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Commentary

Iran's Busy Week in International News

Middle East In Focus, April 17, 2012

Last Saturday, Turkey hosted talks between members of the UN Security Council and Iran aimed at addressing ongoing ...

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Journal Essay

Containing Iran: What Does It Mean?

Dalia Dassa Kaye and Eric Lorber , Spring 2011

Even before the onset of the Arab Spring of 2011, leading analysts spoke of containment as the dominant prescription for ...

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Journal Essay

Turkey and Iran's Nuclear Program

Aylin G. Gürzel, Eyüp Ersoy, Spring 2011

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has suffered serious setbacks since it entered into force in 1970. For example, some nuclear ...

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Commentary

Iran in a Changing Arab World

Karim Sadjadpour, January 5, 2012

Analysts at the Middle East Policy Council’s 67th Capitol Hill Conference titled “Israel, Turkey & Iran in a Changing Arab ...

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Commentary

Iran's Horrible Year

Nathaniel Kern, Matthew M. Reed, December 15, 2011

Earlier this year, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed that the unrest seizing the Arab world was inspired by the Iranian ...

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Journal Essay

Israel’s 1979 Nuclear Test and the U.S. Cover-Up

Leonard Weiss, Winter 2010

In the wake of the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty, the United States launched a series of satellites under the ...

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