Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. The Price of Rapprochement with Iran 166 December 28, 2013 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Daily Star (Lebanon) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Lebanon Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Donald Trump’s Backtrack Illuminates Iran’s Leverage in an Asymmetrical War March 24, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Canada: Donald Trump’s Hubris Got Us into This Quagmire of Rising Prices March 25, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 India: Iran War: America’s Old Playbook Is Faltering but Bharat Can Help Reset It March 21, 2026. Published in FirstpostThe entire Trumpian policy of the day, riding high on the MAGA bandwagon, is all about rejigging the world order again in favor of America. 0 Australia: Gulf States and Energy Markets become ‘Soft Belly’ of US-Israel War with Iran March 23, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Saudi Arabia: US-Iran Talks and GCC Priorities March 26, 2026. Published in Arab News 0 Topics Australia: As Pakistan Positions Itself as a US–Iran Broker, It Draws on a Set of Relationships Few Countries Can Replicate March 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Trump Struggles To Find an Off-Ramp as an Oil Crisis Meets a Munitions Crisis March 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on the War in the Gulf: Trump Staggers Towards the Exit March 27, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Germany: Europe Must Not Allow Itself To Be Drawn into Trump’s War March 27, 2026. Published in Frankfurter RundschauSending a few European warships wouldn’t rescue the U.S. from the precarious position the advice-ignoring egomaniac Trump has put it in. 0 Israel: Today’s Offer: Strategic Dependence on America March 26, 2026. Published in Israel HayomTrump, true to form, translates military achievements into diplomatic currency. 0 Saudi Arabia: US-Iran Talks and GCC Priorities March 26, 2026. Published in Arab News 0 Nigeria: Middle East Crisis and African Economies March 26, 2026. Published in The SunThe time has come for Africa to break free from the paradox of being rich in crude oil yet vulnerable in energy security. 0 Ghana: Great-Power Protection: What the Sahel Can Learn from Iran and Venezuela March 26, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb[G]reat powers rarely come to the rescue of smaller states once their own strategic interests are at stake. 0 Related Articles Ireland: The Irish Times View on Lebanon: Lessons of History Are Cast Aside March 23, 2026. Published in Irish Times Ireland: No Peace To Keep — Irish Soldiers Confined to Bunkers amid Lebanon Escalation March 3, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner Egypt: Persona Non Grata November 10, 2025. Published in almasryalyoum[T]he Trump administration needs to send this man for training to learn some of the basics of diplomacy. Lebanon: America and Lebanon … An Obscure Picture November 7, 2025. Published in Arab News[T]he Lebanese inside Lebanon continue to fantasize about the prominent role their expatriate kin could play in the hallways of American politics. Saudi Arabia: How Trump Might Deal with the Gaza and Lebanon Wars November 14, 2024. Published in Arab NewsLike any president entering a second term, he will aim to make his mark in the history books. Previous articleGolden OpportunityNext articleThe Clichémonger-in-Chief LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment