IPS Writers in the Blogosphere

Currently viewing the tag: "Rolf Ekéus"

Listening to Brzezinski talk about Washington’s Iran Options

From On December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

Last week I attended an event hosted by the Arms Control Association and the National Iranian American Council on how to make diplomacy work with Iran. I wrote about it here. Keynote speaker Zbigniew Brzezinski was the last to speak and showed up minutes before he took [...]

Continue Reading →

Avoiding the Slippery Slope to War with Iran

From On November 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via IPS News

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 effective option for resolving the dispute and averting the threat of war.

“We believe there is time and clearly there is an [...]

Continue Reading →

Ex-UN Special Commission on Iraq Chairman: “Don’t Go Baghdad on Tehran”

From On October 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

Rolf Ekéus, who was executive chairman for the UN Special Commission on Iraq between 1991 and 1997, writes with Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, a nuclear expert at Standford University, on the parallels between the run-up to the Iraq War and the present state of negotiations between Tehran and the international community.

Rolf and Braut-Heggehammer place the onus [...]

Continue Reading →