The recent surprise announcement that Russia and China had reached agreement on a long term gas supply contract may portend a troubling development for the United States. The parties had been negotiating for 20 years. Then they suddenly reached a 30 year agreement at precisely the same time that
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The Iran Negotiations Reach a Critical Point
By Allan Topol on
The chances are no greater than 50 percent that the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program will succeed. And even if they do, this will not automatically open the gates for American companies to do business with Iran.
Last November, Iran and the five permanent members of the…
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