TABNAK, Jul. 22 - Prof. Larry Backer says that US security presence in Zangezur can serve to enhance the ability of the US to more effectively project its sanctions based regimes in the region, adding that "Iran must lobby for protective terms (through either party) in the negotiation of the lease, or engaging in negotiations for workarounds to protect Iranian interests in the region."

TABNAK Mar. 05 -Prof. Larry Cata baker believes that NATO has always had to keep U.S. interests in the foreground, adding, "The only difference between the past and the present is that U.S. interests have shifted in a way that makes changes to NATO’s goals and structures necessary."