Iran

Second Annual Members’ Conference – The U.S. – Iran Relationship: How to handle a nuclear Iran?

Summary of the breakout conversation “The U.S. – Iran Relationship: How to handle a nuclear Iran?” at the 2010 Annual Members’ Conference. Participants: Barbara Slavin, Author, Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation Michael Singh, Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs, National Security Council Moderated by Mark Brzezinski, […]

U.S.-Iran Relations Event Transcript

U.S.-Iran Relations Event Speakers: Damon Wilson, Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council C. Richard Nelson, Project Director, Reversing Relations with Adversaries Program, Atlantic Council Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Congressional Research Service Flynt Leverett, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies and Director, Nuclear Policy […]

Iran Debate Event Transcript

Iran Debate Event Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council David Ignatius, Columnist, Washington Post Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Flynt Leverett, Senior Research Fellow, New American Foundation

Iranian Westernization a Western Pipe Dream

By Don Snow

The ability of Americans to believe that Iran secretly wants to be just like us but is repressed by unrepresentative political candidates never ceases to amaze me. The dynamic is at work once again surrounding the funueral of “dissident” Grand Ayatollah Mir Hussein Montazeri.

Iran Problems Go Beyond Nukes

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

“It will be just like Syria,” said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about the much-debated question of whether Israel will eventually bomb Iran’s nuclear installations.

Iran’s Government is in a Corner

By Nazenin Ansari and Jonathan Paris

On Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, the streets of Iran were filled with ordinary citizens demonstrating not for the humiliation of the United States but for peaceful political change in their country.

An Al Qaeda ‘Foothold in Iran’?

By Brendan Boundy

As the U.S. and its European counterparts pursue engagement amid the post-election strife in Iran, continued violence between the Iranian government and Jundullah threatens to further inflame regional tensions and provide an outlet for extremist forces seeking respite from U.S. and Pakistani operations in the tribal areas.