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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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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
Posted in Fellows' Forum, Guest Post
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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Iran’s Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz
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 As a consequence of the failure of the latest negotiations over Iran’s … Continue reading
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Tagged EU, Hassan Firouzabadi, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, oil sanctions, Strait of Hormuz
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The Syrian Uprising: The View from Tehran
By Annie Tracy Samuel, A longer version of this post appeared first at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University. The violent confrontation between Bashar Assad’s regime and opposition forces, now fifteen months … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Tracy Samuel, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Israel, Moshe Dayan Center
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Sanger book: Obama order sped up cyberattacks against Iran
By David E. Sanger (This is an excerpt from a New York Times front-page article today, which is adapted from David Sanger’s new book, “Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” being published by Crown … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, cyberattacks, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Sanger, Stuxnet
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Lessons learned from the protracted Iranian nuclear file
By Mansour Salsabili
Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
(This commentary appeared first on GlobalPost.com)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Continuing to insist on sanctions against Iran will produce a bad deal for America.
Why? Because this week Iran is putting on the table in Baghdad a number of concrete and tension-reducing offers in response to the earlier requests of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
These offers will have the strong support of Russia and China, and may attract positive votes from other European delegations as well. This will leave the US administration, which cannot force Congress to end sanctions, in the corner and in a passive position in any future talks.
In the second round of the current negotiation — between Iran and the five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — any forward looking plan will need to be comprehensive, including all aspects of a final deal. However a comprehensive approach cannot be implemented in a single shot or in haste, but rather in a step-by-step process that produces concrete results for each step in turn. The final deal may commence from particular unresolved issues involving the Iranian nuclear program and then extend to more general questions of regional cooperation and even peace in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Catherine Ashton, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Saeed Jalili, Salsabiili
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India disappoints U.S. friends with its Iran policy
By Nicholas Burns The Indian government’s ill-advised statement last week that it will continue to purchase oil from Iran is a major setback for the U.S. attempt to isolate the Iranian government over the nuclear issue. The New York Times … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, India, Iran, Nicholas Burns
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Iran: the 20-percent solution
By Olli Heinonen In my January 11 article, “The 20 Percent Solution,” on the Foreign Policy magazine website, I wrote that Iran is on its way to becoming a virtual nuclear weapon state — a state that is putting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Heinonen, Iran, nuclear weapon
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New York Times: The Secret War With Iran
By David E. Sanger Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School David E. Sanger is chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times. This news analysis appeared on the … Continue reading