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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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In the News

May 26, 2015

Reuters Highlights Atlantic Council Event on Iran Negotiations

By Atlantic Council

Reuters covers an Atlantic Council event featuring the Ambassadors to the United States of France, Britain, and Germany on the prospects of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program:

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In the News

May 26, 2015

AP Covers Atlantic Council Event on Iran Deal

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The Associated Press covers an Atlantic Council event on the likelihood of a June nuclear deal with Iran featuring the Ambassadors to the United States of France, Britain, and Germany:

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In the News

May 26, 2015

Bloomberg Features Atlantic Council Event on Iran Sanctions

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Bloomberg features an Atlantic Council event addressing whether sanctions will hold if a nuclear deal with Iran fails to come through:

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New Atlanticist

May 26, 2015

Western Failure on Iran Deal May Cause Sanctions to Unravel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

European Ambassadors see “erosion” of sanctions regime if US Congress is viewed as cause of deal’s failure Failure to secure a deal that limits Iran’s nuclear program in return for phased sanctions relief could unravel a crippling sanctions regime on the Islamic Republic if that outcome is perceived to be the West’s fault, two European […]

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May 26, 2015

Europe and the Iran Nuclear Deal

The Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force invites you to a discussion with the Ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany about the role of the “E-3” in negotiating a nuclear agreement with Iran, and the implications of a comprehensive long-term deal for European relations with Iran. 

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In the News

May 25, 2015

Kroenig on Lifting Iranian Sanctions

By Matthew Kroenig

Reuters quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the potential pitfalls of lifting sanctions on Iran:

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SyriaSource

May 21, 2015

Syria, You’re On Your Own

By Frederic C. Hof

In his May 19 briefing, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest leveled, in his own peculiar way, with the people of Syria: “… the President feels very strongly that the very significant problems that are faced by people in Syria, for example, are not problems that the United States is going to come in and […]

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MENASource

May 21, 2015

Can Turkey Compete with Iran in Iraq?

By Faysal Itani and Jeppe Sorenson

The United States in March extended its support to the Iraqi forces in Tikrit from reconnaissance to airstrikes, wisely predicted by the Iraqi president, in an attempt to hit two birds with one stone: defeating the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Tikrit and to halt Iranian political influence and prevent “sectarian improprieties” in Iraq’s […]

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In the News

May 15, 2015

Slavin on US-Iran Relations

By Barbara Slavin

US News and World Report quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on how the nuclear deal could affect future US-Iran relations:

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MENASource

May 13, 2015

Assessing Iran’s Strategy Toward the Arab World

By Richard LeBaron

Richard LeBaron delivered the following remarks at a discussion hosted by the Middle East Institute in Washington DC on March 27, 2015.

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