New @mo_hashemi & @SAliNejat: "The announcement that #Iran and #SaudiArabia will soon reestablish diplomatic ties does not represent a redefinition of international relations in the #MiddleEast. Though the current agreement promises to reduce tensions, the https://gulfif.org/iranian-saudi-normalization-from-hostility-to-cooperative-rivalry/… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639321122809208832

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Dr. @malaloosy: "The current dreadful conditions in #Iraq beg the question: would developments in Iraq have changed if the #UnitedStates had engineered a different political system in the country?"
https://gulfif.org/dictatorship-without-a-dictator-iraq-20-years-after-the-invasion/

New Dr. @ushukrik: "As a “neutral” power seeking to distance itself from the #MiddleEast’s various geopolitical rivalries, #China has supported reconciliation and peace between #Iran and #SaudiArabia to stabilize its access to the region’s resources."
https://gulfif.org/iran-saudi-agreement-in-search-of-stable-oil-exports-and-new-relations/

New Dr. Kenneth Katzman: "The agreement negotiated between #Iran and #SaudiArabia marks a positive step towards lowering tensions in the #Gulf—but does virtually nothing to change the region’s fundamental power dynamics."
https://gulfif.org/the-iran-saudi-agreement-is-not-a-game-changer/

#RamadanKareem🌙 to everyone celebrating the holy month, wishing you a blessed and peaceful times. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1638609723577475077

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Dr. @BanafshKeynoush: "In #Iran, building relations with #SaudiArabia is not a factional but an inter-factional issue; and factions don't decide these policies, exigencies and expediency based on structural factors do."

Panel video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47o5G7fdtM

Dr. @AbdulazizOSager: "#SaudiArabia wanted to have the open engagement policy toward the neighboring country; second, they've always realized that having a peaceful good understanding with the neighborhood would reduce escalation."

Watch full panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47o5G7fdtM

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Prof. Aftandilian: "But even if full diplomatic ties are restored in a couple of months, #Iran and #SaudiArabia still have a long way to go before their relationship becomes truly normal, as ongoing differences and geopolitical hazards may converge https://gulfif.org/iranian-saudi-rapprochement-searching-for-substance-amid-symbolism/… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1638215008747237376

New Dr. @malaloosy: "Far from the beacon of democracy imagined by many at the outset of the U.S.-led invasion twenty years ago, #Iraq’s political elite have borne a state riven by sectarian tensions and corruption."
https://gulfif.org/dictatorship-without-a-dictator-iraq-20-years-after-the-invasion/

To everyone celebrating this holiday, we wish you a joyous and peaceful #Nowruz