Iran Diplomacy Runs into Sanctions-Happy U.S. Congress
Congress’s rush to pass new sanctions against Iran ahead of the August recess comes amidst an intensified drive to pin the Iranian government to deadly acts of international terrorism and amplified...
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Q&A: U.S. Should Encourage NATO-Led Assistance to Syrian Opposition
Intervention in Syria was “only a matter of time”, wrote Emile Nakhleh in February in the Financial Times. Seven months later, the fighting and divisions within Syria continue to worsen. Now, a...
View ArticleQuestions Linger as U.S. Cedes Detention Power in Afghanistan
Continued tensions over U.S. detention power in Afghanistan are highlighting issues related to the country’s sovereignty. A day after the New York Times reported on U.S. efforts to transfer its...
View ArticleU.S., Israeli Attacks Unlikely to Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Programme
While U.S. or Israeli air strikes may delay the building by Iran of a nuclear weapon, they are unlikely to prevent it altogether and could well prove counter-productive, according to a major new report...
View ArticleU.S. to Take Iran Anti-Regime Group Off Terrorism List
In a move certain to ratchet up already-high tensions with Iran, the administration of President Barack Obama will remove a militant anti-regime group from the State Department’s terrorism list, U.S....
View ArticleRecent Economic Unrest Unlikely to Alter Iran’s Nuclear Calculus
As Iran faces economic unrest, discussion is intensifying over the impact sanctions are having on Iran’s economy. But experts doubt that the current situation portends the end of the Iranian regime or...
View ArticleU.S. Escalation Against Iran Would Carry High Cost for Global Economy
The world economy would bear substantial costs if the United States took steps to significantly escalate the conflict with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, according to the findings of a...
View ArticleAvoiding the Slippery Slope to War with Iran
Amidst reports that stalled negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme may soon be jump-started, many here are arguing that a mutually negotiated settlement remains the most...
View ArticleDevil Is in the Details for Iran Nuclear Deal
After a year of fruitless negotiations that are expected to resume soon, Iranian and U.S. experts are urging both sides to show more flexibility and make more concessions on its nuclear programme. A...
View ArticleFormer Hostages Call for Broadened Dialogue with Iran
On the eve of resumed talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan over its nuclear programme, two former hostages of the U.S. embassy...
View ArticleAhead of March Iran Talks, U.S. Urged to Back Possible Israeli Strike
In the same week that talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany) concluded in Kazakhstan with rare positive Iranian feedback, a joint...
View ArticleIntrigue Surrounds U.S. Arrest of Iran-based Bin Laden Son-in-Law
While U.S. politicians Friday debated whether Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, should be tried in New York City, foreign policy analysts were...
View ArticleIran’s Nuclear Activities Go On Despite Sanctions
While the U.S.-led sanctions regime on Iran has produced substantial economic hardship, analysts here are increasingly pointing out that Tehran’s controversial nuclear activities have continued...
View ArticleReport Calls to Engage Iran’s People While Preventing Nuke
The U.S. should not only focus on the short-term goal of “suspending or delaying” Iran’s alleged quest for a nuclear weapons capability, but also on “curtailing Iran’s other worrisome activities in the...
View ArticleWhite House Letter Fuels U.S. Involvement in Syria Debate
A White House letter Thursday to Congressional leaders suggesting chemical weapons use by the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has reignited debate about direct U.S. military involvement in the...
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Q&A: Iran’s Medical Shortages: Who’s Responsible?
For two years, reports have surfaced describing medical supply shortages in Iran, some with devastating consequences, as debate continues to rage about who’s responsible – the Iranian government or the...
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Cultural Engagement Key to Improving U.S.-Iran Relations – Report
Increasing U.S.-Iran cultural exchanges could lay the groundwork for better relations between the two countries, believes a prominent think tank here, despite the prevalence of stereotypical memes of...
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Q&A: No Justice for Tortured Bahraini Journalist
Nazeeha Saeed, Credit: Christophe MeireisIn May 2011, almost a year and half after a Tunisian street vendor’s self-immolation sparked waves of revolution still rocking the Middle East, Bahraini...
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Q&A: Will the Iranian Nuclear Conflict Change With Rouhani?
The Jun. 14 election of Hassan Rouhani, nicknamed the “diplomatic sheik” during his service as Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator from 2003-2005, to Iran’s presidency was met with hopeful celebrations...
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Rouhani Faces Tests at Home and Abroad
Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Official portrait, rouhani.irThe successful campaign of Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani may have been built on the persistence of hope among Iranian voters for a better...
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