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After 53 Years, Obama To Normalize Ties with Cuba

From On December 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment

by Jim Lobe In perhaps his boldest foreign policy move during his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday announced that he intends to establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba. While the president noted that he lacked the authority to lift the 54-year-old trade embargo against Havana, he issued directives that will permit more American citizens to travel

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Looking back at a year of Iran Sanctions

From On December 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Erich Ferrari

via Sanctions Law

This was a big year for sanctions. Although 2012 isn’t over yet and there is some pending legislation threatening to impose more sanctions against Iran and a forthcoming set of regulations from OFAC on some of the additional Iran sanctions we saw in the late summer/early fall, [...]

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Gaza, Iran and Israel’s Never-ending War with Reality

From On November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

Okay, it seems I spoke too soon. Hamas is now back in the “Iranian-supported” camp according to this editorial in the New York Times, which identifies Hamas as both “backed by Iran” and pathologically “consumed with hatred for Israel.”

President Shimon Peres has also refocused on Iran, as [...]

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U.S. Escalation Against Iran Would Carry High Cost for Global Economy

From On November 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via IPS News

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 Federation of American Scientists’ (FAS) special report released here Friday.

Based on consulations with a group of nine bipartisan [...]

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Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster

From On April 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

What History Should Teach Us About Blockading Iran

By Juan Cole

Posted by Tom Dispatch

It’s a policy fierce enough to cause great suffering among Iranians — and possibly in the long run among Americans, too.  It might, in the end, even deeply harm the global economy and yet, history tells us, [...]

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