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Morgan Mintz

BBC NEWS | Americas | Iran and Venezuela bolster ties - 0 views

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shared by Morgan Mintz on 07 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Mr Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed accords including oil exploration and car production.
  • both leaders define themselves as revolutionaries and the 29 agreements they have signed are, in their own words, designed to drive forward those revolutions.
  • Our correspondent says there has been plenty of talk by both men of creating a world without the dominance of one single power.
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  • Mr Chavez said he would defend Iran. He said it was "under threat" of invasion, after it ignored UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
Julianne Greco

BBC NEWS | Americas | Iran to import Venezuelan petrol - 0 views

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Venezuelan petrol Iran Chavez anti-American policy

shared by Julianne Greco on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Venezuela has agreed to export petrol to Iran, in a sign of closer ties between two of America's most vocal adversaries.
  • Iran is a major oil exporter but lacks domestic refining capability.
  • Mr Chavez has been using Venezuela's oil wealth to counter US influence in Latin America and to boost ties with nations not friendly with Washington.
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  • The West suspects Iran is secretly trying to build nuclear weapons, while Tehran insists its programme is solely peaceful.
  • Julianne Greco on 07 Oct 09
     
    I can't help but be reminded of an article I had to read for IR by John Mearsheimer: "Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq War". It asserted that if balancing behavior of states is more common, Iran and North Korea would be more likely to build up their military and go for nuclear weapons, rather than submit to the Western powers. That seems to be happening now. I'm not saying balancing power is the only self-help behavior states engage in, but this seems to be a classic example of the West versus the rest scenario.
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