I found a new source for me, ideas that some might find interesting..
"Stimson Center " a Washington Think tank...dealing with world wide and especially the Middle East , Far East.
Their President is "Ellen Laipson", very well written and excellent credentials..for those interersted do a google.
I am posting a article from a Iranian media source, not connected to their government, outside source that gets into thje things happening in that country that we don't get covered for the most part in our normal media sources.
This article is one that deals with the "Arab Spring " how it will be possible effecting Iranian relationships with all the participating countrys, also how the Arab Spring will possible be affecting dealings between the US and Iran.
Very interesting article and suggests some intersting happening over the near and far term.
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The Arab Spring's Impact on U.S.-Iran Rivalry
19 May 2011 18:235 Comments
w/ Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Stimson Center.
How has the Arab spring changed the strategic environment for U.S.-Iran relations?
"Turbulence in Arab politics will have both direct and indirect effects on U.S.-Iran relations. The uncertain outcomes -- specifically which countries other than Tunisia, Egypt, and possibly Yemen undergo leadership or systemic changes -- will mean that neither Tehran nor Washington can be sure who their friends and partners will be. Several Arab states may redefine their foreign policies.
In Egypt, policies may be less closely coordinated with Washington, less premised on the 1979 peace treaty with Israel as an anchor of its regional relationships, and more focused on reasserting Egypt's historic role as a leader and driver of Arab politics.
[Persian] Gulf countries, while still willing to partner with the United States on the threat from Iran and radical extremism, are moving to a more assertive posture. Their strong defense of Bahrain's monarchy suggests that the Sunni-Shia tensions aroused over the past decade or more in Lebanon and then Iraq could well reemerge as a defining issue for the [Persian] Gulf states.
All this suggests that the regional relations among Arab states, between the Arabs and Iran, and between the region and the United States, are in flux. In the best case, a more confident and at least partly democratic Arab world would find its own ways of managing the challenge of Iran's role in the region. A region with several power centers -- including Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia -- would be better able to coordinate on regional security and to provide a counter-balance to Iran's ambitions and influence in the region. Such a development would indirectly converge with U.S. interests and strategies."
