Qatar has positioned itself as the go-to mediator with the Taliban. It was a risky bet, especially considering the optics with the wider public, but it paid off
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The situation is a huge risk for Turkey, there is no doubt. Iran will also stand to lose if the Taliban returns to its old ways and provides a safe haven for Islamist extremists
The speed with which the Taliban have taken power has taken aback some Gulf Countries, who thought they had more time to implement the new strategies with the group
What happened was not a sincere effort to defend Tunisia from an imminent threat. But neither was it a well-planned coup to take advantage of local discontent and seize absolute powers
He would win with a small majority, and the revolutionary groups would start an immediate war
Lapid’s visit could lead to real diplomatic missions between the two countries, to the point that the Israeli minister has invited his Moroccan counterpart, Bourita, to go to Tel Aviv
Raisi is also supported by Abdolhamid Ismailzahi, for example, who is considered the head of the Sunni Baluch minority. So far, they have always clearly backed the reform camp
Some Iranians hope for improvements under Raisi because he is so close to power and will not get sabotaged so much, Ali Reza Eshraghi explains
His popularity now is a law of diminishing returns […] Everything he does is going to lose him some supporters
European inaction in the crisis could cause an ‘anti-democratic domino effect’
stronger statement should have come out from [Borrell] against the Tunisian president, to remind him that he should protect democracy and not overstep the boundaries of the constitution