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Iran’s President Rouhani Plays it Safe in New York

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A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

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Iran’s President Rouhani Plays it Safe in New York

By Barbara Slavin

New York – Hassan Rouhani was determined not to make news. In a carefully calibrated performance, Rouhani checked the boxes for his briefest visit to the UN General Assembly since he became Iran’s president in 2013. Spending only two days in New York, he met with Muslim American leaders, held bilateral talks with key European […]

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Slavin in Al-Monitor: Environment Official Says Iran Looking For More International Cooperation

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By Barbara Slavin

در گوشه و کنار جهان کوه های یخی و یخچال های طبیعی ذوب می شوند، آب دریاها بالا می آید، و منابع آب زیر زمینی تهی می شوند. از سال 1880 که اندازه گیری درجه حرارت هوا آغاز شد، ماه ژوئیه امسال گرم ترین ماه بود. با این حال، مت لاور، مجری برنامه “فرمانده کل […]

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Competing Politics and Claims of Sunnism

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This Hajj season, the modern religious culture wars among Muslims were prominent again, and are set to continue. With the Syrian quagmire deepening, such conflicts have deep consequences; one could imagine a way to traverse through that set of profoundly sectarian questions – but the answers are acutely political. Without that political settlement – which […]

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Sep 19, 2016

Slavin in Voice of America: Iran President to Avoid Obama in Brief Visit to UN

By Barbara Slavin

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Handjani in Bloomberg: Iran’s Plan to Lure Big Oil

By Amir Handjani

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Sep 14, 2016

Precision fire: A strategic assessment of Iran’s conventional missile program

By Bilal Y. Saab and Michael Elleman

The pace with which Iran’s conventional missile program has been developing in recent years suggests that the country’s missiles could become much more accurate, and thus deadly, within a few years, potentially providing Tehran with a new set of military options and a higher degree of operational flexibility. This would force (and most probably already […]

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Iran Sanctions Update: Political and Investment Environment

By Kate Schwartz

Our panelists, Chris Bakemeyer, David Mortlock, and Barbara Slavin discussed the outlook for investment in Iran, the ongoing status of existing sanctions, and the broader context of US policy towards Iran. They delved into the implications of these trends both for policymakers and private sector leaders considering investment opportunities in Iran. Richard Morningstar, Founding Director and Chairman of the Global Energy Center, delivered welcoming remarks and Yeganeh Torbati of Reuters moderated the […]

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Tehran Times Features Atlantic Council Event on Iran Nuclear Commitments

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