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Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

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Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

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Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Barbara Slavin

There are still nearly two months to go before the deadline for an Iran nuclear agreement, but already both sides are preparing for the possibility that talks might fail. In New York last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a group of U.S. media executives and senior correspondents that while, “Everything is based on the […]

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Slavin: Banks Remain Fearful of US-Approved Transfers to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on bank transfers to Iran approvevd by the United States: 

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Slavin: Iran’s UN Demand Emerges As Hitch in Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on challenges facing the P5+1 talks with Iran:

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Sep 26, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 20-26

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanAfter extensive campaigning, two rounds of voting, and an internationally-supervised recount, Afghanistan’s protracted presidential election finally ended on Saturday in an anticlimactic fifteen-minute ceremony.  Both candidates, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, met […]

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Sep 24, 2014

Slavin on Rouhani’s Comments in New York

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s comments regarding an air campaign in Syria: 

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Sep 24, 2014

Air Strikes in Syria: One Hand Clapping

By Frederic C. Hof

The decision of the Obama administration to strike Islamic State targets (as well as some associated with another al-Qaeda derivative) in Syria is laudable. The participation of multiple Arab partners is commendable: the fight against this vacuum-filling band of murderers, torturers, and thieves is, in its essence, an Arab fight against pagan barbarism.

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Sep 23, 2014

Slavin: Rouhani Expresses Optimism Over Nuclear Deal at General Assembly

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s first major appearance at the United Nations this year: 

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Column: Tehran Politics Constrain Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

NEW YORK – Among the arguments Iranian officials are marshalling in the nuclear negotiations that resumed this week in New York is that domestic politics severely constrain their ability to compromise. This is the best we can do, they seem to be saying: Accept our position or you will face even more hardline interlocutors in […]

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This Week in South Asia: September 13-19

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

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Hof: For or against ISIS, Iran Must Make Its Choice

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof writes for the Financial Times on Iran’s involvement in combating the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

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