with Being a Petrostate.” In the excerpt, Ashford discusses the phenomena of oil-wealthy states being more likely than other countries to start wars. Then, Ashford rebuts the idea of the oil weapon, concluding “it is thus […]

Slavin quoted in Tehran Times on how Iran should respond to the JCPOA

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Slavin interviewed on Al Hurra about the current state of US-Iran negotiations

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Ashford in The New Arab: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates

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On June 15, Emma Ashford’s new book, Oil, the State and War, was reviewed in The New Arab. The reviewer wrote, “Oil, the State, and War is a book that helps understand the times we live in. It will be a great addition to the library of both the general reader interested in global affairs […]

Kadhim quoted in New York Times on the unresolved political division among the Shiite political spectrum in Iraq

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