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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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New Atlanticist

Apr 10, 2015

Iran’s Growing Cyber Capabilities in a Post-Stuxnet Era

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Cyber attack on Iran served as an ‘awakening’ for Tehran Iran has vastly ramped up its cyber capabilities transforming itself from a “Tier 3” country to one that poses a significant global threat in the years following a massive cyber attack on its nuclear facilities, panelists said at the Atlantic Council April 8. “Iran is […]

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In the News

Apr 10, 2015

Manning on the Iran-China Energy Talks

By Robert Manning

Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning on Iran’s talks with China for oil and natural gas trade and energy investments:

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In the News

Apr 10, 2015

Kroenig: A Nuclear Turning Point

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for The Weekly Standard on America’s history of a bipartisan nuclear nonproliferation policy and why the nuclear deal with Iran has lawmakers split along party lines:

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Article

Apr 10, 2015

Opinion: Iran Advances Beyond ‘Third Tier’ Cyber Power

By Barbara Slavin

Even as Iran has applied the brakes to its nuclear program over the past 18 months and provisionally agreed last week to a deal lasting more than a decade, it has continued to advance its prowess in the field of cyber-attacks, experts say.

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Event Recap

Apr 9, 2015

The Future of Iranian Cyber Threat

Iran could more aggressively undermine US allies through “cyber attacks, subversion, and terrorism” once its has a nuclear deal and international sanctions are lifted, retired Gen James L. Jones, Jr., said April 8.

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In the News

Apr 9, 2015

Voice of America Covers Event on Iran and Cybersecurity

By Atlantic Council

Voice of America covers an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on Iran and cybersecurity:

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In the News

Apr 9, 2015

Christian Science Monitor Covers Cyber Statecraft Initiative Event

By Atlantic Council

Christian Science Monitor covers an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on the nuclear deal with Iran and the country’s growing cybercapabilities:

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In the News

Apr 9, 2015

Slavin: Building on Iran Deal to Stem Nuclear Proliferation

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on how the nuclear deal with Iran can provide a path forward for nuclear nonproliferation in other nations:

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New Atlanticist

Apr 9, 2015

Nuclear Deal May Elicit More Bad Behavior from Iran, Says Ex-NSA Jones

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Free of sanctions, Tehran ‘will become more aggressive’ A nuclear deal in hand and free of Western sanctions, Iran could more aggressively undermine US allies through “cyber attacks, subversion, and terrorism,” retired Gen James L. Jones, Jr., said April 8. “Even if a deal is concluded, it is possible that an emboldened Iran free of […]

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Apr 8, 2015

Slavin: Can the United States Reassure Arabs, Israel on Iran Deal?

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on the upcoming meeting between President Obama and leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David, quoting Nonresident Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron and Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig:

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