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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

Jan 16, 2014

Kroenig Talks Iran Deal and New Sanctions

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig talks with CBC News’ Lang & O’Leary Exchange about the Iranian nuclear deal and the possibility of new sanctions should talks around a comprehensive deal collapse.  Watch the interview here (begins at 36:30). Watch the interview here (begins at 36:30).

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New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2014

Keep Onus on Iran to Implement Nuclear Accord

By Barbara Slavin

This week’s announcement that the nuclear deal reached with Iran in late November is going to be implemented starting January 20 is welcome news on a number of fronts. It marks the first time in a decade that Iran will pause its progress toward a nuclear weapons capability. In return for modest sanctions relief, the Islamic […]

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In the News

Jan 14, 2014

Slavin Talks Iranian Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins CCTV America to discuss the recent nuclear deal struck with Iran, which finalizes technical details from the interim nuclear deal reached in November:

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In the News

Jan 12, 2014

Kroenig Discusses Iran Deal Implementation

By Matthew Kroenig

Matthew Kroenig, nonresident senior fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, talks with BBC World Service’s Newsday on the implementation agreement struck between Iran and the P5+1 group Sunday:

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Cybersecurity and Stability in the Gulf

NATOSource

Jan 10, 2014

The Gulf is a Flashpoint for Cyber Conflict

By James Andrew Lewis, CSIS

Cyberattack is a new tool of national power. It provides a means of coercion, influence, and warfare.

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SouthAsiaSource

Jan 10, 2014

This Week in South Asia: January 4 -10

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.

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SouthAsiaSource

Jan 9, 2014

Looking Ahead to South Asia in 2014

By South Asia Center

In the coming year, the greater South Asia region will be under enormous pressure. The 2013 elections in Iran and Pakistan ushered in new administrations that are now expected to deliver, particularly on the economic front.  Meanwhile, Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh face their own elections in 2014.  In the midst of the ongoing transitions, the […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 7, 2014

Still Time to Attack Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

The Illusion of a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal Much has changed in the two years since I wrote “Time to Attack Iran,” but one basic fact hasn’t: diplomacy remains unlikely to neutralize the threat from Iran’s nuclear program. A truly comprehensive diplomatic settlement between Iran and the West is still the best possible outcome, but there […]

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SouthAsiaSource

Jan 3, 2014

This Week in South Asia: December 27 – January 3

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2013

More Complexities in Implementing the Nuclear Deal With Iran

By Jofi Joseph

Jofi Joseph worked on US policy toward Iran’s nuclear program at the White House. This is the second of his two reports on complications in implementing the November 24 agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program. Read his previous report here. As Iran and six major powers prepare to implement their November 24 deal to limit Iran’s nuclear […]

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