By Ilan Berman on 12.12.07 @ 9:06PM
Another setback for U.S. Iran policy, post-NIE. First, China – which had previously been edging toward support for a third tranche of UN sanctions against Iran – reversed course and signed a multi-million dollar energy deal with Iran. Now comes news that Russia’s natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, is planning to expand its commercial links with the Islamic Republic.
topics:
Islam, Iran, Russia, Energy
Ilan Berman is vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C. This article is adapted in part from his new book, Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam, which has just been released by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.