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Policy and War: On the Brink with Iran
Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Policy and War: On the Brink with Iran

    “War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.” – Clause von Clausewitz

    Considering Diplomacy and War

    August 10, 2012

    Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations on the Nuclear Issue in the Year Ahead
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations on the Nuclear Issue in the Year Ahead

    Principal Authors: Allen Keiswetter and Roby Barrett

    Contributing MEI Scholars and Guests:

    Geneive Abdo, Reza Akbari, Roby Barrett, Charles Dunne,Philip Frayne, George Harris, Mark N. Katz (George Mason University), Allen Keiswetter, David Mack, Melissa Mahle (C&O Resources), Richard Murphy, Greg Myre, Michael Ryan, Paul Scham, Daniel Serwer, Alex Vatanka, Marvin Weinbaum, Wayne White, Philip Wilcox, Molly Williamson

    August 1, 2012

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Police Reform in Pakistan

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin

    July 25, 2012

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Police Reform in Pakistan

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin

    July 25, 2012

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Police Reform in Pakistan

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin

    July 25, 2012

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Police Reform in Pakistan

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin

    July 25, 2012

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Police Reform in Pakistan

    Police Reform in Pakistan
    Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin

    July 25, 2012

    The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia

    This Analysis was first published as part of the Hudson Institute’s Current Trends in Islamist Ideology series on June 1, 2012

    Moving Forward with Pakistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Moving Forward with Pakistan

    This Opinion was first published in The National Interest on July 12, 2012

    After an eighteen-month free fall, there is tangible improvement in the tumultuous U.S.-Pakistan relationship and an opportunity to leverage these gains for a durable peace in Afghanistan. Backtracking from a messy divorce, both Washington and Islamabad have forsaken their previous approaches of unrelenting maximalism, each making necessary compromises to make the partnership work.

    July 17, 2012

    Pakistan's Military Holds the Keys to a Thaw with the U.S.
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Pakistan's Military Holds the Keys to a Thaw with the U.S.

    This Opinion first appeared in the the National on June 15, 2012

    Just when U.S.-Pakistan relations appear to have reached a new low, yet another event drives them lower still, further complicating chances of stabilising bilateral ties.

    Over the last 18 months, the deterioration of relations has been punctuated by a series of incidents, most dramatically the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden and the U.S. air strike last November at Salala, in which 24 Pakistani solders died.

    America's Catch-22: The Iran Question in Afghanistan
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • America's Catch-22: The Iran Question in Afghanistan

    This Opinion first appeared in Frontline.com’s Tehran Bureau on June 13, 2012 and was co-authored by Christina Lin

    As U.S. and other NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, a geopolitical realignment will be under way in Southwest Asia. One possible scenario would outright undermine a principle U.S. policy objective in the region: the containment of Iran.