Breakthrough or Extension: Implications for US and European Relations with Iran

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Breakthrough or Extension: Implications for US and European Relations with Iran

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Breakthrough or Extension: Implications for US and European Relations with Iran

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Dec 2, 2014

Breakthrough or Extension: Implications for US and European Relations with Iran

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Please join the Atlantic Council on December 2, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a discussion on the implications of a deal or a possible extension of negotiations for both political and economic US and European relations with Iran.

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Dec 1, 2014

Slavin: Exiled Iranian Journalist Recalls Lost Freedoms

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavinn writes for Al-Monitor on a new memoir by former New York Times correspondent Nazila Fathi: 

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Nov 26, 2014

Column: Truce, Not Breakthrough, Avoids Hard Choices by US and Iran

By Barbara Slavin

After failing to reach their own deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, the world’s major powers and Iran settled for an extended truce that avoids the hard political choices that neither Washington nor Tehran could make. The decision to prolong last year’s interim agreement for another seven months – the best negotiators could achieve after […]

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Nov 25, 2014

Kroenig on Iran Talks: “There Has Been Little Progress”

By Matthew Kroenig

Voice of America quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the extension of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers:

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New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2014

An Iran Nuclear Deal: Better Than Nothing if We Get It, But Not a Resolution

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig on the Extension of Nonproliferation Talks As Iran and six other nations announced a seven-month extension of their effort to reach a deal to limit the Iranian nuclear program, the Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig said Iran will pose a nonproliferation threat even if a deal is struck. Kroenig, a nonresident senior […]

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Nov 24, 2014

Kroenig on Nuclear Negotiations Extension

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig joins France 24 to discuss the recent extension of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries: Watch the full interview here.

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Nov 24, 2014

Slavin: Iran Nuclear Deal Extension Presents New Perils

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Jazeera America on the recent extension of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries:

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In the News

Nov 24, 2014

Kroenig: Apply More Pressure on Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for USA Today on the recent extension of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries:

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Nov 23, 2014

Hof on Key Players in Syrian Conflict

By Frederic C. Hof

Huffington Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on the role of Iran and the Obama administration in the ongoing conflict in Syria:

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Nov 22, 2014

Burrows: How the Middle East’s First Nuclear War Started

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writes a fictional piece for Politico on the possible paths forward following the outcomes of nuclear talks with Iran: 

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