The rise of Islamic State has thrown foreign policy in the Middle East into turmoil
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The turmoil in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have done strange things to alliances, not least to the ones that gelled—sort of—after the collapse of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago. Hopes of a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme will hang over the first half of 2015. If Iran comes in from the cold, it will shake up all the alliances of the region. “You won’t be able to issue …read more
Source: Prospect
