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Farideh Farhi: Too Soon for a Breakthrough but Progress Possible for Iran Nuclear Talks

From On March 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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by Jasmin Ramsey

Ahead of the technical-level nuclear talks that will take place in Istanbul on March 18 and the top-level talks that will be held in early April, Farideh Farhi, an Independent Scholar at the University of Hawaii and Lobe Log contributor, offers context and insight [...]

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Can we have some statesmanship, please?

From On February 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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by Peter Jenkins

As I mentioned in a previous piece, I have been dipping into The Arrogance of Power, written by Senator William Fulbright in 1966. It has been a comforting experience in one respect. The divisions within the US foreign policy community that have been so apparent to European observers [...]

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Iran Debates Direct Talks with the US

From On December 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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As the Iranian leadership prepares to engage in negotiations with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), the conversation inside Iran has moved beyond the nuclear issue to include a debate about the utility of or need for engaging in direct talks, even relations, with [...]

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Iran Shows Signs of Resilience Ahead of Potential Bilateral Talks

From On December 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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By Richard Javad Heydarian

A key foreign policy consequence of President Barak Obama’s reelection is the growing possibility of face-to-face talks between the United States. and Iran. Both the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi have expressed, albeit conditionally, their respective governments’ openness [...]

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Do Obama and Romney differ on Iran?

From On October 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Two must-read analyses of the Iran portion from last night’s final presidential debate are brought to us by TIME’s Tony Karon and the Arms Control Association’s Greg Thielmann. (This TPM headline also sums up the entire debate quite nicely: “Romney’s Final Debate Message: I’ll Be A Better Obama”.)

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