By Daniel Brumberg The widespread protests caused by the Iranian government’s decision on November 15 to raise the price of gasoline by a whopping 50 percent have generated a flurry of specul...
By Amir Delshad Two weeks after the eruption of protests in Iran due to the rise in petrol prices, the unrests may have subsided but discontent is still on the rise, like the clam before the stor...
http://lobelog.com/background-and-consequences-of-protests-in-iran-a-look-from-within/
By Eldar Mamedov Popular protests in Iran came at a particularly delicate time for the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, known as Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). Mo...
http://lobelog.com/can-the-iran-crisis-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-europe/
By Jalil Bayat A nearly 40-year absence of ties between Iran and the United States has culminated in misunderstandings and mistakes between the two governments and an insufficient understanding b...
http://lobelog.com/iran-isnt-a-unitary-state-domestic-politics-play-a-role-in-its-foreign-policy/
By Ghoncheh Tazmini With protests flaring up around the country over a hike in fuel prices, the atmosphere in Iran is febrile. At the same time, it is eerily quiet with the near-total internet sh...
http://lobelog.com/neither-thaw-nor-war-steering-the-u-s-and-iran-out-of-no-mans-land/
By Khalid Al-Jaber and Giorgio Cafiero Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain’s football associations recently announced that they would participate in the Arabian Gulf Cup f...
http://lobelog.com/can-a-soccer-tournament-help-end-the-gulf-cooperation-council-crisis/
By Shervin Ghaffari In June 2017, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech that “we have given the economy to a government that is armed with guns nobody dares to compete with it.” ...
http://lobelog.com/trumps-sanctions-have-solidified-the-irgcs-economic-empire/
By James Dorsey Mass anti-government protests in several Arab countries are turning into competitions to determine who has the longer breath, the protesters or the government. In Algeria, Lebanon...
http://lobelog.com/middle-eastern-protests-a-tug-of-war-over-who-has-the-longer-breath/
By Talal Mohammad With resonating and echoing chants, “Kilon Yani Kilon,” “Everyone Means Everyone,” Lebanese citizens poured en masse to protest the dire economic situation and political...
http://lobelog.com/how-the-supreme-leader-shaped-irans-view-of-the-lebanese-protests/
By Emile Nakhleh As street protests continue unabated in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Algeria, and other Middle Eastern countries, regimes have used the social media platforms and traditional media to tr...
http://lobelog.com/media-and-state-control-in-the-middle-east/