Amin Saikal

Amin Saikal

Amin Saikal is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University. He is the author of “ Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic.”

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Trump’s failed Iran policy

Trump’s failed Iran policy

Trump’s biggest problem is that the other signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement from which he has withdrawn the United States, have remained committed to the deal

Trump’s biggest problem is that the other signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement from which he has withdrawn the United States, have remained committed to the deal

Confrontation from hell

Confrontation from hell

Any major military assault in Iran could result in an uncontrollable regional inferno. Both Iran and the US have good reason not to start a war

Any major military assault in Iran could result in an uncontrollable regional inferno. Both Iran and the US have good reason not to start a war