{"id":3073,"date":"2026-05-30T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wac.snuac.ac.kr\/?page_id=3073"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:48:26","slug":"mena-focus-2026%eb%85%84-5%ec%9b%94%ed%98%b8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wac.snuac.ac.kr\/?page_id=3073","title":{"rendered":"[MENA Focus] 2026\ub144 5\uc6d4\ud638"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hwang Yuihyun(SNUAC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 24, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a breakthrough in negotiations between the United States and Iran was highly likely, prompting sharp criticism from Israel\u2019s opposition, which argued that any such agreement would come at Israel\u2019s expense and reflected a failure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

While the details of the negotiations have not been officially disclosed, reports suggest that Iran may agree to abandon its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In return, the United States would lift maritime restrictions and ease sanctions on Iran. According to multiple media reports, once navigation through the Strait of Hormuz resumes, Washington and Tehran are expected to enter a 60-day negotiation period to address key technical aspects of Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

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Han, Ha-eun<\/b>(SNUAC)<\/span><\/p>\n

As the U.S.-Israel\u2013Iran war has become prolonged, Turkey\u2019s diplomatic position has moved beyond a simple \u2018anti-Israel\u2019 discourse and toward a more complex crisis-management strategy. In the early stage of the war, the Turkish government strongly criticized Israel\u2019s and the United States\u2019 attacks on Iran, defining them as the starting point of a \u2018geopolitical deadlock\u2019 that could spread across the Middle East. This position also overlapped with the anti-Israel sentiment that had intensified after the Gaza war, helping the Erdo\u011fan government consolidate support among conservative and Islamist constituencies at home. However, as the war dragged on and the possibility grew that Iran\u2019s missile and drone attacks could expand into the Gulf region, Turkey\u2019s calculations became difficult to explain solely in terms of ideological solidarity. President Erdo\u011fan warned that the war could drag the entire region into a \u2018ring of fire\u2019, while also drawing a line against Iranian military escalation. This shows that while Turkey criticized the military actions of Israel and the United States, it avoided a position of unconditional support for Iran. Ultimately, Ankara\u2019s diplomatic line is based on a realist judgment: it politically utilizes anti-Israel discourse, while in actual policy it seeks to manage border stability, energy prices, refugee flows, and the possible spread of the Kurdish issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Koo Gi Yeon (SNUAC)<\/p>\n

On April 8, 2026, the moment a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, a paradoxical cry erupted in the streets of Tehran. Pro-government demonstrators screamed \u201cDeath to America, Death to Israel, Death to the compromisers!\u201d while burning American and Israeli flags. Organizers tried to calm the crowd, but the chants would not stop. This scene encapsulates the dual predicament Iran faces in the wake of the ceasefire. The fighting may have paused, but the political and economic crisis of the Islamic Republic of Iran is only now entering its most serious phase.<\/p>\n

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So Yeon Ahn (SNUAC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

As news surfaces that a ceasefire in the Iran-Israel-US war is imminent, the Gulf states find themselves facing various dilemmas. Recently, US President Trump announced that a ceasefire with Iran is drawing near and urged Gulf nations, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to join the Abraham Accords. President Trump mentioned the names of countries he recently spoke with by phone\u2014including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan, and Bahrain\u2014and stated that he urged the leaders of these nations to sign the Abraham Accords once a war-termination agreement with Iran is reached. Trump remarked that, considering the effort the US has put into solving this highly complex puzzle, signing the Abraham Accords is an obligation for all these countries at the very least. He reportedly even expressed that Iran should pursue the normalization of relations with Israel. Meanwhile, Pakistan rejected Trump\u2019s proposal, while the other nations have not released any public response.<\/p>\n

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