A military vehicle carrying the Shahab 2 surface-to-surface missile drives past pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer
Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters: The two greatest threats to U.S.-Iran détente
On Jan. 16, the United States and Europe lifted sanctions on Tehran after the six-month-old Iran nuclear deal reached its most important milestone: the United Nations verified that Iran has dismantled much of its nuclear infrastructure.
The agreement between Iran and six world powers was a victory for international diplomacy over the threat of war. With the agreement in force, Iran now has the potential to transform itself from a pariah state to a regional power broker. The United States and European nations lifted oil and financial sanctions, and released about $100 billion of Iran’s frozen assets. These steps will pave the way for international companies to invest in Iran, and for Tehran to increase its oil production and access world markets.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 25, 2016
What's the Point of the Syria Peace Talks? -- Frederic C. Hof, Newsweek
Only the Gulf countries can deliver a stable region -- Hassan Hassan, The National
What is Iran's Future Following Lifting of Sanctions? -- Jim Randle, VOA
Iraq Faces A Perfect Economic Storm -- Alice Fordham, NPR
Iran wants to buy 500 planes and resume flights to U.S. -- Fred Pleitgen and Jim Boulden, CNN
Reborn Into Terrorism: Why are so many ISIS recruits ex-cons and converts? -- Simon Cottee, The Atlantic
Tunisia: Lack of Jobs Greater Threat Than Jihadists, Analysts Warn -- Jamie Dettmer, VOA
Political Tensions Threaten Mozambique’s Tenuous Peace -- Carrie Manning, WPR
The tragedy of Europe: Location, location, location -- Peter Apps, Reuters
After Litvinenko, more sanctions against Russia would be pointless – and hypocritical -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
The Isolated Chancellor: What Is Driving Angela Merkel? -- Markus Feldenkirchen and René Pfister, Spiegel Online
A Fix for Italy's Banks Can't Wait -- Bloomberg editorial
Illegal immigration's new normal in America -- Lourdes Medrano, CSM
Apple: World's Richest Company Searches for Its Next Act -- Peter Burrows, Bloomberg
In combat, civilians will be killed -- Howard Altman, Tampa Tribune
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I really, really hope this is just some of the typical hysterics coming out of the Ukraine these days.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-25/20-dead-200-hospitalized-after-reports-us-lab-leaks-deadly-virus-ukraine
RRH. A reader gave me a heads-up on this early today. My contacts in Ukraine will give me their feedback later tonight (time difference delay), and I will be posting on it later tonight if it is real.
What's the Point of the Syria Peace Talks? -- Frederic C. Hof, Newsweek
Hof is the "genius" who worked the Syria desk at the State Department, and in December 2011: “This regime is the equivalent of dead man walking,” Hof told the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East.
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