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Apr 3, 2015

Slavin on Why the Deal with Iran Will Work

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins The Hill to discuss why the nuclear deal with Iran is the best way forward:

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Apr 3, 2015

Slavin on the History of US-Iran Nuclear Negotiations

By Barbara Slavin

Foreign Policy quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin from her 2009 book Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies on US-Iran relations:

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Apr 3, 2015

Kroenig on Congress and the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Matthew Kroenig

US News and World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on Congress and the Iran nuclear deal:

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Article

Apr 3, 2015

Opinion: Iran, US Finally Get to Yes in Landmark Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

There is much work to be done and much that can still go awry, but April 2, 2015 will go down in history as the day when the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States finally got to yes. After 36 years of mutual demonization, proxy wars and occasional direct conflict, the two old […]

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Apr 3, 2015

Atlantic Council Iran Task Force Applauds Herculean Efforts of P5+1 and Iran in Achieving a Framework for a Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action

By Atlantic Council

The Iran Task Force applauds the herculean efforts of the United States, the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) and Iran in achieving a framework for a Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action (CJPOA) limiting Iran’s nuclear program and shutting off its principal pathways to developing nuclear weapons, in return […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2015

A ‘Good’ Deal with Iran, Says Pickering

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Veteran diplomat cites ‘a lot of advantages’ for the United States A deal announced April 2 limiting Iran’s nuclear program while preventing it from developing a nuclear bomb in exchange for lifting economic sanctions “looks like a very good agreement,” says former US Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering. “My sense is that this is a […]

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Apr 2, 2015

Foreign Policy Highlights Atlantic Council Call on Iran

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Foreign Policy quotes Thomas Pickering, Former US Ambassador, Undersecretary of State, and member of the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force, from a conference call hosted by the Atlantic Council on the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program:

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Apr 2, 2015

Slavin on the History of Iran’s Nuclear Program

By Barbara Slavin

The Daily Caller quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on the history of Iran’s nuclear program and the prospects for other countries in the Middle East to acquire a nuclear weapon:

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Apr 2, 2015

Slavin on the Iran Nuclear Deal Framework

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins PRI’s The World to discuss the framework for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program:

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MENASource

Apr 2, 2015

The Joint Arab Military Force and Yemen: Stability or Sectarianism?

The conclusion of the Arab League Summit on March 30, 2015 culminated in a grand statement announcing the formation of a joint Arab military force to tackle regional challenges from the Maghreb to Yemen. While significant, particularly given the ongoing military operations and ground force mobilization led by Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Yemen, […]

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