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Iranian Nuclear Program Advances Despite New Diplomacy
Diplomatic efforts will resume over the next few weeks to persuade Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program and alleged nuclear weapons research, but a recent International Atomic Energy Agency report indicates that Iran’s nuclear program is continuing to accelerate. In this special analysis, LIGNET discusses this and other reports and what they mean for the Middle East and the world.
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Syria: Rebels Gain Strength with New Military Council
Despite continued diplomatic deadlock between Russia, China and Western states over the Syrian conflict, events over the last week suggest the tide appears to be shifting in favor of the Syrian opposition which is becoming increasingly better organized and unified. Radical Islamist, al-Qaeda-affiliated Syrian rebel factions remain a serious concern, however, leading the United States yesterday to formally label one of them as a terrorist group.
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As a global forum to promote economic cooperation among the world’s biggest
As a global forum to promote economic cooperation among the world’s biggest economies, the G-20 usually provides more theatrics than substance and this will likely be especially true when Vladimir Putin’s Russia hosts the group’s centerpiece summit in September 2013. Putin cares more about promoting his own interests than spurring economic growth throughout the world, as LIGNET explains.
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Argentina: Chevron-YPF Deal in Trouble
Does Argentina want foreign investment in its oil and gas industry, or not? Its contradictory policies could hurt its effort to bring Chevron [NYSE: CVX] into a partnership with the recently nationalized Argentinian energy company YPF [NYSE: YPF] to develop the country’s vast shale gas reserves. In particular, its freezing of Chevron’s assets in the country in cooperation with an Ecuadorean lawsuit may prove too much for Chevron to overlook.
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