MEI Podcast number 10, 21 March, 2012, Iran and the West at a Crossroad: Will Recent Elections Make or Break a Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program?
MEI Podcast number 10, 21 March, 2012, Iran and the West at a Crossroad: Will Recent Elections Make or Break a Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program?
Are Iran’s leaders rational actors? This question matters when justifying any decision by Israel to preempt Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. An Iranian regime seen as driven to destroy the Jewish state has to be dealt with differently than one whose objectives are mediated by calculations of costs and benefits. Deterrents that would be normally expected to restrain a state would not work with an irrational Iran.
The state of Pakistan seems incapable of learning from its experiences in former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), and seems therefore doomed to repeat history when it comes to addressing the grievances of Balochistan. Home to nearly ten million of the 180 million-strong population of the country (an estimate at best, since the last census was in 1998), the province has the smallest population in the country but the largest land area.
Originally posted July 2010
In the past, there was no need for learning a foreign language. Today, however, learning foreign languages should be included in school curricula … Today is not like yesterday, when our voice could not reach beyond the national boundary. Today, we can stay in Iran but publicize [our ideology] and export our revolution to other parts of the world in different languages.
Ayatollah Khomeini, 1980[1]
Audio recording from The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
Audio recording from The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
Audio recording from The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
Audio recording from The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference
Audio recording from MEI 60th Annual Conference