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Thomas R. Pickering, with his long and distinguished career in the U.S. diplomatic service, has emerged as a brave and reputable advocate for real diplomacy with Iran. While the idea of a U.S.-waged military conflict is generally considered a high-cost and low-benefit scenario (though war drums can still be heard), the notion of pursuing engagement is [...]
Tags: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, diplomacy, engagement, iran, Iran nuclear, israel, Istanbul, P5+1, Pickering, strike Iran, Thomas R. Pickering, War
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Hawks on Iran
By Jasmin Ramsey | Friday, April 20th, 2012
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” every Friday. Our posts highlight militaristic commentary and confrontational policy recommendations about Iran from a variety of sources including news articles, think tanks and pundits.
Weekly Reads/Watch:
- News: Ex-national security adviser: No apologies to Israel over Iran’s nuke program
- News: U.S. [...]
Tags: AEI, American Enterprise Institute, Chuck Freilich, Daily Beast, Danielle Pletka, diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Hugh Shelton, Interests, iran, Iran threat, israel, Israel interests, Jennifer Rubin, Jerusalem Post, nuclear, Patrick Kennedy, sanctions, Tom Ridge, War
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Hawks on Iran
By Jasmin Ramsey | Friday, April 13th, 2012
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” every Friday. Our posts highlight militaristic commentary and confrontational policy recommendations about Iran from a variety of sources including news articles, think tanks and pundits.
Weekly Reads/Watch:
- News:Â Challenges From Iran to North Korea Spotlight Old Threats
- News:Â Iran nuclear talks: Why the [...]
Tags: diplomacy, Foreign Policy Initiative, iran, Iran threat, Istanbul, Jennifer Rubin, John Podhoretz, neoconservatives, nuclear, P5+1, sanctions, talks, War, Washington Post
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On Sunday former U.S. national security advisor and Iran expert Dr. Gary Sick wrote the following about U.S. government leaks to news outlets ahead of expected renewed talks between the P5+1 this month. PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau included his commnetary in their “Media Watch” yesterday:
“If it’s Sunday,” Columbia University scholar Gary Sick wrote in an email [...]
Tags: David Sanger, diplomacy, enrichment, Fordow, Gary Sick, gulf 2000, iran, leaks, New York Times, nuclear, P5+1, sanctions, Seymour Hersh, Steven Erlanger, Tehran Bureau, Washington Post
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Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, has reiterated statements made by Mohammad Javad Larijani in March regarding key concessions Iran is prepared to make in return for cooperation from the West. Reports ABC News:
Fereidoon Abbasi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, told state television on Sunday that Iran doesn’t need uranium [...]
Tags: diplomacy, enrichment, Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, Fordow, iran, Larijani, mixed signals, National Interest, New York Times, nuclear, Paul Pillar, renewed talks, sanctions, talks, U.S. demands
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Kayhan Barzegar, the Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies at Tehran’s Islamic Azad University, explains how incorporating regional issues into the expected talks between Iran and the P5+1 can increase the chances for positive results:
But the reality is that successful and sustained talks should consider both above-mentioned dimensions, giving both negotiating parties the [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, diplomac, Engaging Iran on Afghanistan, iran, Khayan Barzegar, nuclear, P5+1, regional issues, sanctions, Stimson Center, Taliban, talks
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Hawks on Iran
By Jasmin Ramsey | Friday, April 6th, 2012
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” every Friday. Our posts highlight militaristic commentary and confrontational policy recommendations about Iran from a variety of sources including news articles, think tanks and pundits.
*This week’s must-reads:
- News:Our Men in Iran
- News:Â Impact of Iran Sanctions Widens
- News:Â What do Iran sanctions [...]
Tags: iran, Iran threat, israel, James A. Lyons, John Bolton, nuclear, sanctions, Seymour Hersh, strike Iran, War
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Hawks on Iran
By Jasmin Ramsey | Friday, March 30th, 2012
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” every Friday. Our posts highlight militaristic commentary and confrontational policy recommendations about Iran from a variety of sources including news articles, think tanks and pundits.
*This week’s must-reads/watch:
- Video:Â Jim Morin “Bomb Iran” animated cartoon
- News:Â Impact of military strike on Iran’s nuclear [...]
Tags: Americans for Peace Now, bomb Iran, clifford d. may, diplomacy, Emanuele Ottolenghi, FDD, foundation for defense of democracies, H. Con. Res. 115, IAEA, iran, Iran nuclear, Iran rational, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Israel strike Iran, Jim Morin, Lara Friedman, MEK, Mujahadeen-e Khalq, National Review, Rudy Giuliani, sanctions, The Age
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Time and again I’ve heard diplomats highlight a common point with regard to using diplomacy as a conflict-resolution tool: the process is long and requires patience. Yet since this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference President Obama has been emphasizing that while using diplomacy with Iran is still possible, “time is short”, or [...]
Tags: AIPAC, Benjamin Netanyahu, CNN, Colin Kahl, diplomacy, Hankuk University, iran, israel, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear summit, sanctions, south korea, time is short
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Eat your heart out John McCain. (via the Miami Herald)
Tags: bomb Iran, bomb iran cartoon, diplomacy, gas prices, Gingrich, GOP, iran, Iran threat, israel, Jim Morin, Miami Herald, presidential election 2012, Republican, Romney, sanctions, santorum, War
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