While Iran with the US’s blessing is asserting its role as the dominant power in the ME, the Council for Foreign Relations is so yesterday.
Iran’s Nuclear Program
The United States has never been able to pursue arms control without delusion and has always insisted on sanctifying its negotiating partners, conjuring up moderates, and searching for common ground. The challenge for Washington is to defy its history and reach a nuclear agreement with Iran while negating the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions. Read the op-ed »
Max Boot and Michael Doran
President Obama’s hopes of using an opening to Iran to stabilize the Middle East will almost certainly backfire. The place to begin is in Syria, which is now ground zero in the struggle between the two regional blocs. The United States must work together with its allies to build up a non-Qaeda alternative to the Assad regime by providing moderate rebel fighters with arms, training, coordination, and—if necessary—the support of Western air power. Read the op-ed »
George Perkovich
The world would be a safer place if Iran did not enrich uranium, but contrary to the arguments hawks put forward, the United States is not in any position to prevent it from doing so. Read more on ForeignAffairs.com »
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