Iran’s economy won’t collapse, but future at risk from sanctions, says Bijan Khajehpour

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Armenia's pro-Western prime minister won elections, but peace with Turkey & Azerbaijan remains a challenge

Tigran Grigoryan, director of the Center for Democracy and Security, a Yerevan-based think tank, argues that the road ahead for Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is fraught with risk. Pashinyan won by a wide margin in the June 7 election, but failed to clinch the super maj ...  Show more

Turkey's outsize influence in Somalia fuels corruption and autocracy, says MEI's Gonul Tol

Somalia is home to Turkey’s largest overseas military base. It has signed an oil exploration and production deal with Ankara that has sparked protests from the opposition. The Middle East Institute’s Gonul Tol unpacks the drivers of Turkey’s Africa policy, noting that Turkish eng ...  Show more

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