Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

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Jul 1, 2025

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

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Kimberly Donovan

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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Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

New Atlanticist
Jun 26, 2025

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

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Amir Asmar

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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Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

Fast Thinking
Jun 24, 2025

The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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Atlantic Council

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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Oct 8, 2024

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

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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Jul 10, 2015

Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice Of America’s Issues in the News to moderate a discussion on the Greek crisis, the Iran nuclear deal, and the US strategy to combat ISIS:

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Iran

In the News

Jul 9, 2015

Slavin: Why the Iran Endgame is So Tortuous

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for the Voice of America on why successfully concluding a nuclear deal with Iran is so difficult:

Iran

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

Kroenig: How to Walk Away from the Iran Talks

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig cowrites for the National Review on why the United States should get tough on Iran by increasing demands and tightening sanctions:

Iran

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

Saab on Concerns About a Nuclear Iran

By Bilal Y. Saab

National Defense Magazine quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on why concerns about a nuclear Iran will remain even if an accord is reached:

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In the News

Jul 7, 2015

Saab on US Middle East Strategy

By Bilal Y. Saab

USNI News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on his report, The New Containment: Changing America’s Approach to Middle East Security, which calls for a new US security architecture to tackle Middle East concerns:

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In the News

Jul 6, 2015

Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to moderate a discussion on the nuclear deal with Iran, the opening of a US embassy in Cuba, the Greek financial crisis, and the violence in Egypt:

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In the News

Jul 6, 2015

Ullman: Iran, Nuclear Deals, and What Next — If Anything?

By Harlan Ullman

Atlantic Council Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for United Press International on what comes next whether or not there is a nuclear deal with Iran:

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New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2015

Wanted: US Strategy for Regional Security in Middle East

Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab says Iran nuclear deal will not pacify the region As US, European, and Iranian negotiators race to conclude a deal that would limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for an end to punishing economic sanctions, the Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab says that alone won’t bring security to the region—nor […]

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In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Slavin on Prospects of Iran Deal

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Al Jazeera America to discuss the prospects of a final nuclear deal with Iran:

Iran

Article

Jun 29, 2015

End Game for Iran Nuclear Negotiations

By Barbara Slavin

With the arrival of Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, in Vienna Friday, the climax to nearly two years of intensive negotiations is at hand.

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