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The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

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To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.

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Cohen Joins Russia’s ChannelOne to Discuss the Iran-Saudi Conflict and the Need for US–Russia Peacemaking Cooperation

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Jun 26, 2025

What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes.

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The condition of Fordow will have a direct impact on the likelihood of Iran giving up its nuclear program versus resuming its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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Cohen Joins Russia’s ChannelOne to Discuss the Iran-Saudi Conflict and the Need for US–Russia Peacemaking Cooperation

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The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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A tentative cease-fire is underway in the war between Iran and Israel. But where did the conflict leave Iran, Israel, and the United States?

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As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Jan 17, 2016

Cohen Joins Russia’s ChannelOne to Discuss the Iran-Saudi Conflict and the Need for US–Russia Peacemaking Cooperation

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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In the News

Jan 16, 2016

Vakhshouri Joins BBC World Service to Discuss Iran’s Lifted Sanctions

By Sara Vakhshouri

Listen to the full story here.

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Jan 16, 2016

Slavin in Al-Monitor: Iran Frees Five Americans as Nuclear Deal Goes Into Effect

By Barbara Slavin

Read the full article here.

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Jan 16, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by CNN on the Relationship Between Iran Sanctions and the Global Oil Market

By Brenda Shaffer

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Jan 14, 2016

Cohen on Saudi-Iran Tensions

By Ariel Cohen

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen outlines Russia’s viewpoint on rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran:

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In the News

Jan 14, 2016

Shaffer on Iran’s Reentry into the Oil Market

By Brenda Shaffer

International Business Times quotes Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Brenda Shaffer on the inopportune timing of Iran’s reentry into the oil market:

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New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2016

US’ Syria Policy ‘Paralyzed’ by Rhetoric that Assad Must Go, Says Hagel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former Defense Secretary also has advice for presidential candidates: don’t divide America Former Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, thinks that the Obama administration has become “paralyzed” by its rhetoric that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down, said budget cuts have pushed the United States “perilously close” to being unable to maintain its military dominance, […]

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In the News

Jan 13, 2016

Cohen on Defense Budgets and Low Oil Prices

By Ariel Cohen

International Business Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen on falling defense budgets for Middle Eastern countries as a result of low oil prices:

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In the News

Jan 13, 2016

Slavin: Quick, Direct US-Iran Diplomacy Pays Off for Sailors

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Voice of America on the implications of the recent detainment of US sailors by Iran:

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Jan 13, 2016

Slavin on the Saudi-Iran Confrontation

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joined the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington to moderate a panel discussion on the Saudi-Iran confrontation and what lies ahead:

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