413. Nicole Grajewski - The Russia-Iran Relationship is Growing Stronger but are they Best of Frenemies?

As the global geopolitical landscape undergoes significant transformations, the nuclear threat has taken on new dimensions. The Russia-Iran relationship is growing stronger. Khamenei endorsing Russia’s war in Ukraine — which has given Tehran more leverage in the bilateral relationship — while both countries try to weather unprecedented Western sanctions. Nonetheless, Russia’s ties with Iran remain complex, characterized by areas of cooperation, stalled plans and competition across various domains. Iran / Russia – best frenemies? ---------- Nicole is a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is an Associate at Harvard’s Belfer Centre and Author of the forthcoming book “Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine”. Her areas of expertise include Russia, the Middle East & North Africa, international relations, international security and defence, military intervention. ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/NicoleGrajewski https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-grajewski-phd-b9405385/ https://www.belfercenter.org/person/nicole-grajewski ---------- ARTICLES: https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2024/04/iran-and-israels-dangerous-gambit?lang=en https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/iran-russia-alliance/ https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/russia-and-iran-get-closer-while-still-competing-amid-balancing-act-turkey https://ecfr.eu/publication/alone-together-how-the-war-in-ukraine-shapes-the-russian-iranian-relationship/ ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.