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Iran & Yemen
Iran, Yemen and the contest for influence around the Gulf.
Sunday, 27 September 2026
- AnalysisSaleh Set to Speak: Is a Power Transfer Imminent in Yemen?
In 2011, Yemen's long-ruling president repeatedly promised to hand over power, then backed away. The deal he finally signed led not to stability but to war.
- AnalysisMahmoud Ahmadinejad: Questions of Strategy
Iran's combative president of 2005–2013 was often dismissed as a provocateur. His years in office reshaped Iran's nuclear standoff, its economy and its internal politics.