AGSIW attended The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, November 22-25. This 48th annual meeting was attended by over 2,400 specialists, scholars, and policymakers who routinely focus on the Middle East, North Africa, the Arab Gulf States, and Iran. AGSIW set up an outreach and information booth and interviewed potential senior and junior staff in preparation for launching its programs at the end of January 2015.
A substantial drawdown on global oil stocks is forecast for the fourth quarter amid record oil demand, accelerating the rise in oil prices to the $100 per barrel threshold.
The regime’s failure to create an open and prosperous society for Iranians is leading Iran’s richest and brightest to reconsider their future in their country.
The resumption of Kurdish oil exports hinges on achieving consensus between Baghdad and Ankara, but a lasting solution can only be cemented through a trilateral agreement that includes Erbil.
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