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How Obama Can Win a European Free-Trade Deal
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) The contrast was striking. In his State of the Union address, President Obama buried the start of a U.S.-E.U. free trade negotiations … Continue reading
The Shifting Nature of Iran’s Regional Policy
By Kayhan Barzegar This article was first published on December 17, 2012 in Persian by Tabnak The Arab Spring has resulted in a shift in the nature of Iran’s regional policy from a traditional “reconciliation and resistance” approach to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Barzegar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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Egypt’s Economic Winter
By Ben W. Heineman Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman writes frequently) The international media have made a huge story out of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s power-consolidating decrees and the balloting on his proposed constitution. How … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Fellows' Forum
Tagged Egypt, Egyptian economy, IMF, morsi, Muslim Brotherhood
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The IEA’s Poor Performance and the Risks of Oil Abundance
By Leonardo Maugeri Roy Family Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Although quite late, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has noticed that American crude oil production is increasing at an unprecedented rate, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, IEA, International Energy Agency, Maugeri
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The Arab Spring and the Balance of Power in the Middle East
By Kayhan Barzegar The Arab Spring can be seen as a turning point in the regional balance of power of the Middle East. Previously, the “balance of power” was determined at the level of classic players—the states—and therefore was easier. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Belfer Center, IMESS, Iran, Islamic Azad University, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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WMD Free Zone in Mideast: an opportunity for detente with Iran
By Tytti Erästö Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom At different stages of the Iranian nuclear dispute, a window toward resolution has seemed to open up. For example in 2003 Iran proposed comprehensive negotiations … Continue reading
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Tagged Finland, Iran, P5+1, Tytti Erasto, WMD-Free Zone Middle East, WMDFZ conference
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Win the Minds or Lose the Region
By Francisco Martin-Rayo The recent attacks against U.S. embassies around the world, the murder of U.S. diplomats, and their associated hateful images, have shocked the American public and confounded policymakers. Although many Americans and academics have asked the question, “What changed?” … Continue reading
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Tagged King Fahd, Middle East, Salafis, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism
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Turncoats and Converts Make a Deadly Terrorist Mix
By Simon Saradzhyan This is an extended version of the author’s “Mixing Turncoats and Terrorism” op-ed published in The Moscow Times on September 9, 2012. Events of one August day in Russia’s volatile republic of Dagestan have once again … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Fellows' Forum
Tagged Aminat Kurbanova, Dagestan, Derbent District, North Caucacus, Russia, Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, terrorism
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Chinese Nuclear Modernization: Assuring a limited but reliable counterattack capability
By Hui Zhang Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Since the New START Treaty entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011, concerns have grown about Chinese nuclear modernization. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Fellows' Forum
Tagged China, Chinese nuclear arsenal, Chinese nuclear program, deterrence, Dongfeng-41
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Regional Implications of Egyptian President’s Iran Trip
By Kayhan Barzegar Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies, Tehran; Former Belfer Center Research Fellow in the Managing the Atom Project and International Security Program Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s trip to Iran for the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) … Continue reading
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Tagged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, morsi, muslim brothernood, Saudi Arabia
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