Yemen’s President Invites Closer Ties with Russia
On July 13, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi swore in veteran diplomat Ahmed Salem al-Wahishi as Yemen’s ambassador to Russia, a post that has been vacant since 2011.
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Oil Producers Stay the Course but Keep a Wary Eye on Shale Revival
OPEC and its non-OPEC oil producing counterparts cemented a new era of cooperation at their May 25 meeting in Vienna, reaching a unanimous decision to extend their production agreement aimed at reducing global oil stock levels through March 2018.
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Silver Lining in the Clouds? Prospects for Trump-Putin Cooperation in the Middle East
The overall improvement in U.S.-Russian relations that the new Trump administration envisioned has not materialized as Washington and Moscow continue to disagree on a number of important issues.
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Can Moscow Be an Effective Mideast Mediator?
Moscow increasingly aspires to play the role of mediator in the Middle East, but how seriously should we take this? Russia, along with Turkey and Iran, has been attempting to mediate between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some of its opponents in negotiations in the Kazakh capital, Astana, and in Geneva.
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Why Moscow Won’t Side with Washington against Tehran
The administration of President Donald J. Trump has suggested that one of its foreign policy goals may be to attempt to persuade Russia to distance itself from Iran and even cooperate with the United States against Tehran.
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Russia Maneuvers between Opposing Forces in Yemen
As it did during the Cold War, Moscow is now working with Yemeni forces that are in conflict with each other.
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Russia’s Middle East Policy and the Trump Administration
With the Trump administration about to take office, the Russian position in the Middle East appears quite strong.
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Oil Prices Firm Up as Producers Agree to Cuts
Global oil markets have gone from strength to strength following an unprecedented level of cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers to reduce global oil supplies in an effort to shore up prices and resuscitate their ailing economies.
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What Hamadan Says About the Fragility of Russian-Iranian Ties
Just one week after Russian bombers began flying missions over Syria out of an Iranian air base in Hamadan, Tehran has revoked its permission for Moscow to use the base.
Has Gaza Created Structural Impediments to Normalization?
An elusive Gaza cease-fire, a potential collapse in viability of a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, and ratcheting Israel-Hezbollah tensions are key obstacles to the resumption of normalization progress between Israel and Gulf states.
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