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?
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.
In the wake of the February 6 announcement that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government there is renewed hope for political cooperation between rival parties Fatah and Hamas. The formation of the unity government however threatens U.S. aid to Palestine, as the United States has said that it refuses to send money to Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organization. The PLO's continued pursuit of statehood recognition in the UN Security Council has also isolated it from the United States even as it earned popular and international support.
Podcast for “Reflections on Palestinian Unity, the Statehood Bid, and Prospects for Peace”, 29 Feb, 2012
Podcast for “Reflections on Palestinian Unity, the Statehood Bid, and Prospects for Peace”, 29 Feb, 2012
Podcast for “Reflections on Palestinian Unity, the Statehood Bid, and Prospects for Peace”, 29 Feb, 2012
Podcast for “Reflections on Palestinian Unity, the Statehood Bid, and Prospects for Peace”, 29 Feb, 2012
Podcast for “Reflections on Palestinian Unity, the Statehood Bid, and Prospects for Peace”, 29 Feb, 2012
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