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As the humanitarian horrors in Syria continue, the debate about foreign intervention intensifies. Today the Daily Telegraph published a pro-intervention blog post by Michael Weiss, who heads Communications and Public Relations at the Henry Jackson Society, a self-described “non-partisan” think tank with neoconservative affiliations.
Weiss mainly focuses on Israel-Palestine and human rights in the Middle East. [...]
Tags: Brookings, Brookings Institution, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy Initiative, foundation for defense of democracies, Henry Jackson Society, iran, Just Journalism, Michael Weiss, neoconserative, Paul Pillar, Russia, Shadi Hamid, Shibley Telhami, Syria, Syria intervention, Syria poll
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Is Israel actually capable of successfully carrying out its winner-take-all high tech attack on Iran that could destroy or (more likely) might delay the development of Iran’s budding nuclear program, at minimal cost–financial, environmental or in casualties–to itself or anyone else except Iran? Could the consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran that didn’t succeed be almost as bad–or even worse–than one that did?
Tags: +972, Dimi Reider, drone, drone crash, France, heron, heron tp, iran, Iran nuclear, israel, Jerusalem Post, Kerrar, Marsha B. Cohen, NBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Richard Silverstein, Robert Windrem, Romania, UAV, Y-Net, Yaakov Katz, Yoav Zitun
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Iran analyst Patrick Disney examines why it might be a US or Israeli red line for Iran to install advanced centrifuges at the Fordow facility and explains why the US will continue pushing Iran to relinquish its stockpile of 20% enriched material at the next round of P5+1 nuclear negotiations:
If you recall, Matthew Kroenig and [...]
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Hawks on Iran
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” (formerly “Iran Hawk Watch”) 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-read is “Envisioning a Deal With Iran” by William [...]
Tags: Bipartisan Policy Cetner, clifford may, Hawks on Iran, iran, Iran nuclear, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, James Woolsey, Luers, Michael Ledeen, Obama, Pickering, regime change, sanctions
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Editor’s note: Greg Thielmann of the Arms Control Association is a veteran intelligence official who last served as Director of the Strategic, Proliferation and Military Affairs Office in the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Thielmann’s blog post at Arms Control Now which we have republished below was written after the [...]
Tags: 2007 national intelligence estimate, Arms Control Assocation, Greg Thielmann, IAEA, iran, Iran nuclear, Iran rational, Iran threat, James Clapper, senate intelligence committee hearing, worldwide threat assessment
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On January 23, the EU announced more sanctions and an oil embargo on Iran. The new restrictions impede cooperation with Iran in foreign trade, financial services, energy sectors and technologies, and ban any form of insurance by member states to businesses associated with Iran. EU countries also have until July 1 to secure alternative oil and [...]
Tags: Clinton, currency, dual-track approach, iran, Iran grain, Iran nuclear, Iran sanctions, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Obama, Reuters, sanctions, sanctions regime, smart sanctions, Wall Street Journal
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By Peter Jenkins
European leaders are telling their publics that the latest EU sanctions are to persuade Iran to talk to the P5+1 about its nuclear program. In the House of Commons, on 24 January, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the sanctions represent “peaceful and legitimate pressure on the Iranian government to return to [...]
Tags: Ashton, Cameron, Canada, France, Germany, HWRR, IAEA, iran, Iran nuclear, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Jalili, LEU, Merkel, NPT, nuclear talks, P5+1, protocol, Sarkozy, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Harper, UN, US
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It Can’t Happen Here
Posted by Tom Dispatch
Exclusive: New Iranian Commando Team Operating Near U.S.
(Tehran, FNA) The Fars News Agency has confirmed with the Republican Guard’s North American Operations Command that a new elite Iranian commando team is operating in the U.S.-Mexican border region. The primary day-to-day [...]
Tags: iran, Iran nuclear, Iran threat, Mexico, Tom Dispatch, Tom Engelhardt, War
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Republished by arrangement with Gary’s Choices
By Gary Sick
The real answer is no, they will not. But you would never figure that out by reading the New York Times.
The sensationalist article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine (Jan. 29) adds to the hysteria surrounding U.S. and Israeli relations with Iran. Ronen Bergman, a columnist [...]
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This week renowned economist Nouriel Roubini told the Associated Press that a military conflict with Iran could lead to a global recession. Roubini was interviewed at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland:
“We live in a world where there is still a huge amount of economic and financial fragility,” he said. “There is [...]
Tags: Associated Press, bloomberg, Davos, global economy, Ian Bremmer, iran, Iran War, israel, Nouriel Roubini, Roubini world economic crisis Iran, World Economic Forum
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