Iran
Iran’s persistent nuclear ambitions and domestic political turmoil make it an increasing focus of international concern. Its vast oil and natural gas reserves make it a key player in energy security discussions, and its political interests, particularly in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, make it a regional power in the Middle East. Carnegie scholars offer timely analysis of the domestic situation in Iran, its nuclear program, its regional role, and its relations with the United States.
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Why No U.S. President will Bomb Iran
The Obama administration’s deadline for Iran to enter discussions on the nuclear issue has passed. In spite of claims from Washington that “all options are on the table,” the economic crisis makes a military response to Iran infeasible.
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How Obama Can Reverse Iran's Dangerous Course
President Obama has the opportunity to make the world a dramatically safer place by helping the Iranian people achieve a new form of government. A regime change in Tehran would be the best nonproliferation policy.
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Seizing The Moment For Reform In Iran
As thousands of Iranians continue to take to the streets in protest, President Obama is presented with an opportunity to help support transformational democratic change within Iran.
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Iran, the United States, and the Gulf: The Elusive Regional Policy
Any effective U.S. diplomatic approach to Iran must involve other countries in the Gulf, but Washington will not succeed if it continues to strive for an anti-Iranian alliance. A normalization of relations between Iran and its neighbors is an important and attainable step for reintegrating Iran into the international community.
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Dealing with Iran: The Power of Legitimacy
Rules are the key to maintaining necessary pressure on Iran and framing a mutually-acceptable, face-saving outcome. Iran must take steps to build and maintain international confidence that all its nuclear activities are peaceful, and that none have military dimensions.
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Deterring Safeguards Violations
Responding to non-compliance is a promising area for progress at the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, because it imposes no additional burden on states that are playing by the rules.
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Iran: Recent Developments and Implications for U.S. Policy
The Obama administration faces the difficult task of reconciling when and how to deal with a disgraced regime which presents urgent national security challenges.
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Deterring Safeguards Violations
By classifying safeguards non-compliance as violations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the upcoming Review Conference will make it much harder to ignore future violations.
Experts
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Sven Behrendt
Behrendt is an expert in global issues, international negotiations, conflict resolution, and corporate strategy. He previously served at the World Economic Forum in various management positions. -
Deepti Choubey
Choubey was previously the director of the Peace and Security Initiative for the Ploughshares Fund. She also worked for Ambassador Nancy Soderberg in the New York office of the International Crisis Group. -
Shahram Chubin
Based in Geneva, Chubin’s research focuses on nonproliferation, terrorism, and Middle East security issues. He was director of studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland, from 1996 to 2009. -
Amr Hamzawy
Hamzawy previously taught at Cairo University and the Free University of Berlin. He writes a bi-monthly op-ed for the leading Arab daily al-Hayat. -
Ariel (Eli) Levite
Levite was the Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007. -
Marina Ottaway
Before joining the Endowment, Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East for many years and taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. -
George Perkovich
George Perkovich's research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a focus on South Asia and Iran, and on the problem of justice in the international political economy. -
Karim Sadjadpour
A leading researcher on Iran, Sadjadpour has conducted dozens of interviews with senior Iranian officials, and hundreds with Iranian intellectuals, clerics, dissidents, paramilitaries, businessmen, students, activists, and youth, among others.
