Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement — it’s 2009 that’s a better parallel.
Tag Archives: Foreign Policy
‘Even the Regime Hates the Regime’
Foreign Policy | June 11, 2010 By Karim Sadjaipour Even before last year’s post-election tumult, it was palpable to almost anyone who had spent serious time in Iran that revolutionary rot had set in long ago. While every country has its tales of corrupt clergymen, disillusioned government officials, drug-addicted youth, and rampant prostitution, in a [...]
Radiation Sickness
Dissected News – Iran makes a deal with Turkey and Brazil, so Obama and Clinton push for sanctions. What the heck happened? Exploring America’s newest conundrum.
Israel and Iran compete to expand influence in Latin America
November 12, 2009 Hannah Strange in Caracas Latin America has become the battleground for competing Middle East powers, whose leaders are criss-crossing the continent seeking support from an increasingly strategic region. President Peres of Israel is using the first visit to Brazil by an Israeli head of state in 43 years to urge his hosts [...]
Israelis feel chill as US sets out new ground rules
But now officials in his [Barack Obama's] administration are openly using Israeli anxiety at Iran’s nuclear program as a bargaining chip to force its hand on giving up control of the West Bank Palestinian territory.
No less a figure than the White House chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel, was quoted this week laying down the law: if Israel wants US help to defuse the Iranian threat, then get ready to start evacuating settlements in the West Bank, he was reported to have told Jewish leaders in Washington.
A New Approach to Iran: The Need for Transformative Diplomacy
MIT CIS Scholar Provides Roadmap and Rationale for U.S.-Iran Relations
CAMBRIDGE, MA April 15, 2009—A months-long study of U.S.-Iran relations concludes that a new diplomatic approach by the United States to transform the relationship with Iran could produce a breakthrough that will boost security and prosperity for the entire region.
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